Recently you may find yourself eating more meals out of takeout containers or, if stocking up at the grocery store is your thing, perhaps you’re noticing that your recycling bin is full of empty cereal boxes and yogurt containers. Whatever your meal of choice has been while sheltering in place, there’s a good chance that your food packaging was designed or manufactured right here in Southwest Michigan. Today on National Packaging Design Day, a day to celebrate the art of packaging design and design professionals, we are giving a shout-out to the packagers in our region who create aesthetic and functional packaging of all varieties—which are often the physical representation of a brand itself. From sketch to shelf, our region is brimming with over 25 packaging design companies who know how to get things into your cart. And, in case you’re looking to become the complete package and impress all of your friends with your knowledge of who makes what in Southwest Michigan, we’ve got the list all boxed up for you here:

• Americraft Carton
• Arvco Container
• Atlantic Packaging Corporation
• Barber Packaging Company
• Blossomland Container Corporation
• Carter Associates
• Creative Foam
• Do-It
• Evergreen Packaging
• Fabri-Kal
• Graphic Packaging International
• Green Bay Packaging
• Hexacomb
• Impact Label
• Mall City Containers
• MAR-CO Harbor Group
• Michiana Corrugated Products
• MRC Industries
• PCA Plymouth
• Quality Packaging
• RNS Packaging
• South Haven Packaging
• Spartan Paperboard
• Stewart Sutherland
• Technical Packaging
• Trim-Pac
• WestRock