EMERGENCY REPACK SERVICES/SURGE CAPACITY SUPPORT

Surge Capacity Support

The order came in bigger than the plan. The packaging runs here.

01 / WHAT IT IS

Overflow Packaging
Without Building a Line

When demand outruns internal capacity, Korpack takes the volume the plant cannot absorb and packs it out in certified space, on Korpack's equipment, with Korpack's crews.

THE WORK INCLUDES

Case and tray packing
Multipack and club pack assembly
Variety and combo pack-outs
Retail display builds
Shrink wrapping and overwrapping
Labeling and over-labeling
Kitting and light assembly

Korpack handles secondary packaging and pack-out of product that is already made. No product manufacturing and no filling.

02 / WHEN IT APPLIES

Four Ways Volume
Gets Ahead of Capacity

01

New distribution.

A retailer says yes and the volume commitment lands before the line is ready for it.

02

A promotion or seasonal window.

Demand spikes for eight weeks and then returns to normal, which is not a reason to buy equipment.

03

A format the line does not run.

The plant makes the product but cannot build the club pack, the variety pack, or the display the retailer wants.

04

Internal capacity is committed.

The line is full with existing SKUs and something has to give.

Worker wearing blue gloves places a stack of white boxes on a stainless steel table in a packaging facility
03 / THE COMMERCIAL CASE

Capacity Without the Capital

Adding capacity internally means equipment, floor space, and hiring, all committed against demand that may be seasonal. Overflow packaging at Korpack is a fixed cost per unit against volume that actually exists.

No capital purchase. No line build. No lease. No headcount carried through the quarter after the spike ends.

04 / WHY KORPACK

Materials and Labor From One Partner

A surge run needs cases, trays, film, and labels in volumes the plant does not normally buy. Korpack is a packaging materials distributor as well as a co-packer, so the materials and the labor are quoted and scheduled together.

The work runs in USDA, SQF, FDA, and ISO 9001:2015 certified facilities across nearly 200,000 square feet in Chicagoland, with lot and expiration tracking throughout and counts and status available through the customer portal 24x7.

640,000

units packed out during a holiday surge for a national snack brand

58,000

club packs assembled for a food and beverage brand

05 / QUOTING

What Korpack Needs to Quote It

A surge quote does not take days. It takes five answers.

1
The product and the pack format. Including any retailer specification for the surge pack.
2
Volume and timeframe. Total units and the window they have to move in.
3
Where the product ships from. Plant, 3PL, or Korpack receiving it inbound.
4
Who supplies the materials. Whether cases, trays, film, and labels exist yet.
5
Whether this repeats. A seasonal pattern is quoted differently than a one-time spike.

06 / FAQ

Common
Questions

Start time depends on three things: the volume, the product, and whether the materials are already on hand. Crews are staffed to the job rather than pulled from a fixed line, so a start date is committed on the first call once those are known.
No fixed minimum. Runs are scoped to what the surge actually calls for, from a short pack-out through full production volume, and quoted against that scope rather than a standing threshold.
Yes. Korpack is a packaging materials distributor as well as a co-packer, so materials and labor are quoted and scheduled on the same job. No second vendor to source from, and no gap between materials landing and the crew being ready to run them.
No. Surge work runs on product that is already filled and sealed. What Korpack handles is everything after that point: labeling and ink-jetting, tray and case packing, overwrap and shrink, club and variety pack-outs, display builds, kitting, and light assembly.
Yes. Korpack's contract packaging facilities are SQF certified, ISO 9001:2015 certified, and USDA and FDA registered. Certification is held at the facility level, so food and beverage product is handled under the same cleanliness, documentation, and traceability standards it would see on your own line.
No. Surge work is scoped and quoted project by project, which is the point of it. Most customers come in on a single run tied to a specific season or launch, and decide from there whether an ongoing arrangement makes sense.

Volume Is Not a Reason to Miss a Window

A short call establishes what the surge pack costs per unit, when it can start, and whether the materials are the constraint.

08 / REQUEST

Start a Repack Request

If it is urgent, call. The form routes to the same team.