Case Study: Unilever accelerates packaging design decisions with KeyShot

Unilever - Customer Case Study

Unilever’s global design team, led by Senior Industrial Designer Joshua Sternthal, creates the packaging visuals that define dozens of consumer brands. Their challenge was to evaluate many rendering platforms and find a tool that reliably bridges parametric CAD workflows (Siemens NX/SolidWorks) and freeform rendering, runs on Mac, and doesn’t require specific graphics hardware while supporting fast, repeatable visualization across product categories.

They selected KeyShot for its ease of use, CAD compatibility, Mac support, and features like KeyShotVR and Network Rendering. KeyShot is now used for nearly every concept—from foods and laundry to hair and skin care—enabling faster, better-informed decisions, shorter time-to-market (notably a quick-to-market Q‑tips deco-pack), and stronger internal design-to-brand workflows.

Unilever

Joshua Sternthal

Senior Industrial Designer