Why it’s wise to choose personalised packaging
A regular box leaves spare space around the product, enabling it to rattle during transit until someone fills the gap with foam or paper to keep it still.
Standard packaging with a sticker affixed is the simple choice, yet it has not been designed specifically for anyone.
At Custom Pack Studio, bespoke packaging is shaped around your product, making sure the box, print and finish support your brand rather than overshadowing it.
We produce custom-made boxes, mailer boxes, gift packaging and printed accessories for businesses across Bishopston and the nearby valleys, with order quantities ranging from one sample to a pallet load delivered straight to a warehouse door.
We require no minimum order, so stock and storage costs remain out of the picture until you know whether a product sells.
Share your packaging specifications, and we will adapt the recommendation to the product.
What personalised packaging involves
Custom packaging forms the box around your product from the start, with its dimensions and print tailored to what you are packing.
By selecting the dimensions, you ensure that a custom sized box secures the product firmly, rather than letting it to rattle within the unnecessary space of a standard size.
Every element, including the construction, board weight, printing and finish, is tailored to the contents and the way they are transported.
Printing your logo on a stock box creates personalised packaging, needing less work than a entirely customisable design.
With customised packaging, each panel, fold and finish can be tailored, even for a single item, enabling you to create packaging that fits precisely and without compromise.
Packing options we produce for Bishopston businesses
We produce a broad range of packaging boxes, each produced to bespoke dimensions and printed in full colour using your artwork.
The best-suited box style and packaging format are based on what you sell and how it is handled, while our packaging experts will guide you through the choices!
Retail cartons and tailor-made brand packaging
Reverse tuck end cartons are a retail packaging mainstay, designed for lighter products such as cosmetics and supplements, with flaps which tuck securely inside at both the top and bottom.
Crash lock boxes are a sturdier type of cardboard lock box, with a base that snaps flat when unfolded, preventing heavier products from forcing the bottom out.
Parcel and internet retail boxes
A custom mailer box safeguards your product across the courier network while turning delivery part of the brand experience and improving visibility, with printing inside and outside rather than solely on the outer face.
Gusseted versions of these custom printed boxes provide extra depth, enabling bulkier items to sit securely without shifting.
Keepsake boxes, rigid boxes and gable boxes
Rigid boxes, magnetic closure gift boxes and other branded boxes give purchases made as gifts with the presentation customers expect, without requiring them to wrap anything themselves.
Gable boxes, featuring a handle which folds upwards, are particularly suitable for food gifts and hampers.
For premium ranges, we may specify SBS board, meaning, solid bleached sulphate, a bright, food safe paperboard, rather than conventional carton stock. Foil and soft touch lamination finishes can enhance further the outcome.
Develop backing for your Bishopston identity
Each order includes support with packaging design, irrespective of how far your artwork has progressed.
Once your logo and brand guidelines are in place, our design experts prepare files suitable for print and make sure colours stay true on board, where packaging requires higher resolution than website imagery.
You do not need previous design experience to develop packaging that fits your brand. Starting with no more than a logo, our team creates the structure and produces expertly designed, print-ready artwork with you, explaining every technical decision when it arises.
Our online tool allows you to customise a box and preview its look before printing. Pantone colour matching maintains each repeat order consistent.
If you need packaging printed in both English and Welsh, our team treats it as a standard artwork requirement, exactly like any other language or colour change.
Tailored packaging for Bishopston’s own industries
Food and drink
Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef both hold Protected Geographical Indication status, and all food packaging which comes into contact with meat or dairy must meet food contact standards, regardless of which side of the border it is made on.
Our BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level confirms that we manufacture food packaging in controlled, traceable conditions, meeting the checks retailers require before listing products.
Drinks and distilling sites
Across Wales, a thriving drinks culture has developed over the last twenty years, stretching from Brecon Beacons distilleries to more recent gin and whisky makers in the north.
Bottle presentation boxes must withstand transit and look smart on the shelf too! Finishes such as foil stamping and embossing deliver much of the impact for a limited release or seasonal gift set.
Skincare and cosmetic items
Cosmetic and skincare brands require cartons that shield delicate glass containers and compacts, while providing an attractive display on retail shelves.
We produce cosmetics packaging featuring soft touch lamination, foil and embossing, while rigid boxes complement a premium range that must support a higher price point.
Internet commerce and membership tags
Retail and display packaging is important when a product is placed in a shop or marketplace fulfilment centre, whereas subscription brands encounter a different assessment.
The same customer opens an almost identical box each month, making a uniform finish just as important as the original design.
Packaging created to fit your product’s precise dimensions keeps items secure in transit, reducing damage claims and returns from ecommerce orders.
A purpose-made insert or printed tissue secures the product during transit, while ensuring the print remains immediately visible as the box opens.
For a subscription brand that places repeat orders monthly, keeping uniform box dimensions maintains predictable pallet capacity and warehouse racking, becoming increasingly important as volumes exceed several hundred units.
Shipping to Bishopston from our Scottish atelier
Everything is produced at our Irvine facility, with standard UK delivery to businesses in Bishopston.
Once your proof is approved, the majority of orders are delivered to a Bishopston address within two to three weeks, corresponding to the delivery timeframe for our packaging across the UK.
Custom Pack Studio belongs to KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, an well-established packaging manufacturer that has been producing print and packaging since 1997, with its experienced team producing boxes on its own presses.
You get a proof and, where required by the format, a physical sample before full production starts. Repeat orders use the same artwork, allowing you to scale up without restarting the process from the beginning.
Choosing one box company for packaging across your whole product range preserves simplicity.
It all passes through a single invoice and a single point of contact, sparing you the frustration of pursuing several suppliers quoting varying prices for different weeks.
Green packaging as usual
Each box we create is fully recyclable, with that recyclability rooted in the board itself.
We procure our board and paper from FSC and PEFC certified suppliers, with each sheet traced 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 recycles easily, while both create disposal headaches after a parcel has been opened.
Where the design allows, biodegradable or paper-based protection replaces them.
Absolutely no minimum purchase for Bishopston organisations.
Throughout the wider industry, custom packaging frequently requires minimum orders of 500 or 1,000 units, requiring you to finance stock and storage before knowing if a product will sell.
We require no minimum order whatsoever.
Smaller businesses may order a single sample, a limited run for testing, or a complete production run once demand has been established, with the per unit price varying at each quantity across this range.
You receive a written quote before production begins, while the high-quality materials and packaging products provided for a run of fifty are identical to those provided for a run of ten thousand.
Prior to committing to a larger quantity, get a printed sample and evaluate the print, colour and how it fits in your hand.
How to purchase custom packaging
Send your brief by calling 01294 314 919 or using the online design tool. Tell us the product, required quantity, and approximately how it is sold.
Design and proofing. We create packaging design suited to your product, produce the print layout, then provide a proof for your approval.
Request a physical sample if the format needs one, then give your approval once you are happy with the colour and construction.
Production and delivery. Your order is printed and finished in Irvine, then delivered to your Bishopston address, usually within two to three weeks.
Bespoke packaging Bishopston FAQ
Do you offer custom packaging to Bishopston?
Yes. We make every item in Irvine, with standard delivery available throughout the UK, including every part of Bishopston and Wales, without an additional charge for greater distance from the factory.
What’s is the least parcel order in Bishopston?
There is no minimum order requirement. You may order one box or several thousand in whatever format, with pricing based on quantity and confirmed in writing before production begins.
What parts of the packaging can be personalised?
Each format allows you complete flexibility to adjust the size, structure, board weight, print and finish, ensuring the resulting packaging meets your brief precisely. Your branded packaging order can also be printed on the interior as well as the exterior.
Can you please send samples of your packaging solutions products before I place an order?
Yes. You receive a sample printed and finished precisely as it would be in production, allowing you to check that the colours meet your brief and the board feels suitable before approving a bulk order.
Is the packaging able to be recycled and can it be compostable?
Each box is 100% recyclable. We do not use plastic laminates which prevent recycling unless food safety makes them necessary, while biodegradable protective materials are offered where the format allows.
May I make the same design order at a later time?
Absolutely! Reorders utilise the original artwork file, meaning you can increase an order or repeat the order for a new season without redesigning the packaging from scratch.
Obtain a no-cost estimate from the Custom Pack Studio team now.
Call 01294 314 919 or email contact@custompackstudio.co.uk, providing your product, packaging requirements and intended quantities.
There is no minimum order, design guidance comes with every project, and each item of custom packaging produced here is developed around your product instead of a standard template.
Submit your enquiry and we will send a written quotation.
