About Bolsso · Made in Bogotá · Since 1990

35 years
of packaging.
Zero years
of bs.

Bolsso is the small-brand-friendly arm of a Colombian packaging house that's been printing pouches, labels and cartons since before you learned to tie your shoes. We're not a marketplace, we're not a reseller, we own the presses.

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Est.
1990Bogotá · CO

A note from the team.

Our family has been printing flexible packaging in Bogotá since 1990. Four presses, 40 people, millions of bags a year, mostly for big national brands you've never heard of.

But small brands kept writing in. "Can you print 500 bags?" "Do you ship to Orlando?" "What's a Pantone match cost?" For years we said no, we weren't set up for it.

In 2024 we finally built the thing that says yes. That's Bolsso. Same presses, same 35-year craft, now priced and sized for roasters, makers, and little brands in the US who want their first good bags without ordering 10,000 at a time.

Bolsso · Orlando ↔ Bogotá
Est.
1990
Parent company founded in Bogotá. 35 years of flexible packaging and counting.
Presses
4
HP-Indigo digital + 2 flexo + 1 rotogravure under one roof.
Annual output
1M+
Bags, pouches and labels printed per year. Bolsso is about 8% of it.
Team
50
People on payroll: printers, QC, design, logistics, customer success.
Made in Bogotá, CO 🇨🇴 Delivered to your door in the US 🇺🇸 35+ years of craft 4 presses · one roof 180 humans on payroll DDP shipping · no customs surprise Answer in 24 hours · weekends included Made in Bogotá, CO 🇨🇴 Delivered to your door in the US 🇺🇸 35+ years of craft 4 presses · one roof 180 humans on payroll DDP shipping · no customs surprise Answer in 24 hours · weekends included
Our story

From a flexo press in
a Bogotá garage,
to your roastery.

Founder photo · plant floor
goes here
real photo soon →

It started as a family print shop in 1990, one used flexo press, three people, a few contracts for local food brands. The kind of place where the founder still sweeps the floor at night.

Thirty-five years later, the parent company is one of the largest independent flexible packaging houses in Colombia. We print for supermarket chains, food multinationals, pharma, and hundreds of regional brands you'd recognize if you lived in Latin America. Avon is a client.

The business grew by saying yes to big orders, 100,000 bags minimum, long lead times, corporate-level QA. That's where the industry rewarded us, and that's the muscle we built: print quality, color control, process, certifications.

"But for fifteen years, I was saying no to roasters and bakers and soap-makers every single week. 'Sorry, we can't do 500.' I started to hate that sentence."

Bolsso is the fix. Same facility, same film stocks, same presses, same QC team. A separate order flow designed around small runs, plain-English pricing, and US-side logistics, so a brand launching on Shopify gets the same packaging quality as a brand launching on Walmart shelves.

We opened an Orlando office in 2024 to handle invoicing, shipping, and customer support in US business hours. Everything still prints in Bogotá. That's not going to change, that's where the 35 years live.

Milestones

Thirty-five years,
six inflection points.

The short version of how we got from one used press in a garage to a Bogotá, Orlando operation shipping to small US brands every week.

1990
Parent company founded
One flexo press, three people, a garage in Bogotá. First client: a regional cookie brand.
2003
First foil laminate line
Upgraded to barrier-grade film production. Unlocked coffee, snacks, pet-food categories.
2014
HP-Indigo installed
Digital press unlocks short runs and per-bag personalization. Seed of Bolsso planted here.
2019
FDA + BRC certifications
Full food-contact compliance audit passed. Opens the door to export markets.
2022
First US export run
Direct shipment to a Texas roaster. DDP model proves out. Twenty more roasters followed that year.
2024
Bolsso launched
Orlando office opens. Small-brand order flow goes live. 100-unit minimums. You're reading it.
Why Colombia

Not cheaper.
Smarter.

We get this question every week: why not just buy from a US converter, or from China? Here's the honest answer, five reasons Colombia ended up being the right address for this kind of operation.

01
Free trade with the US since 2012

The US–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement eliminates import duties on flexible packaging. Your pallet clears customs like it's from Ohio, not China.

0% TARIFF · DDP CLEARS IN 2 DAYS
02
Four hours to Miami

Bogotá is closer to Miami than Los Angeles is. Air freight lands in 24–48 hours. Ocean freight to East Coast ports in 5–8 days. Shanghai is 35 days minimum.

AIR: 24–48H · OCEAN: 5–8D
03
Same time zone as you

Bogotá runs on Eastern Time. When you email at 9am, we answer at 9am. No 14-hour gap, no overnight waits, no "we'll get back to you tomorrow" that really means the day after.

EST · REAL-TIME
04
A real packaging industry

Colombia has printed flexible packaging for Latin American CPG giants for four decades. The film, ink, and converting supply chains are all local. We're not cobbling this together.

DEEP SUPPLY CHAIN · LOCAL FILM + INK
05
Fair wages, not exploitation

Our printers earn 2.5× Colombia's minimum wage, with full health and pension benefits. No sweatshops, no child labor risk, no factory audit skeletons. You can put that in your brand story.

FULL BENEFITS · BRAND-SAFE SOURCING
06
Print quality that ships to Europe

Our presses hold the same Fogra / ISO 12647 color standard as top European converters. We've passed brand audits for companies you've definitely heard of. The craft is not cheap, the overhead is.

FOGRA CERTIFIED · ΔE < 2 ON PANTONE
12oz bag · 1,000u · landed
$1.24/u
Bolsso · Colombia
vs
$0.90/u
China (10k MOQ + freight + 60d + customs)
vs
$1.85/u
US domestic converter
Out & about

The team,
on the road
and on the floor.

Coffee expos, roaster visits, pop-ups, founder meetings, warehouse crew. A small crew that shows up in person — if you've met us at a show, you probably met one of these faces.

01 · SCA Expo · Chicago 2024

At the booth, three days straight

Specialty Coffee Expo. 80+ roaster conversations, 14 sample kits packed on-site, one lost lanyard.

02 · Roaster visit · Austin

Press-check, in person

Johan flew out for a first-run press check with a new roaster. Coffee, samples, and a post-mortem over tacos.

03 · Orlando office

WhatsApp HQ

Where the US quotes, invoices, and "where's my pallet" threads get answered — often before the coffee cools.

04 · Pop-up · Miami

Pop-up tasting night

Six local roasters, their bags, their blends. We showed up with samples and stayed for the cupping.

05 · Coffee Fest · NY

Booth crew

Mariana, Daysi and Johan. Two rolls of samples, one very full suitcase coming home.

The humans

The Bolsso-facing
four.

Full plant has 50 people. Bolsso specifically runs with a small crew that touches every order, from quote to boxed pallet, so you always know who replied to your email.

Orlando JH

Johan Macias.

founder · US ops

Runs the US operation side. Answers most of the WhatsApp threads you'll land in, yes, personally.

Orlando AM

Mariana Silva.

Production partner

Second-gen in the business. Runs the link between our US operation and the Colombian print house that prints your bags. If your quote says a number, she's the one who made sure the plant can hit it

orlando CD

Daysi Baptista

Outreach · first contact

The voice on your first call or email. If a coffee roaster heard from Bolsso this week, it probably came from her.

Bogotá LS

Laura S.

Logistics · DDP

Handles customs, shipping, and the "where's my pallet" WhatsApp messages. If your boxes arrive on a Tuesday, Laura routed them.

* Real photos going up once the Bogotá shoot is done — February 2026

Certifications & responsibility

What we signed up for,
beyond "we print bags."

FDA

FDA food-contact compliant

All standard films, foil laminates, and adhesives certified for direct food contact. 21 CFR compliance documentation available on request.

BRC

BRCGS Packaging · Grade A

Global food-safety standard audit passed annually since 2019. Covers hygiene, traceability, allergen control, and crisis management.

ISO

ISO 9001 · 12647 · 14001

Quality management, printing color standard, and environmental management systems — all audited and current.

CTPA

US-Colombia Trade Agreement

Qualified origin certification — your shipments clear US customs with zero tariff under the 2012 trade promotion agreement.

EN 13432 home-compostable

Certified compostable film option (PLA/PBAT structure) for brands prioritizing end-of-life sustainability over maximum shelf life.

B

B-Corp · in assessment

Currently midway through B-Corp certification. Expected completion late 2026. Covers workers, environment, community, and governance.

Manufacturing responsibility

A factory your brand story can actually name.

Flexible packaging has a bad reputation for a reason, most of the global supply is printed in places with thin labor laws and worse environmental ones. We chose a different setup.

  • 2.5× minimum wage baseEvery press operator earns more than 2.5× Colombia's minimum, with full health + pension benefits.
  • Solar-assisted plant45% of plant electricity from on-site solar since 2022. Remainder on Colombia's hydroelectric grid — one of the cleanest in the Americas.
  • Water recyclingClosed-loop water use on flexo presses. Zero process water discharged to municipal system.
  • Scrap recovery98% of film trim recycled through a local re-pelletizer. The rest is converted to post-consumer content for non-food applications.
  • Union-representedPress operators and QC staff are represented by the national graphic arts union. Collective bargaining, safety committees, paid training.
Find us

Two addresses.
One operation.

Everything prints in Bogotá. Everything you need — quotes, support, invoices, shipping — runs through Orlando. Pick whichever is closer, we'll route the question.

Orlando · USA

Where we answer.

Customer support, quoting, invoicing, and shipping coordination happen out of Orlando, FL. Eastern Time business hours, bilingual team, WhatsApp-first.

Bolsso 2500 Maitland Center Pkwy, Suite 300
Maitland, FL 32751 · USA
hello@bolsso.co · +1 (407) 555-0119 Johan, Mariana· primary contacts
Bogotá · CO

Where we print.

The plant, the presses, the 50-person team, the actual bags. Visits welcome, we've hosted roasters and founders for tours, press checks, and Q/A days.

YUMK Group S.A.S. Zona Industrial de Puente Aranda
Calle 13 #68-45 · Bogotá 111611 · Colombia
plant@bolsso.co · +57 1 744 0200 Mariana · production contacts
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