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Specialized Container Forming & Dispensing
Methods and apparatuses for creating unique package structures, such as recesses in specific materials, blister packages, or single-dose units, and for controlled dispensing of products from storage into these containers.
18,199 US filings from 4,996 companies since 2023 · 2023: 4,816 · 2024: 5,909 · 2025: 5,302 · 2026 YTD: 2,172
Packaging Machines
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | Seiko Epson Corporation | 312 | 88 | 101 | 76 | 47 | -24.8% |
| 2 | Graphic Packaging International, LLC | 199 | 33 | 61 | 62 | 43 | +1.6% |
| 3 | The Procter & Gamble Company | 193 | 51 | 65 | 61 | 16 | -6.2% |
| 4 | Altria Client Services LLC | 181 | 47 | 53 | 56 | 25 | +5.7% |
| 5 | KRONES AG | 180 | 47 | 67 | 50 | 16 | -25.4% |
| 6 | TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. | 173 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 11 | +3.7% |
| 7 | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 165 | 46 | 41 | 50 | 28 | +22.0% |
| 8 | WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC | 154 | 48 | 48 | 44 | 14 | -8.3% |
| 9 | SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A. | 141 | 32 | 55 | 45 | 9 | -18.2% |
| 10 | NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD. | 104 | 24 | 38 | 26 | 16 | -31.6% |
| 11 | Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc. | 103 | 28 | 23 | 37 | 15 | +60.9% |
| 12 | ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. | 101 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 13 | +6.9% |
| 13 | Sonoco Development, Inc. | 94 | 31 | 33 | 26 | 4 | -21.2% |
| 14 | Westrock Shared Services, LLC | 88 | 36 | 25 | 22 | 5 | -12.0% |
| 15 | THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD. | 86 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 12 | -30.0% |
| 16 | SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. | 76 | 9 | 27 | 18 | 22 | -33.3% |
| 17 | G.D S.P.A. | 70 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 18 | SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS | 68 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 9 | +58.8% |
| 19 | Niagara Bottling, LLC | 60 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 6 | -20.0% |
| 20 | ALPLA WERKE ALWIN LEHNER GMBH & CO. KG | 56 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 11 | -45.5% |
| 21 | The Boeing Company | 55 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 4 | -70.4% |
| 22 | Berry Global, Inc. | 54 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 7 | -16.7% |
| 23 | I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A. | 53 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 7 | +33.3% |
| 24 | Fameccanica.Data S.p.A. | 52 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 12 | -45.0% |
| 25 | Signode Industrial Group LLC | 51 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 12 | -6.7% |