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Packaging regulations in the EU represent a new era of sustainability and eco-consciousness, and brands must keep their own practices and their suppliers up-to-date. To ensure their production partners share this vision, more brands are implementing packaging compliance programs.

The graphic design of your packaging has an impact on a customer's opinion of your brand. Learn more about how Trillora's team of graphic designers uses their expert insights to deploy the right tools and technology to create the best experience possible for your customers.

You may not think about packaging much beyond what it costs, but the real impact of your packaging choices runs deeper than the invoice total. When designs aren’t optimized for freight efficiency and product protection, it not only drives up shipping costs with every order, but can put hard-earned brand trust at risk.

Matt Freie, has spent his career solving how packaging can do more for both brands and consumers. In this Trillora TV edition, learn how thoughtful design can reduce waste, elevate quality, and build lasting brand trust.

Packaging design isn’t just about how something looks on the shelf—it’s how it moves through your entire supply chain. Behind every efficient, sustainable, and protective box is a structural designer who thinks through every fold, seam, and shipment.

You may not think about packaging much beyond what it costs, but the real impact of your packaging choices runs deeper than the invoice total. When designs aren’t optimized for freight efficiency and product protection, it not only drives up shipping costs with every order, but can put hard-earned brand trust at risk.

It is fairly well known that the right approach to packaging design can significantly enhance the consumer experience and lead to increased sales, improved brand recognition, enhanced customer satisfaction scores, and reduced return rates. At Trillora, we’ve seen our packaging designs support the growth ambitions of some of the most respected brands in Europe and North America. We’ve seen the power that comes from great design and a well-managed supply chain.

Katelynn Geigel is a Senior Packaging Structural Designer at Trillora with 15 years of industrial and packaging design experience. In this interview, she discussed the Trillora design process, how different types of compliance factor into design, and why optimization often follows compliance.

Packaging can impact organizations in unexpected ways. Without a way to get a good handle on how much your packaging operations cost, a company’s profits can be smaller than expected.

Last week, I had the privilege of attending a supply chain conference where I heard from leading thinkers in the footwear and apparel industries. Based on what I heard, if you're running a consumer brand right now, you're probably not the envy of the parents in Sammy or Susie’s friend group. One day it's "move everything to Vietnam!" The next it's "wait, maybe Mexico?" Then it's "actually, what about reshoring to the US?" And now you're sitting in meetings where everyone just stares blankly at PowerPoint slides showing tariff scenarios that might as well be written in hieroglyphics.