Calyx Containers, the national cannabis packaging and curing technology company known for engineering precision and science-backed preservation, is expanding its 17,000-square-foot Salt Lake City manufacturing facility.
“The move brings core packaging production back to the United States, strengthening supply-chain reliability at a time when cannabis brands are increasingly seeking domestic solutions that reduce freight delays, tariffs, and long overseas lead times,” the company said in a statement.
The expansion marks a natural evolution for Calyx Containers, which has grown from a college-born startup to a multimillion-dollar packaging leader supplying 250+ national brands, including Wana and other top cannabis and hemp manufacturers. Today, Calyx produces child-resistant rigid packaging, post-harvest curing systems, and custom-engineered mylar solutions all in-house, designed to protect product integrity from cure to shelf.
Calyx Containers was founded by CEO & Co-Founder Simon Knobel and President & Co-Founder Alex Gonzalez, who met at Babson College and built the earliest iterations of the Calyx brand as fraternity brothers.
Knobel’s path to cannabis entrepreneurship began nearly a decade ago when a car accident left him with a traumatic brain injury and introduced him to CBD patches during his recovery. As a Colorado native living in Massachusetts at the time, he realized those products weren’t accessible locally, a gap that sparked his early exploration into cannabis design, access, and functionality.
A lifelong inventor with multiple patents, Knobel teamed up with Gonzalez to reimagine cannabis packaging from the ground up. What started as a series of inventive prototypes quickly evolved into a national packaging and curing platform designed to solve real operator problems: quality loss, compliance challenges, labor inefficiencies, and inconsistent curing results.
“Calyx was built on the belief that packaging should do more than hold product…it should protect it,” Knobel said. “This expansion in Salt Lake City gives us the ability to live that belief more fully. When we control our manufacturing under one roof, we can iterate faster, solve problems alongside our customers, and push the boundaries of what packaging can actually do for product integrity.”
Calyx’s Salt Lake City facility centralizes production for its full packaging portfolio, significantly reducing lead times for cultivators and manufacturers. By keeping manufacturing on U.S. soil, Calyx eliminates months-long overseas shipping delays and shields operators from fluctuating freight costs and tariffs—issues that have strained cannabis supply chains for years.
For Calyx, domestic manufacturing delivers:
- Shorter, predictable lead times
- Lower exposure to freight volatility and trade instability
- Greater quality control through integrated production and testing
- The ability to rapidly prototype and scale new product lines
“Our customers need partners who understand how quickly this industry moves,” Gonzalez said. “Bringing more of our manufacturing home lets us match that pace while delivering the consistency and performance operators count on.”
Calyx’s expansion comes as new third-party research validates the performance of its flagship curing product, the Calyx Cure. A study with the Cannabis Research Coalition found that the Calyx Cure pouch retained, on average, 630 more grams of weight and 14% more terpenes per 100-pound batch compared to turkey bags and other common curing materials. The study also showed stronger protection against trichome degradation, more consistent water activity, tighter vapor control, and better preservation of cannabinoid potency.
The data underscores Calyx’s larger mission: applying engineering and atmospheric science to improve post-harvest quality while reducing labor and guesswork.
“Packaging is a critical tool in the post-harvest process, but it doesn’t matter if the product is not cured correctly,” Knobel said. “This research confirms what cultivators have been telling us for years. Our technology helps them protect weight, aroma, potency, and profit.”
As consolidation, shifting regulations and rising consumer expectations reshape the industry, operators are seeking packaging partners who can deliver stability and technical advantage. Calyx’s Salt Lake City expansion strengthens its domestic manufacturing leadership and accelerates its ability to develop next-generation solutions for cultivators, processors, and infused-product manufacturers nationwide.
“Calyx is invested in the long game,” Gonzalez said. “This facility expansion is about supporting operators today while building the infrastructure cannabis will need tomorrow.”
