Madison, WI (March 31, 2025) – Placon, an industry leader in innovative, sustainable thermoformed food packaging, today announced the launch of its new Fresh ‘n Clear Dip Cup line for hummus, spreads, and dips. The dip cup line was designed to address rising consumer demand for more sustainable food packaging options for the growing […]

  Placon Wins Again!  We’re thrilled to announce that our custom sandwich and wrap containers, designed for Farmer’s Fridge, have been honored with a WorldStar 2025 Award!  This is the second major accolade for this innovative packaging, which also earned a 2024 AmeriStar Award for Design Excellence. Designed with 100% post-consumer recycled PET, these containers […]

  Madison, WI (December 10, 2024) – Placon, an industry leader in custom thermoformed packaging solutions, announced an expansion in production capacity at its food and medical manufacturing facility in Plymouth, MN, and at the company’s headquarters in Madison, WI, where much of Placon’s food and retail packaging are made. The move to expand production […]

  Placon is pleased to announce the release of a new tamper-resistant injection molded cup and lid: The TRP16 cup and TRPLID. The TRP16 is a tamper-resistant, 16 oz. injection molded cup that’s perfect for custom food processors, and the convenience store and grocery markets. The cups are ideal for soups, dips, sauces, cut fruit […]

  MADISON, WI (October 1, 2024) – Placon further solidified its position as an innovator in the medical packaging market by announcing the release of a new stock line of BargerGard® TPU pouches and tip protectors. The new product line includes pouches with and without flaps, and a variety of tip protectors to safeguard rough […]

  MADISON, WI (September 3, 2024) – In a bold move that solidifies Placon’s position as an innovator in the packaging industry, the company announced the release of EcoStar® 50S, a sustainable packaging material made from post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic that meets current packaging requirements in all 50 U.S. states. Going forward, Placon’s stock food […]

  MADISON, WI (August 7, 2024) – Placon, an industry leader in innovative, sustainable thermoformed food packaging, was recently announced as a 2024 AmeriStar award winner for Design Excellence for a custom line of sandwich and wrap containers. The Ameristar awards are an annual award given by the Institute of Packaging Professionals and recognize innovation, […]

Madison, WI (July 16, 2024) – Placon, an industry leader in sustainable thermoformed food packaging, announced the addition of two new containers to its innovative Fresh ‘N Clear tamper-evident salad bowl line. The Fresh ‘N Clear product family sets itself apart by featuring a wide variety of sizes and configurations, and are made from post-consumer […]

Congratulations to our Wilson, NC facility and thanks to PLASTICS (Plastics Industry Association) for recognizing companies that take steps to drive toward zero net waste in manufacturing. Requirements include: • Divert up to 90% of their total waste away from the landfill • Engage employees in environmental efforts • Avoid landfill costs and generate revenue […]

Madison, WI (June 6, 2024) – Placon released their 2023 Corporate Sustainability Report today, highlighting the company’s efforts last year to eliminate waste and pollution, and increase the circularity of their products and material. In addition, the report features Placon’s future sustainability goals, and highlights last year’s awards for sustainable design from Ameristar and Worldstar. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Madison, WI (May 13, 2024) – Placon, an industry leader in innovative, sustainable thermoformed food packaging, today announced the launch of its new Crystal Seal® Delectables™ line of tamper-evident square dry snack containers. The Delectables™ product line was designed to address consumer demand for safer and more sustainable food packaging options, all […]

  MADISON, WI (January 2024) – Placon, an industry leader in innovative, sustainable thermoformed food packaging, was recently announced as a 2024 WorldStar award winner for its Crystal Seal® Cravings™ line of round deli containers. The WorldStar awards are an annual award given by the World Packaging Organization and are the pre-eminent international award in […]

Review of laws and regulations for plastic in 2023! As another year has passed, there have been plenty of new laws passed regarding plastic bans and plastic recycling. With legislation ranging from advanced recycling to reducing single-use plastic, there was plenty to keep up with regarding plastic in 2023. Here’s a recap of some of […]

Placon has announced its participation in the Plastic Industry Association’s (PLASTICS) latest advocacy campaign, Recycling Is Real https://recyclingisreal.com/, dedicated to illustrating and promoting plastic recycling. Recycling Is Real will provide content to help elected officials and policymakers understand that recycling is a vital link of the sustainability and circularity chain, enabling more well-informed decisions about […]

MADISON, WI (April 2023) Placon, a leading designer and manufacturer of custom and stock plastic packaging, has been awarded a grant to catalyze their investment in new front-end sorting equipment. This new equipment will enable Placon to capture around 10% more polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from incoming Material Recovery Facility (MRF) bales, allowing their Madison, WI […]

Placon Releases Tamper-Evident Post-Consumer Round Deli Product Line Madison, WI (December 2022) – Placon continues to be a leader in sustainable, thermoformed packaging innovation with their new Crystal Seal® Cravings™ product line made with recycled PET material. With increasing online grocery and curbside food pick-up, food safety is more important than ever. Tamper-evident packaging allows […]

What does it mean, and how to respond to it? By Catherine Haub As the global climate crisis becomes more apparent, laws and regulations are being introduced and passed to ensure that companies are practicing sustainability to the best of their ability, especially when it comes to plastics. Some of these regulations include banning single-use […]

Why aren’t all Plastics Recyclable and What is Best for the Environment? By Catherine Haub Plastics play a huge role in our everyday lives as they are in many of the objects we use today such as in our phones, our cars, and so much more. Life without plastic wouldn’t be the same as many […]

MADISON, WI (June 2022) – Placon adds a new salad bowl family to its post-consumer content, tamper evident line up. The new line is making a statement to set itself apart by offering a tamper-evident feature and supporting sustainability being made using a minimum 25% EcoStar® post-consumer (PCR) PET material. Ten new products are available […]

Placon, the leading thermoforming company in sustainable packaging, has launched two food preparation trays, a pie liner, and a bakery clamshell into their PET stock food lineup from the 2021 Wilson, NC acquisition. Placon introduces two food preparation rectangular trays: a half pan and a quarter pan that help with food prep, maximize product protection, […]

February 21, 2022 – (Madison, WI) Placon, an industry leader in sustainable thermoformed packaging solutions for the food, retail, and medical markets, has promoted Daniel R. Gilbert to the President of Placon Corporation. This move recognizes Dan’s success as Chief Financial Officer and responds to Placon’s accelerated growth strategy. Speaking on his new appointment, Dan […]

Elkhart, IN (December 1, 2021) Placon held a grand opening celebration launching production at the newly expanded Elkhart, Indiana facility located at 2901 Oakland Avenue. The $15 million addition houses manufacturing of custom plastic packaging for the medical device and healthcare industries. Thermoforming, BargerGard® protective products, inline flexographic lid printing, die cutting and lift labels […]

Placon Acquires North Carolina Packaging Operation Madison, Wisconsin, October 2021 – Placon, a leading North American thermoformer in sustainable plastic packaging, is expanding its production capacity and employee base with the acquisition of a former Sonoco packaging operation in Wilson, North Carolina. Placon has reached an agreement to purchase substantially all operating equipment and hire […]

Madison, WI (May 2021) – Continuing its commitment to sustainability, Placon now manufactures multi-layer laminated sheet to benefit the food industry. The laminated materials include a sealable barrier sheet that prevents moisture from passing through the container and a sealable high-barrier sheet that has an added EVOH layer to avert oxygen as well. The initial […]

As a sustainable packaging leader, Placon has been using post-consumer recycled PET in their PET packaging for more than thirty (30) years. To ensure sustainable packaging quality and transparency, Placon was recently certified by SCS Global Services for their RPET-F75 PET material, Fresh n’ Clear® Bowls & Trays, GoCubes®, CrystalSeal® reFresh® product lines as recycled […]

Placon continues to be a leader in sustainable, thermoform packaging innovation with their new proprietary recyclable oxygen barrier material called OxyStar™. When creating our custom food packaging, our number one challenge is figuring out how to help the food last longer. Direct oxygen contact with perishable foods has been a problem for food manufacturers since […]

Placon was recently featured in the Madison InBusiness magazine for celebrating their 55 year anniversary. Our employees are key to the company’s success by owning the company’s vision and being active in their local communities.

Placon has been announced as WorldStar award winner in the medical and pharmaceutical category for the second consecutive year. This year the award-winning packaging design was the Placon Custom Medical Packaging solution. The WorldStar awards are an annual award given by the World Packaging Organization and are the pre-eminent international award in packaging. WorldStar illustrates […]

Placon held a groundbreaking ceremony commencing the start of construction at its Elkhart, Indiana facility located at 2901 Oakland Avenue. The new $15 million addition will house manufacturing of custom plastic packaging for the medical device and healthcare industries. Thermoforming, BargerGard® protective products, inline flexographic lid printing, die cutting and lift labels are just a […]

Placon welcomed H. Fisk Johnson III to Madison today where he was presented with an outstanding achievement sustainability award. The sustainability award recognizes top customers who promote a circular economy. SC Johnson diverted over 119 million plastic water bottles from landfills in 2019 by purchasing their PET packaging from Placon. Placon purchases curbside collected bales […]

On October 27th, 2020 Placon was recognized by the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) as the winning package design in the AmeriStar award Medical Device Packaging category. This is the second consecutive year that Placon has been awarded as the winning packaging design for the AmeriStar Medical Device category. The AmeriStar awards are an annual […]

As an industry leader in sustainability, Placon continues to raise the bar and implement sustainable solutions throughout their facilities and products. Placon has collaborated with MG&E to purchase locally generated, carbon free solar energy from the O’Brien Solar Fields. This program is made possible through a renewable energy rider program with MG&E that will kick-off […]

We are excited to announce two new product additions to our stock food packaging product portfolio. Our Fresh ‘N Clear™ GoCubes™ 14-ounce insert tray was designed to fit directly into our GoCubes CC1 base options that provide our customers a solution to add a sandwich within the insert tray and have a salad or chips […]

MADISON, WI (July 2020) – Placon is proud to introduce their new company website that officially launched July 1, 2020. Their new website was designed to incorporate a new shopping cart designated for customer sample requests, making it easier for customers to search, sort and find stock products. They also added more in-depth content and […]

Placon has been announced as the winner of two (2) Bronze WorldStar Special Awards, in the Packaging that Saves Food and Marketing categories. The WorldStar awards are an annual award given by the World Packaging Organization and are the pre-eminent international award in packaging. WorldStar illustrates the continuous advancement of packaging design and technology to […]

Placon has scaled up production rapidly in multiple internal and external manufacturing facilities to help get plastic face shield PPE to healthcare workers during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Placon has been producing the plastic face shield subcomponent since March 19, 2020. It started with demand from a local hospital and grew exponentially from there. Placon […]

Placon is donating $10,000 to the Dane County COVID-19 Emergency and Recovery Fund as it tries to lend a helping hand to those in need during this pandemic outbreak. Since 1966, Placon has been a family owned company right here in Madison, WI. By collaborating with the United Way of Dane County, we want to […]

Placon is scaling up production in two of their manufacturing facilities to help get plastic PPE to healthcare workers during this pandemic. It all began with a call from University of Wisconsin Professor Tim Osswald. He was collaborating and problem-solving with local manufacturers to get a personal protective equipment (PPE) face shield to local healthcare […]

What do you say when Fisk Johnson asks if you want to be on the team with SC Johnson and the Milwaukee Brewers to help reduce plastic waste? Yes, put me in coach. “We had an opportunity to help another local, privately held company with an important, sustainability project that needed to move quickly. When […]

Placon continues to raise the bar in food packaging by introducing their new Crystal Seal® reFresh® Parfait Line. The new parfait line is making a statement to setup itself apart by offering a tamper-evident feature and supporting sustainability by being made using 75% or more of Placon’s EcoStar® post-consumer PET material and is 100% recyclable. […]

Placon was recently announced as the winner of three (3) WorldStar awards. The WorldStar awards are an annual award given by the World Packaging Organization and are the pre-eminent international award in packaging. WorldStar illustrates the continuous advancement of packaging design and technology to create a standard of packaging excellence. The award winning Placon package […]

Placon was recently announced as an award winner for three packaging designs that were recognized at the annual SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers) conference, held in Milwaukee, WI, September 9th through September 11th. The award winning Placon package designs were the ORTHOFIX® Medical Tray (Gold Award Winner – Industrial Packaging Category), PACLOCK Bi-Fold Clamshell (Silver […]

Placon was recently announced as an AmeriStar award winner for not one, not two, but three packaging designs that are recognized by the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP). The AmeriStar awards are an annual award given to the best packaging design within the twenty-seven judging categories. The award winning Placon package designs were in the […]

Placon introduces a sandwich wrap package to the Crystal Seal reFresh product line. Use the new wrap container to lock in freshness with the leak resistant, tamper evident hinge design, to ensure your product is safe and not tampered with. The new wrap package can be merchandised standing up or lying down for multiple merchandising […]

Placon has partnered with the Madison Mallards baseball club to raise awareness about recycling PET bottles and thermoforms. This summer when you visit the Duck Pond, where the Mallards team plays their homes games, you will see multiple recycling bottle areas with the Placon logo on them. Each bottle was designed to showcase the EcoStar […]

Placon, a leading North American plastic packaging designer and manufacturer, will exhibit at the upcoming International Dairy Deli Bakery (IDDBA) show in Orlando, FL. The show, set for June 2-4 at the Orange County Convention Center, is an industry leading show that allows attendees to network, build strong relationships and experience new products. IDDBA is […]

Placon introduces an addition to the Fresh ‘n Clear GoCubes line. Introducing a larger 8” x 8” footprint to our popular GoCubes line. GoCubes bring style, versatility and best of all, sustainability to a classic square container. Use GoCubes bases alone or add a universal insert for maximum appetite appeal and extended shelf life with […]

Placon is expanding once again. The Madison, Wisconsin based custom thermoformer has added an additional class 8 clean room to its Elkhart, Indiana manufacturing facility to increase capacity for its medical products. Placon has been aggressively targeting growth in the medical and healthcare market space first, with the acquisition of Barger and then Brookdale Plastics […]

Placon was awarded two Gold Awards at the annual parts competition during the Society of Plastics Engineers’ Thermoforming Conference September 24-26th in Dallas, TX. Placon won for its innovative package design for pc nametag® Oneway® Flex™ name tag organizer and best consumer package for Pokémon™ TCG: Premium Trainers XY Collection trays. The first entry, a […]

Better packaging means a better experience with Placon’s latest addition to its popular Fresh ‘n Clear stock food packaging line. Available in three ultra-clear, convenient base configurations- a 2-compartment, 3-compartment and 3-compartment that fits a hard-boiled egg- and an optional inside fit lid. Meeting the growing demand for on-the-go, portion control packaging, the new SnackCube […]