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Beverage
Packaging Solutions


Beverage packaging has to do more than look good on shelf. It needs to perform through production, distribution, refrigeration, and everyday use while keeping pace with changing products, SKUs, and consumer expectations.

Fortis Solutions Group supports beverage brands with labels, shrink sleeves, flexible packaging, stick packs, and folding cartons designed for standout presentation and reliable performance.


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Packaging for a Fast-Moving Beverage Market

From energy drinks and RTDs to hydration powders, mixers, teas, and concentrates, beverage brands need packaging that can keep up.

Fortis helps manage the complexity behind growing beverage programs, from changing artwork and multiple SKUs to different packaging formats and production requirements. Whether a product is chilled, shelf-stable, or powdered, the goal is the same: packaging that looks exceptional and performs where it matters.

 

Beverage Packaging Solutions

Flexible Packaging

Flexible packaging provides lightweight options for beverage refills, concentrates, teas, and on-the-go formats, with structures designed around product protection, convenience, and sustainability goals.

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Folding Cartons

For multipacks, club-store formats, and secondary beverage packaging, folding cartons provide structure, protection, and additional space for branding and product information.

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Shrink Sleeves

Create 360° brand impact across bottles, cans, and other beverage containers with custom shrink sleeves designed for strong shelf presence. Specialty finishes and high-impact graphics can help products stand out in crowded coolers and aisles.

 

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Pressure Sensitive Labels

Durable pressure sensitive labels give beverage brands flexibility across bottles, cans, and PET containers, with options for vibrant color, specialty finishes, and moisture-resistant applications.

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Stickpacks

Ideal for hydration powders, electrolyte mixes, and other powdered beverage products, stick packs combine portability with precise dosing and convenient single-serve packaging. Fortis offers custom barrier films and easy-tear options for beverage applications.

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Shrink Sleeves Built for Beverage Brands

Shrink sleeves give beverage brands nearly the entire container to work with, creating opportunities for high-impact graphics across bottles and cans.

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Built to Handle Beverage Packaging Complexity

Rapid Artwork Turnarounds

Integrated prepress workflows help beverage programs manage changing artwork and multiple SKUs.

Advanced Color Management

Maintain greater brand consistency across packaging formats and substrates.

Flexographic, Digital & Hybrid Printing

Multiple print technologies give Fortis flexibility to support different program requirements and run sizes.

Sustainable Material Options

Explore recyclable films, PCR, bio-based structures, and other material options based on the packaging application.

Responsive Service & Lead Times

Support designed to help beverage programs stay on schedule and on shelf.

One Packaging Partner Across Your Beverage Line

A growing beverage portfolio rarely relies on just one packaging format. A brand may use shrink sleeves for RTDs, pressure sensitive labels for bottled products, stick packs for hydration powders, flexible packaging for refills, and cartons for multipacks.

Fortis brings those capabilities together, helping beverage brands manage packaging across products, SKUs, and formats without treating every new requirement as a completely separate packaging program.

Hydration
Powders

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Sustainable Beverage Packaging Options

Sustainability goals are changing the way beverage brands evaluate materials and packaging systems. Fortis can help explore recyclable films, PCR, bio-based structures, and other sustainability-focused options while considering the performance requirements of the complete package.

For brands navigating recyclability or Extended Producer Responsibility requirements, Fortis can also help evaluate packaging choices within the broader sustainability strategy.

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Why Beverage Brands Choose Fortis

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Fortis supports beverage programs where speed, consistency, and complexity intersect. With experience managing high-volume programs, multiple SKUs, quick-turn artwork, and a range of packaging formats, our team helps brands move from packaging concept to shelf with confidence.

High-Volume Programs

Experience running large beverage programs

Multiple SKUs

Flavors, sizes, and seasonal releases
 

Quick-Turn Artwork

Prepress built for frequent changes

Range of Formats

Sleeves, labels, stick packs, flexible, cartons

Beverage Packaging FAQ's

Fortis supports beverage brands with shrink sleeves, pressure sensitive labels, stick packs, flexible packaging, and folding cartons. The right format depends on the product, container, production process, and distribution requirements.

Yes. Stick packs can be used for hydration powders, electrolyte mixes, and other powdered beverage products, with options including custom barrier films and easy-tear features.

Depending on the container and application, RTD beverage programs may use shrink sleeves, pressure sensitive labels, flexible packaging, or secondary folding cartons.

Fortis offers sustainability-focused material options that can include recyclable films, PCR, and bio-based structures. The appropriate option depends on the package, product, performance requirements, and sustainability goals.