Raymond Wang explains ZEO materials and packaging standards to visiting retail clients in the Shanghai meeting room
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One Step Ahead: Preparing Retail Packaging for Costco’s 2027 Standards

This Saturday at 10 a.m., our Shanghai team met a client from Canada. The topic: Costco’s new packaging standards for 2027, and how we bring together PDQ display design, material chemical control and digital design to meet them.

Raymond Wang explains ZEO materials and packaging standards to visiting retail clients in the Shanghai meeting room
Walking our client through ZEO materials and the new packaging requirements.

What made the day special was not only the client’s trust in our technology. It was seeing our team work as one: sales, product design, material sourcing, factory production, environmental certification and carbon footprint management, all in a single solution.

From passing tests to seeing ahead

Global retailers keep raising their environmental requirements. Many suppliers react: they test, collect certificates and fix problems after printing. We work the other way around.

  • Read the requirements early. We interpret the customer’s environmental targets before we quote, so every component โ€” retail box, outer carton, inserts and labels โ€” is planned from the start.
  • Control risk at the source. Chemical risks such as fluorine and phthalates come from paper, coatings and glue. We manage them through material selection, not last-minute fixes.
  • Build it into daily operations. Chemical management, low-carbon design and digital data are part of how our factories run, not a separate report.
  • One team, one contact. From design to shelf, the customer works with one integrated team.
Discussion with visiting clients in the ZEO meeting room, with ZEO certificates on the wall
Office tour with visiting clients and the Shanghai team
Discussion and office tour with our visiting client.

Sustainability as part of the product

Sustainability is no longer just numbers in a report. When it reaches the factory floor, it becomes part of product competitiveness: fewer surprises in testing, faster approvals and packaging that customers can confidently put on the shelf.

On the same day, our team in Putian also had a productive meeting with another major retail customer. Two teams, two cities, moving forward together.

The Shanghai team at lunch after the client meeting
After the meeting, the Shanghai team shared lunch and talked about 2027 programs.

A good team doesn’t just deliver orders well. It sees the customer’s next requirement one step earlier.

Thank you to every partner and team member who made this possible.

Planning a Costco, Walmart or Sam’s Club program for 2027? Talk to us early. Read more: Costco raises the bar for packaging ยท ZEO PDQ from design to shelf.

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