Why opt for tailor-made packaging
A standard box leaves room around the item, letting it to move about during transit until someone fills the space with foam or paper to hold it still.
Selecting off-the-shelf packaging with a sticker on the side may be simple, but it belongs to no one in particular.
Custom Pack Studio produces custom-made packaging for your product, ensuring that the box, print and finish enhance your brand rather than overshadowing it.
We produce bespoke boxes, mailer boxes, gift packaging and printed accessories for companies across Alway and surrounding valleys, with orders varying from one sample to a pallet delivered straight to a warehouse door.
We impose no minimum order for anything we produce, so you do not incur stock and storage costs until a product proves it sells.
Provide your packaging specifications, and we will tailor our recommendation specifically to the product concerned.
What bespoke packaging consists of
Custom packaging begins with a box designed specifically for your product, so its dimensions and printed finish precisely reflect what it contains.
Select your measurements and make a made-to-measure box that keeps the product secure, preventing it from rattling about in the unused space of a generic-sized box.
Every element, ranging from the structure and board weight to the print and finish, is tailored to the contents and their journey.
Printing a logo onto a stock box produces personalised packaging, but it is a smaller project than a completely customisable design.
With bespoke packaging, each panel, fold and finish can be tailored, even for one run, enabling you to create packaging that fits precisely without any compromise.
Wrapping types we create for Alway firms
We manufacture a full range of packaging boxes to custom sizes, printed in full colour using your artwork.
Choosing the right box style and packaging format depends on what you sell and how it is handled, while our packaging specialists can guide you through the available options.
Commercial cartons and custom packaging
Reverse tuck end cartons are a conventional retail packaging format for lighter products, such as cosmetics and supplements, with flaps that tuck into place at the top and bottom alike.
Crash lock boxes are a kind of lock box, offering a stronger cardboard design with a base that snaps flat once opened, stopping heavier products from pushing the bottom out.
Shipping and internet shopping boxes
A custom mailer box safeguards your product across the courier network and makes delivery part of the brand experience and visibility, with printing on the inside and outside rather than only on the outer face.
Gusseted variants of these custom printed boxes provide additional depth, giving bulkier items space to sit securely without shifting.
Present boxes, rigid boxes and carton boxes
Rigid boxes, magnetic closure gift boxes and additional branded boxes provide purchases made as gifts with the presentation shoppers anticipate, without requiring them to wrap anything on their own.
Gable boxes with folding carry handles are ideal for food presents and hampers.
For premium ranges, we may specify SBS board, meaning, solid bleached sulphate, a bright, safe for food contact paperboard, instead of standard carton stock. Foil and soft touch lamination can further enhance the finish.
Create assistance for your Alway brand
Each order provides packaging design support, regardless of how far your artwork has advanced.
If you have a logo and brand guidelines, our design specialists prepare print ready files and confirm that colours reproduce accurately on board, because packaging needs greater resolution than a website image.
You do not need previous design experience to develop packaging that fits your brand. Beginning with nothing more than a logo, our team develops the structure and creates professionally designed, print-ready artwork alongside you, clarifying each technical decision as it arises.
Our web-based tool lets you customise a box and view its look and feel on your screen before printing. We also provide Pantone colour matching, keeping each repeat order consistent.
Need your packaging printed in both English and Welsh? Our team manages it as a routine artwork requirement, just like any other language or colour change.
Tailored packaging for the Alway’s enterprises
Cuisine and refreshment
Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef both have Protected Geographical Indication status, while food packaging contacting meat or dairy must meet food contact standards, irrespective of where it is produced on either side of the border.
Our BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level verifies that we produce food packaging in controlled, traceable conditions, meeting the checks retailers require before listing products.
Beverages and spirit-making establishments
Throughout Wales, a flourishing drinks culture has developed during the past twenty years, extending from Brecon Beacons distilleries to newer gin and whisky makers in the north.
Bottle presentation boxes have to withstand transit and look smart on the shelf too! Finishes such as foil stamping and embossing create much of the impact for a limited release or seasonal gift set.
Make-up and glamour
Cosmetic and skincare brands need cartons that shield delicate glass containers and compacts, while providing an appealing presentation on retail shelves.
We manufacture cosmetics packaging featuring soft touch lamination, foil and embossing, whilst rigid boxes complement a premium range that must support a higher price point.
Internet commerce and subscription brands
Retail ready and display packaging are important when products sit in shops or marketplace fulfilment centres, while subscription brands encounter a different challenge.
As the same customer opens up an almost identical box each month, keeping a consistent finish is just as important as the initial design.
Efficient online retail packaging, produced to correspond to your product packaging precisely, keeps goods secure during transit and minimises damage claims and returns.
A bespoke insert or printed tissue secures the product during transit, whilst ensuring the print stays immediately visible as the box opens.
For a subscription brand making repeat orders each month, keeping consistent box dimensions keeps pallet space and warehouse racking consistent, an increasingly important consideration as volumes exceed a few hundred units.
Providing Alway immediately from our Scottish plant
All items are made at our Irvine facility, with UK delivery to businesses in Alway supplied as standard.
Most orders reach a Alway address within two to three weeks following proof approval, using the same timetable as all our packaging throughout the UK.
Custom Pack Studio belongs to KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, a packaging manufacturer producing print and packaging since 1997, which means an long-standing team produces the boxes with its own presses.
Before full production begins, you get a proof and, where the format requires it, a physical sample, as reorders retain the same artwork, making expansion remarkably simple.
Using a one box company for packaging throughout your full product range simplifies the process.
Have one invoice and one point of contact, instead of pursuing multiple suppliers, each quoting a different price for another week.
Green packaging as expected
Every box we make is entirely recyclable, thanks to the board it is made from.
We obtain our board and paper from FSC and PEFC certified suppliers, with every sheet tracked through an audited chain of custody to responsibly managed forests.
We’re cutting down on single use plastic and EPS foam void fill across our processes because neither is easily recycled, while both cause disposal headaches once a parcel has been opened.
Where the design allows, biodegradable or paper-based protection replaces them instead.
Not any minimum purchase for Alway enterprises
Across the industry, custom packaging often requires minimum orders of 500 or 1,000 units, requiring you to fund stock and storage before discovering if your product will sell.
There’s no minimum order requirement at all!
Small businesses can order one sample, a limited trial run, or a full production batch once they have proved demand, with per unit pricing adjusted for every order quantity across the range.
You receive a written quotation before production starts, while the high-quality materials and packaging products provided for a run of fifty are the same as those provided for a run of ten thousand.
Before committing to a larger quantity, get a printed sample and assess the print, colour and how it sits in your hand.
How to submit a bespoke packaging order
Share your brief by calling 01294 314 919 or accessing the online design tool. Tell us the product, required quantity, and roughly how it is sold.
Design and proof. We develop packaging design designed for your product, prepare the print layout, and send a proof for you to review.
Ask for a physical sample where the format calls for one, then provide approval once you are satisfied with its colour and construction.
Production and delivery: Your order is printed and finished in Irvine, and then delivered to your Alway address, typically within two to three weeks.
Personalised packaging Alway Frequently Asked Questions
Does your company offer tailored packaging shipment to Alway?
Yes. We manufacture all items in Irvine and provide standard delivery throughout the UK, including every part of Alway and Wales, without an additional charge simply because of the distance from our factory.
How many would be the least packaging level for Alway?
There is no minimum order. Whether you need one box or several thousand in any format, you will be provided with quantity based pricing via a written quotation before production starts.
Which wrapping elements can I personalise?
Each aspect of the format, such as size, structure, board weight, print and finish, can be adjusted, so that the packaging matches exactly your brief. Branded packaging may additionally be printed inside and outside.
Can I obtain specimens of your packaging items before placing an order?
Yes. Your sample arrives printed and finished exactly as it would be in production, allowing you to check that the colours are in line with your brief and the board feels suitable before approving a larger order.
Could the packaging be recyclable and can it turn out to be biodegradable?
Each box is fully recyclable. We avoid plastic laminates that prevent recycling, unless food safety makes them essential, while biodegradable protective materials are provided wherever the format permits.
Is it possible to we order again the same design in the future?
Certainly, reorders use the original artwork file, enabling you to increase an order or get ready for another season without having to redesign the packaging.
Enquire about a cost-free pricing from our Custom Pack Studio experts immediately
Call 01294 314 919 or email contact@custompackstudio.co.uk, sharing your product, packaging requirements and preferred quantities.
We set no minimum order. Every project includes design support, and every item of custom packaging we produce here is designed around your product, not a template.
Make your enquiry, and we will return with a written quotation.
