What PKG Group does

PKG Group LLC is a privately held US B2B packaging solutions distributor headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, with a sales office in Somerset, New Jersey. The company sources primary packaging and airless dispensing components from Korean manufacturer Yonwoo Co and resells them under the Yonwoo/PKG brand, with in-house decoration services including hot stamping, anodizing, metallizing, printing, and silk screening, alongside rapid prototyping, a dedicated sample production line supporting 10-50 unit runs, and comprehensive mechanical testing (vacuum leakage, drop test, dosage accuracy, and torque testing). The customer base is verticalized across beauty and skincare, personal care, healthcare, and suncare brands, with growing emphasis on pharmaceutical packaging following the 2024 US FDA Drug Master File submission made jointly with Yonwoo and regulatory partner Freyr Solutions.

The business model is B2B hardware sales: branded and custom-developed airless pumps, bottles, jars, tubes, droppers, applicators, and makeup packaging, supplemented by low-volume professional services for decorated samples and short-run production batches as low as 3,000 units. GTM is primarily enterprise field sales from the New Jersey sales office, reinforced by recurring participation at LUXE Pack NY/LA, Cosmoprof Miami, Contract Pharma, and Paris Packaging Week, and supported by inside sales via website inquiry forms. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with some standard catalog SKUs referenced at unit pricing around $1.00 as a starting point. The company does not disclose financials, has no recorded funding rounds, and shows no institutional investor or parent entity.

Operationally, PKG Group positions itself as a one-stop shop from concept through commercialization for North American brand customers, including sustainable packaging options such as the One Material Pump, Ecocert-certified lines, refill systems, and recycle-ready formats. Differentiators rest on the depth of in-house decoration, low-volume production flexibility, regulatory readiness for pharma, and the external validation of the airless technology platform through the 2023 Paris Packaging Week ADF award won by Yonwoo on two products.

Name

PKG Group

Legal name

PKG Group LLC

Website

https://pkggroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PKG Group is a US B2B distributor of Yonwoo-sourced airless dispensing and primary packaging solutions for beauty, personal care, healthcare, and suncare brands, adding in-house decoration, prototyping, and low-volume production to differentiate in the premium packaging market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Century City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Dispensing and Packaging Product Sales: One-time product sales of dispensing and packaging solutions including airless pumps, bottles, jars, tubes, droppers, sticks, and applicators for beauty, healthcare and personal care formulations
2. Decorated Samples and Low Volume Production: Fully decorated sample production (10-50 units minimum) and low volume production batches as low as 3K units for new product rollouts

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

PKG Group manufactures and supplies dispensing and primary packaging components — including airless pumps, bottles, jars, tubes, droppers, sticks, applicators, and powder dispensers — for beauty, skincare, healthcare, personal care, and suncare brands. The company complements its packaging products with in-house package design, prototyping, decoration (hot stamping, anodizing, metallizing, printing, silk screening), and testing services, leveraging a long-standing manufacturing partnership with Korean producer Yonwoo Co to bring advanced airless technology to Western markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Airless Pump Systems Proprietary airless pump-based packaging components (bottles, cream jars, applicators, compacts, CRC, droppers, mix chambers) that prevent contamination and preserve formulations for beauty, skincare, healthcare, and personal care brands.
• Diptube Pump Packaging Diptube pump packaging components including foaming pumps, blow bottles, and spray pumps designed for personal care and beauty product dispensing.
• Dropper Packaging Dropper-format packaging including airless bottles, droppers, and mix chambers for precise low-volume dispensing of serums, oils, and healthcare formulations.
• Glass Packaging Glass packaging components including GCMI Standard glass formats for skincare, beauty, and personal care brands.
• Jar Packaging Jar-format packaging including general cream jars and airless cream jars for skincare and cosmetic formulations.
• Powder Dispenser Packaging Powder dispenser components including powder sprayers and powder containers for cosmetic and skincare applications.
• Applicator Packaging Applicator-format packaging including airless bottles, applicators, and rods with applicators for targeted application of beauty and personal care formulations.
• Makeup Packaging Makeup packaging components including applicators, compacts, rods with applicators, and sticks designed for color cosmetics and beauty brands.
• Tube Packaging Tube-format packaging including airless pump tubes, applicator tubes, basic tubes, ETC tubes, flip-top cap tubes, oval/square tubes, screw cap tubes, and tubes with special functions for personal care and beauty brands.
• Sustainable Packaging Solutions Sustainable packaging offerings including One Material Pump engines, Ecocert-certified products, Reduce, Reuse (refill), and Recycle-ready formats targeting environmentally conscious beauty and personal care brands.
• GCMI Standard Packaging GCMI Standard packaging including lotion pumps and bottles for personal care and beauty applications.
• Heavy Blow PET Packaging Heavy blow PET packaging including diptube pumps, screw caps, pumps, bulb droppers, and auto loading droppers for personal care and beauty brands.
• Package Design Services Package design services supporting brand customers in developing primary packaging concepts for beauty, skincare, healthcare, personal care, and suncare products.
• Package Prototyping Services Package prototyping services with rapid proof-out of conceptual designs through a dedicated sample production line supporting 10-50 fully decorated sample units.
• Package Decoration Services In-house package decoration services including hot stamping, anodizing, metallizing, printing, silk screening, coating, frosting, etching, spray painting, and heat transfer applied to packaging components.
• Package Testing Services Package testing services including vacuum leakage, separation force, drop test, application torque, weight loss, dosage accuracy, and initial pumps to prime testing for packaging performance validation.
• Decorated Samples and Low Volume Production Decorated samples production (10-50 unit minimums) and low volume production runs as low as 3K units supporting new product rollouts and market testing before commercial scaling.

Quantifiable outcome

• Dedicated sample production line supports fully decorated sample sizes from 10-50 units
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Yonwoo CocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing manufacturing partnership with Yonwoo Co for airless dispensing systems and primary packaging solutions. Yonwoo has won the 2023 Paris Packaging Week ADF award for product innovation. The partnership enables PKG Group to offer advanced Korean packaging technology to Western markets.
• Freyr SolutionsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership with Freyr Solutions for regulatory services, specifically for submitting Drug Master File (DMF) to US FDA for pharmaceutical packaging compliance.
• Beauty PackagingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVideoBite collaboration with Beauty Packaging media for promotional content featuring company executives discussing philosophy, quality, and sustainability initiatives.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Berry Global: Berry Global is a large diversified plastic packaging manufacturer serving beauty, personal care, healthcare, and consumer goods. It overlaps with PKG Group in plastic bottles, jars, and dispensing packaging but operates across many other end markets at substantially greater scale.
• Gerresheimer: Gerresheimer is a global manufacturer of primary packaging for pharma and cosmetics, including glass and plastic containers. It overlaps with PKG Group's GCMI standard glass offerings and pharma packaging ambitions (especially following PKG's DMF filing), though at much larger scale.
• Silgan Holdings: Silgan is a large packaging conglomerate with dispensing and specialty closures, plastic containers, and metal containers. Its Dispensing & Specialty Closures division directly overlaps with PKG Group's pump, sprayer, and closure offerings for personal care and beauty.

Direct peers

• AptarGroup: AptarGroup is a global leader in dispensing systems and packaging components for beauty, personal care, healthcare, and food/beverage. It directly competes with PKG Group in airless pumps, spray pumps, droppers, and closures, and serves the same enterprise beauty and pharma customer base — but at significantly greater scale.
• HCP Packaging: HCP Packaging is a global supplier of cosmetic packaging components including compacts, jars, bottles, and applicators serving prestige and masstige beauty brands. It overlaps with PKG Group's airless jar, bottle, applicator, and stick product lines, particularly in skincare and color cosmetics.
• Albea Group: Albea is a major global supplier of beauty and personal care packaging, offering tubes, pumps, dispensing systems, and decoration services. It competes head-to-head with PKG Group in airless and dispensing packaging for skincare, cosmetics, and personal care brands worldwide.
• APackaging Group (APG): APG is a North American packaging supplier focused on beauty and personal care components including bottles, jars, tubes, and airless systems. It is closely comparable to PKG Group in product range and target customer base of indie and prestige beauty brands.
• Verescence: Verescence is a global supplier of glass packaging and decoration services for the beauty and fragrance industry. It overlaps with PKG Group's glass packaging line and in-house decoration services (hot stamping, metallization, silk screening) for prestige beauty customers.

Emerging players

• Quadpack Industries: Quadpack is a European beauty packaging manufacturer and supplier offering skincare, color cosmetics, and fragrance packaging components including airless systems and decoration services. It is comparable to PKG Group as a focused beauty packaging specialist serving indie and prestige brands.

Others

• Yonwoo Co: Yonwoo is PKG Group's core manufacturing partner and a Korean producer of airless pumps, tubes, and dispensing systems. While not a direct competitor (it supplies PKG Group), Yonwoo is the upstream technology source whose own brand offerings and other distributors' partnerships sit adjacent to PKG Group's market position.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/yonwoopkg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/yonwoopkg
• Instagraminstagram.com/yonwoopkg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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