CAD-based Packaging Engineering
CAD-based Packaging Engineering
Engineer better packaging before the first physical trial
Turn CAD data, packaging requirements and company standards into comparable industrial packaging concepts before production starts.
Turn CAD data, packaging requirements and company standards into comparable industrial packaging concepts before production starts.
No installation required
No installation required
Learn it in 15 minutes
Learn it in 15 minutes
No CAD expertise required
No CAD expertise required
DIGITAL LOAD PLANNING REVEALS BETTER PACKAGING OPTIONS EARLIER
up to 50%
faster development of an initial comparable packaging concept when CAD data, container standards, and requirements are available within a structured workflow.
up to 70%
less manual comparison effort when packaging scenarios, weight limits and utilization metrics are evaluated in one workflow.
< 1 MIN
to simulate and compare packaging scenarios by utilization, gross weight, chargeable weight, transport volume, void space, packaging material and cost impact.
*Based on internal Pakera simulation scenarios and qualitative feedback from early adopters.
*Based on internal Pakera simulation scenarios and qualitative feedback from early adopters.
Digital Packaging Concept Development
Digital Packaging Concept Development
Stop starting every packaging concept from scratch
Stop starting every packaging concept from scratch
Packaging engineers often lose time searching for suitable containers, rebuilding calculations and coordinating assumptions across departments. Pakera turns CAD data, packaging standards and defined requirements into a structured packaging engineering workflow.
Packaging engineers often lose time searching for suitable containers, rebuilding calculations and coordinating assumptions across departments. Pakera turns CAD data, packaging standards and defined requirements into a structured packaging engineering workflow.
Create packaging concepts from actual part geometry, quantity and weight.
Create packaging concepts from actual part geometry, quantity and weight.
Compare standard and company-specific containers using consistent criteria.
Compare standard and company-specific containers using consistent criteria.
Reuse existing packaging data instead of relying on scattered spreadsheets and individual experience.
Reuse existing packaging data instead of relying on scattered spreadsheets and individual experience.
Early Packaging Validation
Early Packaging Validation
Validate packaging before late changes become expensive
Validate packaging before late changes become expensive
Packaging decisions are often finalized when prototypes, tooling or series launch are already approaching. Pakera moves the first digital packaging validation into an earlier project phase, when alternatives can still be compared and changes remain easier to manage.
Packaging decisions are often finalized when prototypes, tooling or series launch are already approaching. Pakera moves the first digital packaging validation into an earlier project phase, when alternatives can still be compared and changes remain easier to manage.
Plan irregular industrial parts using their actual CAD geometry.
Plan irregular industrial parts using their actual CAD geometry.
Follow the restrictions regarding container dimensions, packing quantity, load capacity, height, orientation, and handling.
Follow the restrictions regarding container dimensions, packing quantity, load capacity, height, orientation, and handling.
Validate packaging concepts before physical packing trials begin.
Validate packaging concepts before physical packing trials begin.
6 Packing methods for your success
Simulate the same part, container and quantity with different packing methods. Compare utilization, weight, protection and handling to select the concept that works best for your operation.
Bulk goods
Rigid layers
Flexible layers
Stacking
Compartments
Paired Parts
See all Packing Methods in Action
6 Industrial Packing Methods
6 Industrial Packing Methods
Match the packing method to the part
Match the packing method to the part
Different parts require different packaging logic. Pakera lets packaging engineers compare 6 industrial packing methods without rebuilding the complete scenario for every alternative.
Different parts require different packaging logic. Pakera lets packaging engineers compare 6 industrial packing methods without rebuilding the complete scenario for every alternative.
Compare bulk packing, rigid layers and flexible layers.
Compare bulk packing, rigid layers and flexible layers.
Test vertical stacking, compartments and paired-part arrangements.
Test vertical stacking, compartments and paired-part arrangements.
Evaluate how each method affects capacity, protection, handling and repeatability.
Evaluate how each method affects capacity, protection, handling and repeatability.
Standardized Packaging Engineering
Standardized Packaging Engineering
Turn expert decisions into reusable company standards
Turn expert decisions into reusable company standards
Valuable packaging knowledge should not disappear in emails, spreadsheets or individual memory. Pakera helps teams preserve selected containers, packing rules and decision data for future projects and locations.
Valuable packaging knowledge should not disappear in emails, spreadsheets or individual memory. Pakera helps teams preserve selected containers, packing rules and decision data for future projects and locations.
Maintain company-specific containers, materials and requirements.
Maintain company-specific containers, materials and requirements.
Document which packaging concept was selected and why.
Document which packaging concept was selected and why.
Create a repeatable packaging development process across teams and manufacturing sites.
Create a repeatable packaging development process across teams and manufacturing sites.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Bring every stakeholder into the same packaging decision
Bring every stakeholder into the same packaging decision
Stop rebuilding presentations, forwarding outdated attachments and collecting feedback across separate email chains. Share one clear packaging result digitally, involve the right stakeholders and move from engineering analysis to a coordinated decision faster.
Stop rebuilding presentations, forwarding outdated attachments and collecting feedback across separate email chains. Share one clear packaging result digitally, involve the right stakeholders and move from engineering analysis to a coordinated decision faster.
Share simulation results and reports through PDFs or controlled, password-protected links - our recommended way.
Share simulation results and reports through PDFs or controlled, password-protected links - our recommended way.
Collect comments and feedback directly around the same packaging concept.
Collect comments and feedback directly around the same packaging concept.
Keep internal teams and external reviewers aligned with one current version of the result (Single Source of Truth).
Keep internal teams and external reviewers aligned with one current version of the result (Single Source of Truth).
Try free Beta
Find the best packing method before physical testing begins
Simulate the same part, container and quantity with different packing methods. Compare utilization, weight, protection and operational feasibility before selecting the concept that best fits your process.
Try free Beta
Find the best packing method before physical testing begins
Simulate the same part, container and quantity with different packing methods. Compare utilization, weight, protection and operational feasibility before selecting the concept that best fits your process.
Try free Beta
Find the best packing method before physical testing begins
Simulate the same part, container and quantity with different packing methods. Compare utilization, weight, protection and operational feasibility before selecting the concept that best fits your process.
Trusted by leading industrial companies
Why packaging engineering teams choose Pakera
Why packaging engineering teams choose Pakera
Top features that drive your success
Top features that drive your success
Pakera combines CAD-based packaging planning, cartonization, container selection, packing method comparison, digital validation, smart checks, packaging instructions, and approval workflows in one browser-based platform.
Create Packaging Report
Automatically generate modular and precise packing instructions based on defined parameters and validated simulation results.
Control Framework Conditions
Control parameters such as container type, dimensions, pallet height, and maximum gross weight for accurate results.
Editing Packing Instructions
Flexible editing options for packing instructions, aligned with your selected subscription plan.
Container-in-Container
Take nesting, outer cartons, and loading units into account in the simulation.
Individual Container
Define custom container types and reuse them across projects to ensure consistent packaging standards.
Approval Workflow (intern & extern)
Enable structured review and approval workflows for digital packing results, with transparent tracking and standardized collaboration across teams and partners.
Central Container Library
Create and manage custom container types for individual use or company-wide standardization.
Auto-Generate Packaging BOM
Automatically create a Bill of Materials for packaging material based on simulation results - no manual effort required.
Create Packaging Report
Automatically generate modular and precise packing instructions based on defined parameters and validated simulation results.
Control Framework Conditions
Control parameters such as container type, dimensions, pallet height, and maximum gross weight for accurate results.
Editing Packing Instructions
Flexible editing options for packing instructions, aligned with your selected subscription plan.
Container-in-Container
Take nesting, outer cartons, and loading units into account in the simulation.
Individual Container
Define custom container types and reuse them across projects to ensure consistent packaging standards.
Approval Workflow (intern & extern)
Enable structured review and approval workflows for digital packing results, with transparent tracking and standardized collaboration across teams and partners.
Central Container Library
Create and manage custom container types for individual use or company-wide standardization.
Auto-Generate Packaging BOM
Automatically create a Bill of Materials for packaging material based on simulation results - no manual effort required.
Create Packaging Report
Automatically generate modular and precise packing instructions based on defined parameters and validated simulation results.
Control Framework Conditions
Control parameters such as container type, dimensions, pallet height, and maximum gross weight for accurate results.
Editing Packing Instructions
Flexible editing options for packing instructions, aligned with your selected subscription plan.
Container-in-Container
Take nesting, outer cartons, and loading units into account in the simulation.
Individual Container
Define custom container types and reuse them across projects to ensure consistent packaging standards.
Approval Workflow (intern & extern)
Enable structured review and approval workflows for digital packing results, with transparent tracking and standardized collaboration across teams and partners.
Central Container Library
Create and manage custom container types for individual use or company-wide standardization.
Auto-Generate Packaging BOM
Automatically create a Bill of Materials for packaging material based on simulation results - no manual effort required.
Everything you need to get started with confidence
Everything you need to get started with confidence
Everything you need to get started with confidence
Designed to remove every barrier to adoption
We understand what holds industrial teams back. That’s why Pakera was built from day one to address the concerns that matter most.
Zero Setup
No installation required
Use Pakera directly in your browser. No local installation. No complex IT setup. No unnecessary implementation project. Just open the platform and start optimizing.
Ready in minutes
Fast Start
Easy onboarding
Get started quickly with guided workflows, practical tutorials, and clear product guidance. Pakera is designed so teams reach their first packaging optimization with minimal training effort - a few minutes are enough.
Guided workflows
Video tutorials
Enterprise Security
High data security
Protect sensitive CAD, project, and packaging data with encrypted data transfer, role-based access, customer managed keys and controlled permissions. For highly sensitive use cases, Pakera is designed to support future on-premise deployment.
GDPR Compliant
Future on-premise option
API-Ready
Easy adoption & automation
Pakera is built with an API-ready architecture from the ground up. Connect it to your existing ERP or custom tools with minimal effort - and automate packaging decisions, data flows, and approval triggers without manual handoffs.
REST API
Automation-ready
No Prerequisites
No simulation or CAD skills needed
You don’t need to be an engineer or a CAD expert to use Pakera. No simulation knowledge, no 3D modeling skills - just select your CAD file and let Pakera do the heavy lifting for you.
No CAD skills required
No simulation skills required
Full Traceability
Transparent results
Pakera makes every packaging decision traceable with clear metrics, Smart Checks, and documented decision logic you can share and justify with stakeholders.
Smart Checks
Decision logs
Purpose-built
Built for industrial workflows
Pakera is designed for industrial parts, recurring material flows, packaging instructions, and approval workflows - enabling cross-functional collaboration between logistics, quality, purchasing, production, and IT.
Logistics
Quality
Procurement
Production
IT
Work Preparation
Supply Chain Management
Quick Payback
Worth it after just 2–3 hours saved
Pakera pays for itself fast. If your team saves just 2–3 hours a month on packaging calculations, physical packing tests, estimating parts per container, freight cost checks, packaging instructions, spreadsheet work, supplier alignment, or internal back-and-forth, the subscription more than covers itself - without needing a big ROI project to justify it.
2–3 hrs/month = ROI
Pays for itself immediately
Zero Setup
No installation required
Use Pakera directly in your browser. No local installation. No complex IT setup. No unnecessary implementation project. Just open the platform and start optimizing.
Ready in minutes
Fast Start
Easy onboarding
Get started quickly with guided workflows, practical tutorials, and clear product guidance. Pakera is designed so teams reach their first packaging optimization with minimal training effort - a few minutes are enough.
Guided workflows
Video tutorials
Enterprise Security
High data security
Protect sensitive CAD, project, and packaging data with encrypted data transfer, role-based access, customer managed keys and controlled permissions. For highly sensitive use cases, Pakera is designed to support future on-premise deployment.
GDPR Compliant
Future on-premise option
API-Ready
Easy adoption & automation
Pakera is built with an API-ready architecture from the ground up. Connect it to your existing ERP or custom tools with minimal effort - and automate packaging decisions, data flows, and approval triggers without manual handoffs.
REST API
Automation-ready
No Prerequisites
No simulation or CAD skills needed
You don’t need to be an engineer or a CAD expert to use Pakera. No simulation knowledge, no 3D modeling skills - just select your CAD file and let Pakera do the heavy lifting for you.
No CAD skills required
No simulation skills required
Full Traceability
Transparent results
Pakera makes every packaging decision traceable with clear metrics, Smart Checks, and documented decision logic you can share and justify with stakeholders.
Smart Checks
Decision logs
Purpose-built
Built for industrial workflows
Pakera is designed for industrial parts, recurring material flows, packaging instructions, and approval workflows - enabling cross-functional collaboration between logistics, quality, purchasing, production, and IT.
Logistics
Quality
Procurement
Production
IT
Work Preparation
Supply Chain Management
Quick Payback
Worth it after just 2–3 hours saved
Pakera pays for itself fast. If your team saves just 2–3 hours a month on packaging calculations, physical packing tests, estimating parts per container, freight cost checks, packaging instructions, spreadsheet work, supplier alignment, or internal back-and-forth, the subscription more than covers itself - without needing a big ROI project to justify it.
2–3 hrs/month = ROI
Pays for itself immediately
Trust & Security
Trust & Security
Enterprise-Grade Security for Industrial Data
Your CAD data and packaging specifications are protected with industry-leading security standards.
ISO 27001 in progress
Information security management system is already in progress
GDPR Compliant
Full compliance with European data protection regulations
German Data Center
All data stored exclusively in German data centers with high security standards
Bring Your Own Key (BYOK)
Use customer-managed encryption keys for greater control over sensitive 3D files.
ISO 27001 in progress
Information security management system is already in progress
GDPR Compliant
Full compliance with European data protection regulations
German Data Center
All data stored exclusively in German data centers with high security standards
Bring Your Own Key (BYOK)
Use customer-managed encryption keys for greater control over sensitive 3D files.
ISO 27001 in progress
Information security management system is already in progress
GDPR Compliant
Full compliance with European data protection regulations
German Data Center
All data stored exclusively in German data centers with high security standards
Bring Your Own Key (BYOK)
Use customer-managed encryption keys for greater control over sensitive 3D files.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which file formats and input data does Pakera support?
How reliable are the simulation results and Smart Checks?
What parameters does Pakera check automatically?
How accurate are the packing optimization results?
Can I have multiple components packed at the same time?
Can outer cartons and interlayers be taken into account?
Can Pakera be used if the weight is unknown?
Which materials are included in the standard library?
Does Pakera support stacking direction and automatic component alignment?
How long does a simulation take, approximately?
Can Pakera calculate pack volume and pack weight?
Which packing methods can be compared?
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