Packaging Design · Reading
Packaging Design in Reading
Retail and shipping packaging for Reading producers, designed on the real dieline so panels, folds and glue tabs all land correctly. Packaging carries legal obligations that a poster does not — food, cosmetics and anything sold to consumers have information that must appear, at minimum sizes.
Why this comes up
The problem
Packaging gets designed as a flat visual and only meets the dieline at artwork stage, by which point the ingredients panel has nowhere legal to sit and the barcode is across a fold.
What you get
What we deliver
- Design built on the manufacturer's dieline for the exact structure and material
- Mandatory information laid out to the legal requirements for your product category
- Barcode placed and sized to scan reliably, clear of folds and curves
- Shelf impact considered at real distance, alongside detail that rewards picking it up
- Print process accounted for — flexo, litho and digital hold detail differently
- Production artwork supplied to your converter, with a printed proof reviewed before the run
Want this scoped for your business in Reading?
Thirty minutes, no charge, no sales script. You leave with a written summary of what packaging design would actually involve — whether or not you use us.
Working in Reading
South East
Reading anchors the Thames Valley technology corridor, and local firms are often part of large enterprise supply chains where security review and integration standards are set by someone else.
Work here usually has to satisfy someone else's security and integration standards, because clients sit inside larger enterprise supply chains.
Sectors we work with in Reading
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Financial Services
- Professional Services
What we work with
Technologies and platforms
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Esko
Who we work with
Industries we serve
- Food and drink
- Health and beauty
- Brewing and distilling
- Homeware
- Ecommerce brands
Why us
Why Reading businesses choose Asionis
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise
How we work
- Step 1
Free consultation
A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.
- Step 2
Proposal
Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.
- Step 3
Build
Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.
- Step 4
Launch and support
We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.
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Packaging Design in Reading — common questions
- What has to appear on food packaging by law?
- Under UK rules that includes the name, ingredients with allergens emphasised, quantity, durability date, storage, business name and address, country of origin where required, and nutrition. Minimum type sizes apply. We lay it out correctly, but the content should be checked by someone qualified in food law.
- Can you work with our existing packaging supplier?
- Yes, and we would rather. They supply the dieline and print specification, we design to it. Designing without the dieline is how artwork ends up needing rework at the converter.
- Will the colours match our brand exactly?
- On flexo and digital, close but not exact — substrate affects colour considerably, and printing on kraft board is nothing like printing on coated stock. Where an exact match matters, spot colours are the answer and they cost more.
- Do we need different designs for retail and ecommerce?
- Often. Retail packaging competes on a shelf; ecommerce packaging arrives already bought and does a different job — protection, unboxing, and not advertising expensive contents to whoever passes the doorstep.
- Do you work with businesses across Berkshire?
- Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout South East, including Reading and the surrounding Berkshire area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
- What kind of Reading businesses do you usually work with?
- Work here usually has to satisfy someone else's security and integration standards, because clients sit inside larger enterprise supply chains. Beyond that we work across Technology, Telecommunications, Financial Services and Professional Services.
- Do you cover the areas around Reading?
- Yes — we work throughout South East, including Oxford, London, Milton Keynes, Southampton. Reading is an urban area of roughly 340,000+, and we take on work across the wider Berkshire region rather than the city boundary alone.
Talk to us about Packaging Design in Reading
A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise