Direct Pack is a leader in sustainable, customized and innovative thermoformed packaging for all food applications. Our passion is to truly understand your needs and translate them into outstanding packaging solutions with a strong focus on visual design, functionality and environmental sustainability. Using post-consumer recycled material in both our custom and BOTTLEBOX® branded products, we are experts within these four industries:
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Innovating Custom Packaging: In-House Tooling & Blueberry Packaging
At Direct Pack, our vertical integrated model allows us to maintain complete control over every stage of the packaging process.…
Direct Pack Plants Achieve BRCGS Certification
Our goal at Direct Pack is to set the standard for sustainable, high-quality packaging solutions for all kinds of food…
Key Takeaways from SPC Impact 2024 on Packaging and Circular Economy
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) Impact 2024 conference, which took place from April 2-4, 2024, was a pivotal event for…
The Decline of Foam Containers: Exploring Sustainable Alternatives
Foam containers, Expanded Polystyrene (EPS), or Styrofoam, has been a staple in the food service industry for decades. Renowned for…
California Fish Grill Partners with Direct Pack to Enhance Sustainable Packaging
Founded in 1998, California Fish Grill has been delivering fresh, high-quality seafood to its customers for over 25 years. Now,…
Direct Pack Receives El Pollo Loco Food & Supplies Award
At El Pollo Loco’s 2023 Leadership Conference October 9-11, Direct Pack had the honor of receiving El Pollo Loco’s Food…
Direct Pack’s New Truck Design: A Moving Billboard for Change
We are excited to unveil the latest addition to Direct Pack Inc.’s logistics family: our brand-new truck design! It isn’t…
What Does LA County’s New Waste Reduction Ordinance Mean for Your Food Service Business?
On May 1st, 2023, the Reduction of Waste from Single-Use Articles and Expanded Polystyrene Products Ordinance went into effect in…
Direct Pack receives two grants from The Recycling Partnership
During the last six months, Direct Pack has received not only one, but two, grants from The Recycling Partnership’s PET…
Happy New Year from all of us at Direct Pack!
We are grateful for all the support we have received from team members, customer partners, supplier partners and other friends…
50M lbs. milestone of recycled PET
In less than three years, Direct Pack has purchased 50 million lbs. of recycled PET bales from different Material Recovery…
25% more post-consumer recycled material
We are proud to announce that during the first nine months of this year, we have used 25% more post-consumer…
Yes! We want our packaging back!
We recently received a box of used #1 PET food containers with a letter from a consumer in Ohio, who…
New video explains Direct Pack’s Full Circle Recycling model
A new video featuring Direct Pack’s animated “ambassadors” and live footage from the Direct Pack Recycling facility explains the full…
The Great LA River Clean Up
This past weekend, Direct Pack team members had the opportunity to participate in The Great LA River Cleanup event hosted…
BOTTLEBOX® Catalog 2022
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new product catalog. We have merged popular products from the BOTTLEBOX®…
Green Together Initiatives
Green Together is our proactive sustainability platform that aligns our values and business strategy. Our commitment to sustainable practices includes…
Celebrating Earth Day With Sustainable Initiative
Happy Earth Day! We are so excited to celebrate Earth Day and share our sustainable initiative in 2021 with you.…
Direct Pack Baja introduces team member transportation program
Since the start-up of our extrusion and thermoforming operations at Direct Pack Baja in Mexicali, Mexico, in 2021, more shifts…
Introducing I Heart Mac & Cheese
I Heart Mac & Cheese is a fast-casual concept restaurant specializing in build-your-own mac & cheese bowl and grilled cheese…
2021 Another record year of recycled PET
In 2021, Direct Pack, Inc. and its BOTTLEBOX® brand had another record year in using post-consumer recycled PET material: saving…
Happy America Recycles Day!
Happy America Recycles Day! It’s a national event recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to educate our consumers about…
Direct Pack Inc mitigates supply chain disruptions with expanded North America manufacturing operations
Direct Pack, Inc. (DPI), a leader in sustainable, full circular, thermoformed plastic packaging, announced today that it has expanded its…
Successfully repurposed 1.46 billion bottles in the last 9 months
As we are continuously promoting sustainability, we are proud to announce that the BOTTLEBOX® has now a total of saved…
Driscoll’s receives Innovator Award for responsible sourcing of Direct Pack clamshells
Direct Pack, Inc. proudly announce that Driscoll’s, our long-term customer-partner, has received the Sustainable Packaging Coalition’s 2021 Innovator Awards for…
Goop Kitchen Sustainable Containers
Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand Goop launched Goop Kitchen, a ghost kitchen in Santa Monica with the goal of accelerating the…
Expanding Rockingham Manufacturing Facility
Direct Pack, Inc. (DPI), a leader in sustainable, full circular, thermoformed plastic packaging, announced today that it is expanding its…
ATHENS SERVICES & DIRECT PACK, INC. PARTNERSHIP
Athens Services & Direct Pack, Inc. Partnership is keeping plastic packaging out of landfills through coordinated recycling efforts. A year…
Another year sponsoring and volunteering at the Great LA River Cleanup
We are honored and excited to be a sponsor of the Great LA River Cleanup, hosted by FoLAR, Friends of…
Partnerships for more sustainable packaging with El Pollo Loco
At Direct Pack, we thrive on building long-lasting partnerships with our customers to develop packaging that fits their needs. When…
Celebrate Earth Day with our Green Together Achievement
We would love to celebrate Earth Day with our Green Together actions and achievements in 2020 and outline new steps…
Green Together: 2020 sustainability report
Green Together is our proactive sustainability platform that aligns with both our values and our business strategy — positively impacting…
Best Food Packaging Design with Plenty
We’re thrilled to share that our customer partner Plenty has won the Best Food Packaging Design and Best Technology Innovation…
All PET containers and bottles share the same DNA
Have you heard of the American Beverage Association campaign “Every Bottle Back”? The big beverage companies like Coke, Pepsi and…
Another record: Two billion post-consumer recycled bottles in one year
Direct Pack had another record year in using post-consumer recycled PET: In 2020 we used the equivalent of 2 billion…
Record-Breaking Growth Of Post-Consumer Recycled PET Usage
We are thrilled to announce that we’re experiencing record growth of rPET in our manufacturing in 2020. Comparing the first…
Sustainable Packaging From Direct Pack, Inc.: 100% Recycled And 100% Recyclable Again
We are very excited to share new pictures of our sustainable egg packaging, made with 100% recycled PET material. The…
Feliz Día de América Recicla
Did you know that Nov 15th is America Recycles Day? It is a national event recognized by the United States…
Direct Pack Mexico receives an outstanding 2020 AIB Audit performance
In its second official American Institute of Baking (AIB) Audit, Direct Pack’s manufacturing facility in Guadalajara scored an outstanding 905…
DPI at NY Climate Week September 2020
We were honored to attend Climate Week NYC 2020, as a part of the panel session “Cultivating Sustainable Practices for…
Direct Pack Recycling hitting first one million pound milestone on thermoforms
Direct Pack is celebrating the first one million pounds of post-consumer recycled thermoforms processed at the Direct Pack Recycling facility…
Direct Pack, Inc. featured in Plastics Recycling Update
Direct Pack’s acquisition of Direct Pack Recycling was featured in Plastics Recycling Update: U.S. plastic thermoform manufacturer Direct Pack Inc.…
Sun Valley Manufacturing now processing rPET from Direct Pack Recycling
Our reclaiming and recycling plant, Direct Pack Recycling (DPR) located in Guadalajara, MX., is now successfully supplying post-consumer clean washed…
DIRECT PACK, INC. ACQUIRES ATMOSPHERA VERDE TO EXPAND PET PLASTIC RECYCLING CAPABILITIES
• Atmosphera Verde will be re-named Direct Pack Recycling • New recycling facility will allow Direct Pack greater efficiency and…
Direct Pack’s Rockingham facility receives high AIB audit score
In its second AIB International audit, Direct Pack’s factory in Rockingham, NC. received a great score of 900 points, which…
Strawberry industry benefits from Direct Pack’s Active Cool Berry Packaging technology
DPI’s latest patented innovation, the Active Cool strawberry container AC-1, brings both sustainability and cooling to the fresh strawberry industry.…
International Coastal Cleanup
Did you participate in the International Coastal Cleanup this year? We did! Employees, partners, and family members participated in the…
The Cheesecake Factory celebrates Earth Day with the BOTTLEBOX®
The Cheesecake Factory is one of Direct Pack’s dear and long term partners. In celebration of Earth Day 2019 they…
Direct Pack volunteers clean up the LA River
On Saturday, April 13 Direct Pack sponsored and provided 126 volunteers for the Great LA River CleanUp organized by the…
New Product Innovations from Direct Pack
Do you like our new product innovations? Every now and then, we gather some of our new, innovative products in…
Nature-Watch uses BOTTLEBOX® containers as educational greenhouses
One of Direct Pack’s customers, Nature-Watch, provides educational nature products and craft activity kits designed to teach children about nature.…
DPI’s Rockingham, NC. facility receives high score in first AIB audit
In its first AIB International audit, Direct Pack’s factory in Rockingham, NC. received a score of 905 points, which is…
DPI takes another 740 cars off the road
Direct Pack continues to take cars off the road – not literally, but through the greenhouse gas impact saving that…
DPI participates in International Coastal Cleanup
The International Coastal Cleanup day took place on September 15, 2018. Organized by the Ocean Conservancy in collaboration with local organizations…
21% increase in recycled PET
As the interest for sustainable solutions among our food service, supermarket and produce customers continues to grow, the demand for…
New fresh fruit cup for Naturipe Farms
In close collaboration with Direct Pack’s innovative design and engineering team, Naturipe is launching a new fruit cup for people…
New catalogs available
Our brand new catalog and sell sheets are now available for download on our website. Contact us if you are…
Direct Pack receives NatureSweet Innovation Award
NatureSweet is one of Direct Pack’s long term partners. We have worked closely with them for many years and they…
Direct Pack participates in LA River Cleanup 2018
Direct Pack is a proud sponsor of the LA River Cleanup 2018, and all employees have been offered the opportunity…
Direct Pack using more recycled bottles than ever
We are happy to announce that the use of BOTTLEBOX® containers keep increasing, and we are saving more bottles from…
Brilliant Colors on top of Fast Casual’s trend list
The site Fast Casual.com just released a list of 11 menu trends going mainstream in 2018, and on top of…
Naturipe wins award with Direct Pack snack pack
Our long term partner and customer Naturipe Farms, a leading berry company, has won the Joe Nucci Award for Product…
Direct Pack receives Superior AIB score
In the 2017 AIB International audit, Direct Pack’s operations in Sun Valley, CA. received the highest rating – Superior – with a…
2018 IHOP Vendor Partner of the Year
At IHOP’s Global Franchise Conference in Florida in the end of October, Direct Pack, Inc. was honored with the 2018 IHOP…
Direct Pack increases use of recycled plastic by 10%
The success with our range of post-consumer recycled PET plastic containers for the foodservice, supermarket, produce and processor markets continue.…
Direct Pack displays products at the IDDBA show
Come visit us at the IDDBA show in Anaheim, CA June 4-6. IDDBA is the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association…
2017 BOTTLEBOX® catalog is here!
The 2017 updated BOTTLEBOX® catalog is here. It contains a number of new, exciting products like the 5×9″ and…
Direct Pack increases use of recycled plastic with 28% in 2016
Direct Pack’s success story with post-consumer recycled PET plastic containers continues. The BOTTLEBOX® range is very popular in supermarkets and…
Direct Pack receives Supplier of the Year Award
We are proud to announce that Direct Pack, Inc. received the 2016 Packaging Supplier of the Year award at Del…
Direct Pack receives Superior Rating from AIB
In the second AIB audit, Direct Pack, Inc. received the highest rating, a Superior rating, with a score of 940 points…
DPI expanding manufacturing into the East Coast
Direct Pack team is expanding into the East Coast. With demand for our products growing on the East Coast and…
Meet us at the NRA Show in Chicago
The Direct Pack / BOTTLEBOX team will be at the NRA show in Chicago May 21-24, 2016. Come meet our sales…
DPI increases use of rPET by 43%
Each year we verify and audit how much post-consumer recycled PET plastic (rPET) we use in our manufacturing facilities. 2015…
38% increase in recycled PET
Direct Pack continues to increase the use of post-consumer recycled PET in its line of BOTTLEBOX® containers and produce and…
Healthier school lunch with the BOTTLEBOX
Check out what Dallas Independent School District is doing for their students. A healthier lunch in a sustainable BOTTLEBOX!…
DPI receives Superior Rating from AIB
Direct Pack, Inc. is proud to announce that we received the highest rating, a Superior rating, with a score of…
Unique Platters for Cakes and Catering
Our brand new PyraPak ® brochure is here! It features our complete family of upscale bakery and catering platters. Inspired…
The BOTTLEBOX® Web Shop is complete
Looking for a place to buy our BOTTLEBOX ® containers? Look no further! After a successful launch of our Web…
A Bakery Game Changer
Shop NowRequest Samples If you’re tired of bulky bakery containers and deli containers that blend into the background, then our…
The new BOTTLEBOX® catalog is here!
Take a look at our brand new catalog and discover all the cool BOTTLEBOX stock items that are available. The…
Perfectly Fresh 5-compartment
If you are looking for an outstanding container for fresh-cut fruit or vegetables, look no further! Direct Pack, Inc.’s high-quality…
DPI further increases usage of recycled bottles
At Direct Pack we are steadily increasing the use of recycled bottles in our containers. Between January 2011 and June…
NEW: The BOTTLEBOX® prints Collection
We’re all about making recycling attractive. As the demand for the BOTTLEBOX® containers continues to grow, we keep adding innovative,…
Multi-color lids now available
Looking for higher impact in the supermarket shelf? Direct Pack, Inc. is now offering both one, two and three color…
Direct Pack launches two-color print on deli containers
When designing packaging solutions for Food Processors who are packing large volumes of food in an automated or manual environment,…
DPI increases usage of post-consumer recycled PET
At Direct Pack, we regularly audit how much rPET we are using. Our 2013 full year audit shows that we have used…
A brand new take on the classic 6×8″ container
Continuing to push the limits for eco-friendly, outstanding packaging solutions, Direct Pack is presenting a new take on the classic…
PMA Impact Award Winner 2013
Congratulation to our long term partner NatureSweet® for receiving the 2013 Produce Marketing Association (PMA) Impact Award for their Cherriots™…
Launch of Web Shop
We are proud to announce the launch of our Web Shop at www.thebottlebox.com/shop/ On this site you are able to purchase…
VP of Manufacturing
As Direct Pack Inc. is continuously growing, we are pleased to announce the recent hiring of Mike Drozek as our…
Co-Extrusion Process
At DPI we are proud to offer our customers colored co-extruded products that will be released in the month of…
New: Co-extruded colored containers
You probably already know that Direct Pack makes innovative containers in colors, not only black and clear. Now we are…
DPI in compliance with updated recycling law – AB837
Being on the forefront in regards to sustainable packaging, we are pleased to inform you that Direct Pack, Inc. is…
Direct Pack joins NAPCOR
At Direct Pack Inc. we are proud to announce that NAPCOR’s Executive Committee has unanimously approved the application of Direct…
Direct Pack expands domestic manufacturing capacity
We are very pleased to announce that we are substantially increasing our manufacturing platform in Sun Valley, CA. Last year…
Direct Pack, Inc. launches newly redesigned website
We at Direct Pack Inc. are excited and proud to announce the launch of our newly redesigned website. When it…
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
As the month of October approaches, we at Direct Pack Inc. are working diligently with our customers and helping them…
Direct Pack, Inc. in compliance with AB 341
In October of 2011, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 341, requiring businesses that generate more than four cubic…
Design and Innovation help Customer win Best New Product Award
Innovation and Functionality are key elements to our design philosophy here at Direct Pack Inc. We believe that packaging should…
DPI’s Private Color Collection
The variety of colored lids for the Parfait and Snack cup was just the beginning of Direct Pack Inc.’s new…
Modular and Colorful -The Next Generation Parfait and Snack
Direct Pack, Inc. Introduces a Variety of Bright Colors to Their New Modular Parfait and Snack Cup AZUSA, CA (…
Supplier of the year
Direct Pack Inc.’s VP of Sales and Marketing, Laura Murphy, was given a Key Supplier Award at BJ’s Restaurant and…
Direct Pack, Inc. Expands Domestic Manufacturing Capacity
PET Food Packaging Thermoformer DPI Invests in Southern California SUN VALLEY, CA–(Marketwire – Jul 18, 2011) – PET food packaging…