Transformative Packaging Solutions: Pandemic Innovation Driving Today’s Healthcare Best Practices

Responding to Unprecedented Healthcare Demands

At Smurfit Westrock, our commitment to bold innovation and sustainable packaging drives everything we do. Our experience navigating the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic served as a transformative catalyst for our business. The urgency and scale required to support the healthcare sector during this time pushed us to refine our processes and expand our service capabilities. We rapidly mobilized resources to deliver critical packaging for vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics—demonstrating our agility, reliability, and ability to innovate under pressure.

Our healthcare team worked around the clock to safeguard our supply chain in extraordinary circumstances, ensuring the safe and timely delivery of critical packaging materials. We partnered with logistics experts, transportation providers, healthcare leaders, and government stakeholders to make sure vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics reached our communities. In response to the unprecedented demand, Smurfit Westrock supplied more than one billion components to support COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics across North America, Europe, and Asia.

This extensive effort included the design and production of:

Folding cartons and multi-component kits
Specialty labels for vials and trays
Pharmaceutical literature
Product information brochures
Specialized cold chain secondary packaging solutions

Our comprehensive approach not only met urgent healthcare needs but also set a new standard for operational excellence and industry leadership during a global crisis.

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Advancing Solutions for a Resilient Future

Building on the systems and efficiencies developed during the pandemic, we have continued to enhance our service offerings. Today, we are equipped to help customers overcome their toughest supply chain obstacles and sustainability goals. Our integrated approach, advanced technology, and strategic partnerships ensure that we deliver not just products, but complete solutions that drive success and resilience for our clients.

We are proud to offer services that are not only responsive and robust, but also future-ready—empowering our customers to thrive in a rapidly evolving marketplace. Smurfit Westrock remains dedicated to supporting healthcare partners worldwide with innovative, sustainable, and dependable packaging solutions that meet the demands of today and anticipate the needs of tomorrow.

Our deep industry expertise and expansive footprint of over 50 healthcare packaging manufacturing sites across North America, Europe, and Asia uniquely position us to deliver a comprehensive suite of packaging solutions tailored to our healthcare customers’ most complex needs.

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