Functional & Specialty Beverage Packaging Automation
Secondary packaging systems that handle your pace, your formats, and your sustainability goals.
SECONDARY BEVERAGE PACKAGING
For Bold Formulas and Fast-Changing SKUs
Today’s wellness and better-for-you drinks span a wide range of formats—from slim cans and glass elixir bottles to PET bottles and spouted pouches. Brands launch fast and pivot often, so production lines must stay agile while maintaining quality and compliance.
Our systems are built to handle this diversity. Whether you need to shrink-wrap a 12-pack of vitamin-infused water, gently top-load kombucha into trays, or automate a rainbow pack of prebiotic sodas, we’ve got the speed, flexibility, and gentle handling to match your mix.
Functional & Specialty Beverage Specializations
Douglas offers innovative secondary packaging solutions for a wide variety of functional and specialty products.
Customer Diversity
Packaging Capabilities
Production Quality
OUR SOLUTIONS
Packaging Options for Functional & Specialty Beverages
Explore secondary packaging options that protect and promote your product in the specialty beverage market. Our systems are built to handle product and pattern diversity in cases, sleeves, shrink wrap, cartons, retail display packaging and more. Whether you’re packing a variety pack of prebiotic sodas or a sleeve of protein shakes, Douglas offers flexible yet precise packaging solutions.
Packaging Challenges We Solve
Handle fragile & lightweight product
with smart motion control & robotic placement that prevents breakage
SKU variety & pack flexibility
runs multiple sizes, formats, and flavors with auto changeovers
Tackle condensation & residue
from cold-fill or sticky beverages with washdown designs & stainless steel frames
Supports sustainable materials
such as recyclable films, paperboard carriers, molded pulp trays, high-PCR corrugate
Shelf ready & e-commerce packs
that withstand shipping, stack cleanly, and promote your brand
Close workforce skills gap
with instant how-to guidance with GuidePoint tablet
Fit tight spaces & legacy lines
with streamlined designs for a perfect fit in your facility
Designed for Today’s Workforce Realities
Finding and retaining skilled packaging labor is harder than ever. Even on high-mix lines, our systems are built to empower your team and simplify the packaging process.
- Intuitive operation with color-coded guides and touchscreen interfaces
- Fast changeover using servo-driven adjustments and tool-less parts
- Safe maintainance with open-frame access and remote diagnostic support
- Easier scaling with modular configurations and flexible automation options
- Instant digital assistance with GuidePoint tablet
KEY ADVANTAGES
Why Functional & Specialty Beverage Producers Choose Douglas
Flexible systems with rapid, recipe-based changeovers
Robotic top-loaders and vacuum-assisted packers reduce damage
Machines compatible with paperboard clips, molded trays, and bio-film
Continuous-motion bundlers and case formers that keep up with filling lines
Stainless steel, open-frame equipment with IP65+ options
Operator-friendly HMIs, automated adjustments, and ergonomic loading
