Esko launches 2021 Packaging Trends e-book

Esko has released a free, downloadable e-book, 2021 Packaging Trends, in which leaders from Danaher Group companies, Esko, X-Rite Pantone, discuss this year’s packaging trends with insights into how business can leverage them for success.

Esko has released a free, downloadable e-book, 2021 Packaging Trends

The e-book is designed to help brands grow their share of a market estimated by Smithers to be worth as much as USD 1.05 trillion by 2041.

‘The global pandemic has brought about an acceleration of many of the trends we’ve seen steady growth in over the previous decade,’ said Matthew Haws, VP of global brand marketing at Esko. ‘2021 will be an exciting year for packaging design, and brands must be on the cutting edge to distinguish their products from the competition.’

Haws is one of five experts to contribute to the resource, exploring wide-ranging topics from responding to the surge in e-commerce to utilizing color trends to best effect and the need for connective technologies.

‘In the US alone, e-commerce sales have grown a record 44.4 percent in Q2 and 37 percent in Q3,’ added Susie Stitzel, director of product management, Design, and 3D solutions at Esko. ‘Brands that do not step up to this trend with relevant innovation will be left with packaging solutions that quickly get lost amongst the designs of more agile competitors.’

As brands strive to delight rather than disappoint the consumer, Esko technologies such as web-based collaborative workflow management system, WebCenter, and accompanying digital asset management system, MediaBeacon, help them to cut to the chase quicker by streamlining packaging design projects and taking away common stumbling blocks that slow the process down.

‘Esko software solutions allow brands to focus on trend and innovation work that stays agile to change, free of process and admin-based restrictions. The forward-thinking topics covered in this e-book are no longer a “nice to have” for time-poor packaging design teams fire-fighting against the basics, they are must-have foundational elements that are easily integrated into 2021 projects to drive innovation, versatility, and efficiency,’ concluded Haws.

The 2021 Packaging Trends e-book is available for download on Esko’s website