Vert Opens Colorado Packaging Facility Built for Emerging Consumer Brands

Vert recently announced the launch of its new digitally enabled packaging manufacturing facility in Longmont, Colorado, expanding domestic production capacity built specifically for emerging consumer brands navigating rapid growth, evolving forecasts, and increasing pressure to innovate faster.

Founded in 2023 by Dustin Steerman, the company produces stand-up pouches, mylar bags, stick packs, sachets, labels, folding cartons, child resistant certified packaging and other custom flexible and rigid packaging formats.

For many growing brands, packaging becomes a bottleneck as they scale. Long lead times delay launches, large minimum order quantities tie up cash, and managing multiple suppliers across different stages of growth slows execution. Vert’s Longmont facility was built to remove those constraints.

The operation brings digitally printed pouches, roll stock, and labeling production online under one roof, helping brands launch products faster, iterate quicker, reduce supply chain friction, and transition seamlessly into scaled production as demand grows.

Built around HP Indigo digital print technology, the facility supports rapid SKU launches, lower minimums, faster replenishment cycles, and shorter lead times for brands across natural products, food and beverage, sports nutrition, supplements, pet treats and other emerging CPG categories.

“Historically, brands have had to choose between speed and scale,” said Steerman, Founder and CEO of Vert. “Vert was built to give them both. Launch fast, validate demand, adapt quickly, and scale smarter through the same ecosystem. Too many emerging brands get stuck managing fragmented suppliers, long lead times, and operational drag at the exact moment they need speed most. We built Longmont to remove those bottlenecks and help brands stay focused on innovation and growth. Packaging is a growth lever when working with the right partners.”

Originally developed serving highly regulated cannabis markets, Vert built its operational model around compressed timelines, rapid product iteration, and high-touch customer support — capabilities now being expanded into broader emerging CPG segments.

The Longmont facility strengthens Vert’s hybrid supply chain model, combining domestic quick turn production with scalable global manufacturing through a single packaging partner.