# Packaging Suppliers

Differentiate your value proposition while you optimize production efficiency and reduce materials costs

## (CPGR) Transforming the Consumer Packaging Industry Through Digital Innovation

First impressions matter — and packaging makes them. In fact, 72% of US consumers purchase based on the packaging design¹, and up to 70% of consumers are willing to pay more for sustainable packaging². Packaging doesn’t just protect a product: It defines value.

But today, packaging comes with higher stakes. Brands expect faster launches, lower costs and more sustainable materials, while packaging suppliers navigate costly production, tighter timelines, complex material sourcing and the need for standout designs. With little room for error, sustainable packaging design must be right the first time.

So, how do we unbox success? Digital innovation. Beyond bringing bold ideas to life, digital innovation in the consumer packaging industry reduces risks, accelerates breakthroughs and meets brand and consumer demands without compromise.

## (CPGR) Solve Key Challenges in the Consumer Packaging Industry

The global packaging industry is surpassing USD 1 trillion³ today. In a space so competitive and challenging, a **smart packaging technology** on a unified platform is urgently needed, as fragmented systems can no longer tackle key challenges efficiently and effectively.

## (CPGR) Accelerating Time-to-Market

## (CPGR) Accelerating Time-to-Market for New Packaging Designs

[79% of companies say consumer demands](/insights/rethink-consumer-innovation "The Rethinking Gap") are changing faster than they can keep up. Meeting time-to-market pressures often means conducting extensive market research, establishing efficient collaborative packaging development and building agility to adapt to changes.

It requires the speed and ability to:

- Simulate and validate designs early (before production), reducing costly prototypes and speeding up innovation cycles
- Balance aesthetic and practicality challenges that meet demands, especially with new formulations
- Manage supply chain disruptions, rising material costs, workforce planning and continuous quality control
- Leverage technology, such as automation and **AI in packaging design,** to speed up production
- Ensure speed does not compromise consistent branding through **packaging design optimization tools**

In this volatile **consumer packaging industry,** slow responses risk your innovative ideas being replaced by faster, more agile brands.

## (CPGR) Design Profitable and Sustainable Packaging

Innovate every step of your sustainable packaging journey, driving profitability with an end-to-end strategy, powered by the **3D**EXPERIENCE® platform.

[(CPGR) Design Profitable and Sustainable Packaging Highlight](/media/22812)

[   Learn More     ](/industries/consumer-packaged-goods-retail/sustainable-packaging)

## (CPGR) Cost and Material Constraints

## (CPGR) Responding to Cost and Material Constraints

Sustainable packaging is often seen as expensive. But much of the real cost lies in inefficiency, such as the overuse of raw materials and costly prototyping, which erode profit margins.

For example, a study showed that minimizing bottle weight by 8% reduces about 1.6 million tons of material use annually, translating to savings of more than US$3 billion per year⁴.

That is why the right **packaging innovation software** and **virtual testing for packaging** can identify savings and deliver long-term benefits. Suppliers can:

- Optimize packaging form, fit and material usage to balance performance costs and sustainability
- Reformulate alternative materials with data-driven insights
- Simulate and validate design virtually to achieve performance and quality before prototyping
- Localize production to reduce shipping and logistics costs, and carbon footprint

Instead of absorbing rising costs, suppliers who embrace **digital transformation in packaging** will not only balance efficiency and cost but also achieve greater performance and sustainability.

## (CPGR) Accelerate Packaging Design With AI

Packaging for consumer goods has to meet many different requirements, including cost, weight, strength and sustainability. Machine learning enables packaging manufacturers to understand the impact of design changes much faster than traditional simulation methods allow, and to rapidly explore the entire design space to find innovative new packaging designs.

[(CPGR) Accelerating Packaging Design with AI Highlight](/media/22814)

[   Read More     ](https://blog.3ds.com/brands/simulia/accelerating-packaging-desing-ai-machine-learning/)

## (CPGR) Supplier & Brand Collaboration

## (CPGR) Improving Supplier and Brand Collaboration

Aligning and creating a close connection within internal multidisciplinary teams (R&D, design, supply chain teams) and between suppliers and brands, can unlock significant value, speed and agility in today’s **consumer packaging industry.**

Yet, legacy systems and geographical locations often hinder this collaboration, making it almost impossible to share data in real time. This misalignment:

- Slows down design iterations
- Reduces agility to respond to changes
- Generates excessive waste from poor planning

The challenge is amplified as **sustainable packaging design** and customization grow, demanding more variations of shapes, sizes, purposes and formulations. Suppliers cannot afford to lose out on collaboration. Instead, they need to explore together **eco-friendly packaging solutions** and leverage **consumer packaging simulations** to scale up winning designs quickly.

In a nutshell? To thrive in the era of complexity, suppliers need the speed, visibility and seamless collaboration that only a unified platform can deliver.

## (CPGR) Improving Supplier and Brand Collaboration

Watch Video

[(CPGR) Improving Supplier and Brand Collaboration Highlight](/media/22816)

[   /media/22816     ](/media/22816)

## (CPGR) Sustainable Packaging Design

## (CPGR) Enabling Sustainable and Circular Packaging Design

Packaging accounts for 40% of the world’s plastic waste⁵. The imperative for sustainable and **circular economy packaging** design is clear: Adopt eco-design practices to reduce environmental impact, support recyclability and drive innovation in materials.

Consumers and regulators are demanding greater circularity — banning single-use plastics and pushing for more **eco-friendly packaging solutions** that benefit both people and the planet. At the same time, new frameworks, such as the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and the Digital Product Passport (DPP), are raising the bar by requiring **packaging lifecycle management** data for every package.

The challenge runs deeper. Circular designs, such as lightweighting, new alternative biodegradable formulations and recyclable materials, all depend on end-to-end traceability.

Without accurate, real-time data, innovation slows down and proper disposal or recycling efforts fail. Manual, fragmented and siloed workflows keep data outdated and disconnected. Without digital tools, the goal of circular packaging design remains out of reach.

## (CPGR) Enabling Sustainable and Circular Packaging Design

Infuse circular principles into product development through sustainable materials that are recyclable and biodegradable by design.

[(CPGR) Enabling Sustainable and Circular Packaging Design Highlight](/media/22818)

[   Learn More     ](/sustainability/circular-economy/circularity-action/recyclable-materials)

## (CPGR) Regulatory Compliance

## (CPGR) Managing Regulatory and Labeling Compliance at Scale

From concerns about ocean leakage and waste disposal to ambitious circular economy targets, global packaging regulatory standards are becoming increasingly stringent. Ensuring product and packaging conformity across global markets through centralized compliance data has never been more complex.

Navigating these diverse regulations and labeling rules is further complicated by the:

- Absence of a common terminology used across countries globally, leading to inconsistent standards
- Poorly defined categories, exposing suppliers to potential overlaps and duplicate regulations of the same scope
- Unclear division of regulations either by federal, state or city-level authorities
- Strict labeling requirements with agencies, such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), leave zero room for error — the right label must be on the shelf every time

What happens when suppliers can’t keep up? The potential consequences are severe: Further tax increases, penalties, costly product recalls and irreparable brand damage. Without a connected **packaging compliance software,** execution weakens and the product may never reach the market.

## (CPGR) The Sure Answer to Quality and Compliance Management

Improve lab processes to ensure faster product delivery and to regulate demand.

[(CPGR) The Sure Answer to Quality and Compliance Management](/media/22819)

[   Learn More     ](/industries/consumer-packaged-goods-retail/lab-quality-compliance)

## (CPGR) Drive Efficiency With the 3DEXPERIENCE® Platform

Dassault Systèmes’ virtual twin experience, powered by the **3D**EXPERIENCE platform, enables packaging leaders to innovate smarter and faster through:

## Virtual Twin for Packaging Development

Simulate the full lifecycle of a packaging concept to optimize performance, manufacturability and sustainability.

## Collaborative Packaging Design Management

Leverage a cloud-based design platform to align packaging engineers, designers and brand teams.

## Data-Driven Innovation with AI and Analytics

Capture trends and benchmark performance across designs to continuously improve.

## (CPGR) Key Benefits of Dassault Systèmes for the Consumer Packaging Industry

## (CPGR) Shorter Packaging Innovation Cycles

 ![](https://www.3ds.com/assets/invest/2025-10/cpgr-shorter-packaging-innovation-cycles-circle-128x128.webp)

## (CPGR) Enhanced Regulatory Readiness

 ![](https://www.3ds.com/assets/invest/2025-10/cpgr-enhanced-regulatory-readiness-circle-128x128.webp)

## (CPGR) Sustainable Packaging by Design

 ![](https://www.3ds.com/assets/invest/2025-10/cpgr-sustainable-packaging-by-design-circle-128x128.webp)

## (CPGR) Better Collaboration Across Stakeholders

 ![](https://www.3ds.com/assets/invest/2025-10/cpgr-better-collaboration-across-stakeholders-circle-128x128.webp)

## (CPGR) Lower Costs and Resource Usage

 ![](https://www.3ds.com/assets/invest/2025-10/cpgr-lower-costs-and-resource-usage-circle-128x128.webp)

## (CPGR) Faster Time to Market

 ![](https://www.3ds.com/assets/invest/2025-10/cpgr-faster-time-to-market-circle-128x128.webp)

## (CPGR) Discover How Industry Leaders Succeed

## (CPGR) Elidose

Learn how this flexible packaging specialist tackled volatile demand and last-minute deliveries with scheduling optimization, enabling seamless design-to-manufacturing collaboration and cutting changeover time to boost agility.

 ![Elidose > Dassault Systèmes®](https://www.3ds.com/assets/invest/2025-10/cpgr-elidoese-logo-128x128.webp)

[Learn More](/insights/customer-stories/elidose)

## (CPGR) Amcor Rigid Packaging

Find out how reducing time to market and enhancing global coordination went hand in hand with material and energy savings — accelerating packaging innovation in lightweight bottles by 35 to 50%.

 ![Amcor Rigid Packaging > Dassault Systèmes®](https://www.3ds.com/assets/invest/2025-10/cpgr-amcor-logo-128x128.webp)

[Learn More](/insights/customer-stories/amcor-rigid-packaging)

## (CPGR) Consumer Packaging Industry Explained

## (CPGR) Sustainable Packaging Transformation

Enable circular design and compliance with global sustainability initiatives.

[(CPGR) Sustainable Packaging Transformation Highlight](/media/22855)

[   Read More     ](https://discover.3ds.com/sustainable-packaging)

## (CPGR) Digital Twin for Packaging Lifecycle Optimization

Design, simulate and test packaging virtually to reduce costs and risks.

[(CPGR) Digital Twin for Packaging Lifecycle Optimization Highlight](/media/22856)

[   Read More     ](https://blog.3ds.com/brands/netvibes/accelerating-innovation-and-sustainability-in-packaging-design/)

## (CPGR) AI-Driven Trend Intelligence and Compliance

Monitor industry trends and anticipate regulatory changes to stay competitive.

[(CPGR) AI-Driven Trend Intelligence and Compliance Highlight](/media/22857)

[   Read More     ](/products/netvibes/3dexperience-netvibes)

## (CPGR) Plastics Circular Economy

Achieve visibility across the value chain to effectively reduce and recycle plastics.

[(CPGR) Plastics Circular Economy Highlight](/media/22858)

[   Read More     ](/sustainability/circular-economy/better-waste-reduction/recycling-plastics)

## (CPGR) Reformulation of Alternative Materials

Optimize end-to-end digital reformulation for a smooth transition to circularity.

[(CPGR) Reformulation of Alternative Materials Highlight](/media/22859)

[   Read More     ](/sustainability/circular-economy/reformulate-alternative-materials)

## (CPGR) Consumer Packaging Industry Explained

## What type of industry is the consumer packaging industry? What is its difference as compared to industrial packaging?

The consumer packaging industry is a part of the manufacturing sector. It focuses on packaging for everyday products, such as food and beverages, personal care items, pharmaceuticals and household goods. Its role goes beyond protection to preserve product quality and strengthen brand appeal through designs that resonate with consumers. The industry is vast and expanding, fueled by rising demand, urbanization and shifting lifestyles.

In contrast, industrial packaging is designed for bulk handling, storage and transport of goods between businesses. Here, durability and protection take priority over aesthetics. Examples include crates, drums, bulk bags, pallets and heavy-duty containers. While consumer packaging aims to attract and inform end-users, industrial packaging safeguards large volumes and ensures smooth logistics across supply chains.

## What are the current trends in packaging design (including graphics) and innovation?

Packaging is evolving in design, materials and function to serve both consumer preferences and brand storytelling objectives. Today’s packaging design trend combines bold visuals with real-world functionality. This means the consumer packaging industry will see more portable, easy-to-use formats, such as slim bottles and resealable packs that fit into today’s on-the-go lifestyles.

In design, brands are turning to hand-drawn textures, vibrant colors and creative cutouts that tell a story and build emotional connection.

Meanwhile, sustainability is also redefining packaging innovation. New eco-friendly materials are making waves, such as reformulated alternative materials that minimize the use of raw materials. These include [paper and corrugated cardboard packaging](/insights/customer-stories/metsa-board-packaging "METSÄ BOARD"), as well as [lightweight glass.](/insights/customer-stories/metsa-board-packaging "METSÄ BOARD")

## How is technology helping packaging suppliers meet sustainability goals in packaged goods? Any examples with statistics?

Technology, specifically digital transformation, brings many benefits. Reusable packaging options, such as Tesco’s Loop partnership⁶, are reducing single-use waste. Coca-Cola’s PlantBottle⁷, a plant-based plastic bottle that allows a PET plastic bottle to be fully recyclable is replacing traditional materials — reducing 30% of the petroleum traditionally used for bottles.

Smart packaging with sensors, QR codes or RFID helps track lifecycles and improve recyclability. Meanwhile, AI-driven design tools optimize material use, reduce shipping costs and cut waste before production begins. Together, these innovations make packaging efficient, cost-effective and sustainable.

## What are the challenges of regulatory compliance for packaging companies?

Challenges in packaging compliance include:

- **Keeping up with the constant changes in labeling** rules across different countries and regions: Brands must manage strict requirements for labeling ingredients, nutrition, allergens and environmental claims — often in multiple languages.
- **Mitigating complex, new regulations on recyclability and materials:** Falling short of expectations can lead to delays, higher costs, penalties, or even product recalls. With regulations increasing and labor resources stretched thin, many suppliers are turning to automated compliance systems and proactive strategies to stay ahead.

## ## (CPGR) Discover More About Consumer Packaging Industry Solutions

## (CPGR) Sources

*¹Source:* [*Ipsos*](https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/Most-Americans-Say-That-the-Design-of-a-Products-Packaging-Often-Influences-Their-Purchase-Decisions)
*²Source:* [*McKinsey & Company*](https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/packaging-and-paper/our-insights/sustainability-in-packaging-inside-the-minds-of-us-consumers)
*³Source:* [*McKinsey & Company*](https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/packaging-and-paper/our-insights/sustainability-in-packaging-inside-the-minds-of-us-consumers)
*⁴Source:* [*MDPI*](https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/15/8289)
*⁵Source:* [*Our World in Data*](https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/packaging-is-the-source-of-40-of-the-planets-plastic-waste)
*⁶Source:* [*Tesco*](https://www.tescoplc.com/loop-launches-reusable-packaging-in-tesco-stores/)
*⁷Source:* [*Coca-Cola*](https://www.coca-cola.com/us/en/about-us/faq/what-is-plantbottle-packaging)

 ![Packaging Suppliers > Hero Banner > Dassault Systèmes](https://www.3ds.com/assets/invest/2025-10/cpgr-packaging-suppliers-hero-banner-1920x856.webp)

Ind. Segment