Definition

Noun: A company whose primary business activity is the preparation and enclosing of goods for sale, shipment, or storage. It refers to the commercial entity itself, not the act or materials of packaging.

Usage

This is a specific business term used to identify a type of company within manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain contexts. It describes the company's core service or function.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The manufacturer outsourced the final stage to a packaging concern.
  • We need to find a reliable packaging concern for our new product line.
  • The merger brought together a food producer and a major packaging concern.

Advanced Usage

• Used in formal business, financial, and industrial reports to categorize companies by sector.
• Often appears in contexts discussing contracts, outsourcing, supply chains, and corporate acquisitions.

Variants and Related Words

• Packager (noun): A more general term for a company or person that packages goods. A "packaging concern" is a type of packager, typically on an industrial scale.
• Packaging Company (noun phrase): A near-synonymous phrase.
• Contract Packager (noun phrase): A specific type of packaging concern that provides packaging services to other companies under contract.

Synonyms

• Packaging company
• Packager
• Packaging firm
• Packaging business

Antonyms

• Manufacturer (a company that makes goods, which may or may not handle its own packaging)
• Retailer (a company that sells goods directly to consumers)
• Raw material supplier

Noun

1. a company that packages goods for sale or shipment or storage