The Integra Philosophy.
Practitioners beat theorists. We've sat in your chair.
The modern packaging ecosystem is fundamentally fragmented. Integra was founded by former corporate leaders to unite material science, brand velocity, procurement economics, and plant-floor reality into a single, end-to-end advisory practice.
A siloed industry creates an integration deficit.
Historically, enterprise brands have been forced to buy structural design from creative agencies, material science from converting suppliers, and logistics validation from freight forwarders. The result? A beautiful package that jams high-speed automated lines, an eco-friendly substrate that degrades shelf-life, or a lightweighted shipper that buckles under top-load compression in transit.
Integra was built to close this gap. We manage the delicate thread connecting initial molecule synthesis, prepress governance, and factory-floor execution to post-consumer circular recovery—unlocking measurable margin recovery while de-risking your entire enterprise supply chain.
— Our Story
— Our Core Beliefs
Every structural decision ripples across your bottom line.
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A Pack Does Not Exist in a Vacuum
Every material tweak impacts factory line speed, every substrate pivot changes procurement economics, and every sustainability claim faces severe regulatory scrutiny. We engineer portfolios with total supply chain clarity.
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Sustainability Must Protect Operating Margins
True circularity should never dilute profitability. We drive Commercial Sustainability—executing lightweighting, mono-material pivots, and EPR tax mitigation that lower carbon and unit costs simultaneously.
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Practitioners Beat Theorists
Enterprise portfolios cannot be optimized through boardroom slide decks alone. Real transformation demands deep packaging science, clean specification data, and standing on the factory floor during live line trials.
Corporate tenures, real-world scars.
Our founding partners are seasoned corporate directors and materials engineers drawn from the upper tiers of FMCG, food manufacturing, and industrial supply chains. We have managed multi-million dollar packaging budgets, engineered high-barrier substrate innovations, and executed complex portfolio rationalisations for market-leading brands.
— Our Leadership
60+
Years of combined corporate & plant-floor leadership experience
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Core engines: commercial strategy, material science, supply chain execution
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Junior analyst staffed - every engagement is senior-led
— Our Leadership
Practitioner-Led Advisory
Integra was founded by two senior industry leaders with over six decades of combined executive experience spanning packaging development, food manufacturing, brand execution, and global supply chains.
Having led end-to-end packaging portfolios inside major corporate enterprises, we founded Integra to eliminate the friction, margin leakage, and disconnects that traditional design agencies and theoretical consultancies leave behind.
When you engage Integra, you don't get account managers or junior analysts. You work directly with two founding partners who have sat in your seat—bringing senior-level authority to your factory floor, boardrooms, and converter partnerships.
Alberto Peixeir0
Founding Partner — R&D, Strategy & Sustainability
Over a 20+ year career leading R&D and packaging transformation across APAC and Latin America for FMCG giants like Unilever and The Arnott’s Group, Alberto bridges complex material science with commercial profitability. As former Director of Packaging & Sustainability, he has driven multi-million-dollar cost-efficiency programs, led national soft plastics stewardship initiatives, and pioneered breakthrough recycling technologies. Alberto specializes in portfolio rationalization, EPR compliance, and aligning technical innovation with corporate margin expansion.
Matthew Findlayson
Founding Partner — Packaging Development & Operations
With a rich background spanning packaging design, development, and supply chain operations inside major corporate environments, Matt focuses on bringing structural concepts to life on the factory floor. Having managed end-to-end development portfolios and live manufacturing plant operations at scale (including extended leadership across high-speed packaging lines), Matt specializes in optimizing line automation, eliminating transit failures, and ensuring structural design holds up under real operational stress.