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Flexible and Rigid Packaging Options

Flexible packaging includes bags, pouches, roll stock film, and other material formats that can bend, wrap, seal, or conform around a product. It is often used when packaging needs to balance efficiency, shelf appeal, material performance, and compatibility with automated packaging equipment.

Rigid packaging includes containers, lids, tubes, and other packaging components that hold their shape and provide structure, stacking strength, and product protection. The right packaging path depends on the product, filling process, storage requirements, presentation goals, and customer use case.

Flexible and rigid packaging materials

How to Choose the Right Packaging Format

Product Requirements

Start with the product being packaged. Shape, weight, freshness needs, puncture risk, stacking requirements, and shelf-life goals all influence the best packaging format.

Package Format

Choose whether your product is better suited for roll stock film, bags and pouches, containers, lids, tubes, or another packaging style.

Production Method

Packaging should match your filling, sealing, flow wrapping, form-fill-seal, storage, or fulfillment process to support reliable production.

Presentation

Material clarity, structure, printability, closure style, shelf presence, and durability all affect how the final package performs and appears.

Explore Packaging Categories

Choose the category that best matches your product format, production process, and packaging needs.

Roll stock film for automated packaging machines

Roll Stock Film

Film supplied on reels for automated packaging equipment such as flow wrappers and form-fill-seal machines. A strong fit for production lines that need consistent seals, efficient throughput, and material matched to the machine setup.

Flexible packaging bags and pouches

Bags and Pouches

Flexible package formats for food, retail, industrial, and specialty packaging needs. Bags and pouches can support product protection, shelf presentation, storage efficiency, and customer convenience.

Rigid packaging containers and components

Rigid Packaging

Containers, lids, tubes, and related rigid components for applications that need structure, product protection, secure closure, stacking strength, or a more formed package style.

Roll Stock Film for Automated Packaging

Roll stock film is designed for packaging equipment that forms, seals, and cuts film around the product. It is commonly used with flow wrappers and form-fill-seal systems where material consistency, seal performance, and machine compatibility are important. 

Not Sure Which Film Size You Need?

Our film size guide can help you better understand the dimensions needed for your packaging application. This is useful when comparing product sizes, machine setup, package format, and overall material fit.

View Film Size Guide

Bags and Pouches for Flexible Packaging

Bags and pouches are used across food, retail, industrial, and specialty packaging applications. They can support shelf appeal, product freshness, customer convenience, storage efficiency, and a wide range of package sizes.

Not Sure Which Bag Size You Need?

Our bag size guide can help you compare common package sizes and better understand which bag dimensions may fit your product. This is helpful when evaluating lay-flat bags, pouches, and other flexible bag formats.

View Bag Size Guide

Rigid Packaging for Product Protection and Presentation

Rigid packaging is made from sturdy materials that maintain their shape and help protect products during storage, transport, display, and handling. It is often selected when the package needs structure, a secure closure, stacking strength, or a more formed presentation.

Common rigid packaging categories include containers, lids, and tubes. Each category serves a different role depending on the product, filling method, closure requirements, and end-use environment.

Rigid containers in packaging machine

Explore Rigid Packaging Categories 

Rigid packaging containers

Containers

Containers provide structure for products that need dependable holding strength, storage stability, and protection during handling, transport, or display.

Rigid packaging lids

Lids

Lids help complete rigid packaging systems by supporting closure, containment, spill resistance, protection, and product freshness.

Rigid packaging tubes

Tubes

Tubes are useful for cylindrical, specialty, or child-resistant packaging applications where structure, closure, and convenience matter.