What custom packaging means
Our bespoke packaging is meticulously created to fit a certain item, giving you the option to pick the dimensions, the configuration, the graphics and the end surface finish.
Applying a standard logo design directly to pre-fabricated packaging constitutes a different task that offers far less creative flexibility.
Our idea of a totally bespoke box is that we customise the sizes exactly to your goods, select the material thickness based on transit demands, and place your graphics to any chosen surfaces.
The development of the packaging begins in parallel with the initial stage of the product design phase.
Custom Pack Studio partners with manufacturers of food, beauty labels, e-commerce retailers and craft distillers all over the country.
The custom packaging we make
Are you ready to turn your packaging vision into reality? We produce a great variety of box styles, all custom-made to your exact dimensions and expertly printed in full colour with your own artwork!
The most suitable packaging design for your item hinges on its physical nature, sales method, and delivery journey, and our specialists will guide your selection.
Folding cartons
To package retail products, businesses frequently utilise the standard formats of reverse tuck-end boxes and crash-lock bottom boxes.
With a reverse tuck-end carton, the upper and lower flaps insert in opposite directions, which creates an ideal packaging choice for light products such as cosmetics and supplements.
Ready for some packaging magic? Such impressive crash-lock boxes feature a secure base that snaps snugly into place the exact second you unfold them! This sturdy design easily supports your bulkiest items without any risk of the bottom collapsing. Even better, both styles are shipped completely flat and take mere moments to build!
Postal and mailer boxes
Tailored postal boxes keep safe your e-commerce products during transit and convert standard shipping into a valuable promotional tool.
Featuring bespoke printing on every surfaces, these mailer boxes raise the usual digital retail transaction into a high-end tactile event whilst maintaining the structural integrity required to withstand the rigours of transit.
Also, we produce gusseted e-commerce boxes for products requiring extra depth or an flexible fit.
Sleeves and wallets
These slip on sleeves encase your merchandise or internal tray to offer quick branding whilst maintaining your original packaging, offering an practical and economical solution for promotional lines and seasonal stock.
Styled like a folder, this presentation-style box surrounds the product to offer a flat, luxury presentation for small cards, prints and lighter retail goods.
Gift boxes and presentation packaging
Custom gift boxes offer the refined presentation retail customers anticipate for gift purchases whilst entirely eliminating the need to wrap anything.
Premium boxes, magnetic-lid boxes and custom printed inserts are extremely strong options, and finishes such as foil stamping, embossing and soft-touch lamination raise the presentation into luxury packaging that effectively warrants an higher price point.
Packaging design support if you do not have a designer
Thorough design support stays an essential component of our support, whatever the present progress stage of your artwork.
Got brand guidelines and print-ready files set to go? We will begin right away to prepare your designs for final manufacture!
To get ready your packaging for press, we recreate any logo supplied as a JPEG or other image format because real-world manufacturing needs a much increased resolution than online platforms demand.
Beginning with merely a basic outline, our experienced specialists will develop both the structural template and the finalised graphics for your project, whilst customising a bespoke packaging design when conventional containers prove unsuitable. We consistently guide you through each technical decision, meticulously clarifying our selection of structural materials and graphic clarity along the journey.
Utilise our online design tool to configure your box and add branding independently, or arrange a consultation today if you want to discuss the project first.
Custom packaging for Bridge of Allan’s industries
Do do you require incredible packaging for your food and drink, distillery, cosmetics or e-commerce business? We develop brands with spectacular boxes and wraps and labels right across Bridge of Allan!
Each industry sets its particular specific criteria, ranging from food-contact compliance to the precise surface finish that premium packaging demands.
Food and drink
Scotland’s vast food and drink market requires strong competitiveness, needing product packaging to ensure safety standards while attracting attention on the shelf.
Our BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level helps ensure we produce food packaging under strictly regulated, fully traceable conditions, which retailers carefully verify before they stock any product.
Whisky and craft spirits
Our company manufactures bespoke printed bottle cartons alongside premium presentation boxes tailored precisely for independent spirit producers and Bridge of Allan distilleries, incorporating elegant embellishments like foil decoration, raised embossing, and elegant soft touch lamination.
By deciding to do away with minimum order requirements, we enable a distillery to carry out modest production runs of tailored labels for particular releases without the need of buying large quantities.
Cosmetics and beauty
Our skilled makers craft bespoke printed cartons for well-known skincare, haircare and cosmetics houses, refining each package with exquisite finishes like tactile soft-touch lamination, metallic foil and delicate embossing.
Make-up presentation of beauty products demands the careful safeguarding of sensitive glass and pressed powders while at the same time attracting attention on shop shelves, a double responsibility largely achieved through the use of premium surface coatings.
E-commerce and subscription brands
We create customised shipping cartons, bespoke wrapping paper and tailored packaging dividers for e-commerce retailers and subscription businesses.
Custom packaging sculpted directly to the item helps ensure its protected passage through the mail system, which ultimately minimises the expensive burden of breakage and product replacements.
Getting a tailored, personalised package changes the basic act of unboxing, elevating the experience well beyond the dull reality of opening a regular, anonymous brown carton.
A packaging supplier perfect for Bridge of Allan businesses
Each and every item is created by our staff at our in-house workshop based in Irvine, within the county of Ayrshire.
This ensures local businesses in Bridge of Allan gain from fast turnaround times whilst keeping extremely economical distribution rates.
Delivering across Bridge of Allan and the wider UK, we guarantee a faraway business receives the very same swift service as a local business located just twenty minutes from our factory.
Did you know Custom Pack Studio is a division of KennedySmith (Press) Ltd? They’re a great packaging manufacturer making print and packaging in Scotland since 1997!
Created by that very team on their own presses, your packaging is made to the exact printing and finishing standards expected of an established industry leader.
Prior to your creation is fully brought to life, you will check a proof, alongside a sample if the format requires it.
Sustainable packaging as standard
We craft each one of our boxes to be fully recyclable, a eco-conscious quality that comes entirely from the natural composition of the board itself.
By obtaining our board and paper from FSC and PEFC certified sources, we ensure each sheet is kept fully traceable through an audited pathway to sustainably managed forests.
Often used for sending and delivery, sturdy corrugated board offers effective protection while staying one of the regularly recycled packaging materials in the UK.
We are actively and steadily removing single-use plastic and EPS from our processes because these problematic materials oppose recycling and eventually damage our vulnerable environment.
Whenever designs make it possible, we promote sustainable paper or reusable protection, opting to reduce waste instead.
Order one box or ten thousand
Custom packaging solutions typically requires a minimum order purchase of 500 or 1,000 items.of
When companies pilot an unknown item or create limited festive collections, they face the cost of covering inventory and warehousing before establishing the market demand.
As we impose absolutely no minimum order requirements, you maintain complete control over the volume, whether you need one individual box or a batch run of 10,000, which means that an initial modest batch works as a highly secure method for assessing consumer demand.
We provide detailed written quotes for any volume before production begins, and since repeated orders utilise the original artwork, you can expand without having to redesign your packaging.
How to order custom packaging
Submit your specifications by ringing 01294 314 919 or via the online form. Provide the product, quantity, and sales method. We can advise on the ideal format if you need guidance.
Our specialist engineers precisely create the packaging around your item, organise the artwork, and deliver a completed proof, alongside a physical prototype should the layout require physical assessment.
Production and completion commence immediately after your formal sign-off of the proof, with the manufacturing process taking place at our specialised Bridge of Allan facility, typically requiring between 2 and 3 weeks.
Ready to get your order straight to your doorstep? We send this flat-packed and very easy-to-build package to any location in Bridge of Allan or throughout the UK!
Custom packaging Bridge of Allan FAQ
What counts as custom packaging?
Want packaging tailored precisely to the product’s exact dimensions? Every element from the size and board weight to the structure, print and finish is engineered for a flawless fit that showcases your brand! Adding a logo on a standard box is just personalised packaging. True custom packaging is carefully designed from the product up!
Is there a minimum order?
Not in the slightest. There are no order minimums on any choice, so you can order just one box or thousands. This approach supports solo creators and anyone testing a new item. Pricing estimates scale with order size, and you receive a written quote before manufacture.
Do you deliver to Bridge of Allan?
Our Irvine facility creates goods sent straight to businesses in Bridge of Allan. Local production ensures swifter turnaround times and much reduced transport costs for Scottish brands.
What are your lead times?
As soon as you greenlight the proof, we move ahead immediately! Most orders take only two to three weeks, and a standard carton can be even faster. Do you have a firm deadline? Let us know when you get in touch and we will confirm if we can meet it.
Can you help if I do not have a designer?
Are you ready to see your basic concepts turn into something real? We often transform a simple logo and a flame of inspiration and transform them into striking, print ready masterpieces, with a thorough design consultation built right into the process! Or, if you would like having a go yourself, why not try our online design tool to begin your creation and then pass the baton over to us whenever you are ready?
Is the packaging recyclable?
Each carton is fully recyclable and manufactured from certified forest board possessing both FSC and PEFC credentials. We carefully reject plastic laminates and coatings which block successful reclamation unless strict hygiene regulations require otherwise, always outlining every available alternative beforehand.
Request a free quote from Custom Pack Studio today
If you want to raise your business, attract clients at the very first glance, or choose a genuinely trustworthy packaging partner, Custom Pack Studio is the ultimate team to achieve your ambitions.
By providing no minimum order requirements, we offer companies with the complete flexibility required to excel. We regularly accompany enterprises on their path to expansion, beginning with modest quantities and gradually expanding our output alongside your development.
Starting a call represents the most efficient means to begin our discussion.
Start your enquiry by calling 01294 314 919 or emailing contact@custompackstudio.co.uk with your product, packaging needs, and the quantities you have in mind.
To start, your printed quote explicitly outlines the particular layout, the production method, and the individual cost based on your requested volume.
We have no minimum purchase order quantity while providing complimentary design assistance, so that each tailored box fits your product seamlessly.
Begin your journey with us as soon as ideas strikes.
