Our In-House Design Team Supports Your Goals, From Structural Engineering to Final Mockups
Great design is the first step toward great packaging. But not every company has the internal resources to develop professional packaging from scratch. At Pak-Pro, our full in-house folding carton design team bridges that gap. We handle everything from structural engineering to graphic design, creating cartons that protect your product, comply with regulations, and drive purchases.
Whether you have an established design team that needs technical support or you’re starting with just a product and an idea, we provide the creative services to bring your packaging vision to life.
Explore our folding carton design services below, or get in touch with our team today to start a conversation about your next packaging project.
Full-Spectrum Folding Carton Design Services
Structural Design — We engineer the structure that holds your product securely, stacks efficiently, and ships safely. This includes designing for manufacturability, ensuring your concept can actually be produced at scale while maintaining quality and controlling costs.
Our structural designers understand the limitations and possibilities of different substrates and finishing techniques, so they design solutions that work in the real world, not just on screen.
Graphic Design — From brand-new concepts to refreshing existing designs, our graphic designers create packaging that stops customers mid-browse. We design for the specific demands of your category; whether that’s quick service food packaging that needs clear product information and appetite appeal, or luxury beauty packaging where every detail communicates quality.
Product-Specific Design — Bring us your product and we’ll design a carton around it. This specialized service is particularly valuable for unusual product shapes, fragile items requiring custom inserts, or situations where the packaging needs to solve specific functional challenges while still looking professional.
Technical Documentation
CAD Files — We provide complete CAD documentation for every design, ensuring precise manufacturing specifications. These files become your templates for future orders and can be adapted as your product line evolves.
Production-Ready Artwork — Our designers prepare print-ready files that account for folding, gluing, die-cutting, and finishing processes. This technical expertise prevents the common mistakes that cost time and money when designs move to production.
Prototyping and Mock-Ups
Printed Prototypes — See and feel your packaging before committing to full production. We produce printed prototypes using your actual material choices and finishing techniques, so you know exactly what the final product will look like.
Mock-Ups for Photo Shoots — Need packaging for product photography before your production run is complete? We can create photo-ready mock-ups that look like finished products — essential for marketing materials, e-commerce listings, and retail presentations that can not wait.
Sampling for Testing — Test structural integrity, shipping durability, or consumer response with samples that match your final specifications. This reduces risk and allows you to refine details before investing in large production runs.
Solving Folding Design Problems
We have a long history of solving challenges that require both creative and technical problem-solving:
“Can you make my packaging look like a Fortune 500 company without the Fortune 500 budget?”
Yes. Professional design, smart substrate choices, and strategic finishing create premium presentation at accessible price points.
“We need packaging for something greasy that gets heated. Can you make it functional and attractive?”
We engineer solutions that combine the right substrate, coating, and ink formulation to prevent grease bleed-through while maintaining visual appeal and food safety compliance.
“Our product needs to ship cross-country and still look perfect on the shelf. How do we achieve that?”
We design for both protection and presentation; structural elements that resist damage during distribution while maintaining the clean appearance retail demands.
Collaborative or Turnkey Design Support
If you have internal designers or work with an agency, we provide the technical expertise to make their concepts manufacturable. We review files for production feasibility, recommend substrate and finishing options, and ensure final artwork translates correctly to physical packaging.
If you need us to manage the entire design process, we can. From initial concept sketches through final production files, our team handles every step while keeping you involved at key decision points.
Whether you need help refining an existing concept or you’re starting from scratch, our folding carton design team can guide you through the process. And we maintain all files for future orders, ensuring consistency as your business grows.
