What makes you choose custom packaging
A standard box leaves unfilled space around the product, enabling it to move noisily in transit until foam or paper is placed to stop movement.
Typical packaging with a sticker attached is the simple option, but it has not been designed specifically for anyone.
Custom Pack Studio produces custom-made packaging for your product, making sure that the box, print and finish enhance your brand instead of overshadowing it.
We make custom-made boxes, mailer boxes, gift packaging and printed accessories for companies throughout Caernarfon and the surrounding valleys, with order quantities spanning one sample to a pallet load delivered straight to a warehouse door.
You can order any quantity of what we make, so stock and storage costs remain unneeded until you have established that a product sells.
Share your packaging requirements, and we will tailor the recommendation to suit the product precisely.
What tailored packaging means
Custom packaging begins with a box specifically designed for your product, so its dimensions and printed finish precisely reflect its contents.
Select your dimensions and make a made-to-measure box that keeps the product snug, preventing it from rattling about in the unoccupied space of a standard-sized box.
The construction, board weight, print and finish are custom designed to suit what is packed and how it is transported.
Printing a logo on a stock box produces personalised packaging, providing a more modest project than fully customisable design.
With customised packaging, each panel, fold and finish can be tailored, even for one item, allowing you to create packaging that fits exactly and with no compromise.
Packing formats we provide for Caernarfon firms
We create a full range of packaging boxes, each made to bespoke sizes and printed in full colour with your artwork.
Selecting the appropriate box style and packaging depends on what you sell and how it is handled, while our packaging experts will take you through the options available.
Retail cartons and branded packaging
Reverse tuck end cartons are a widely used retail packaging option, suited to lighter products including cosmetics and supplements, with closure flaps folding into both the top and bottom.
Crash lock boxes are a type of lock box, offering a sturdier 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 protects your product throughout the courier network and makes delivery part of the brand experience and visibility, with printing inside and out rather than only on the outer face.
Gusseted versions of these custom printed boxes offer additional depth, enabling bulkier items to sit securely without shifting.
Present boxes, rigid boxes and pitched-top boxes
Rigid boxes, magnetic close gift boxes and additional branded boxes give products purchased as gifts the refined presentation customers expect, while saving them the effort of wrapping.
Gable boxes, complete with a handle that folds up, make an excellent choice for food gifts and hampers.
For high-end ranges, we may choose SBS board (solid bleached sulphate, a bright, food safe paperboard) over standard carton stock, while finishes such as foil and soft touch lamination improve the outcome.
Build guidance for your Caernarfon business
Each order includes packaging design support, regardless of how far your artwork has progressed.
If you have a logo and brand guidelines, our design experts create print-ready files and check that the colours stay accurate on board, because packaging needs a higher resolution than a website image.
You need no previous design experience to develop packaging that suits your brand. Starting with no more than a logo, our team develops the structure and produces professionally designed, print-ready artwork with you, explaining each technical decision as it arises.
Our online tool enables you to customise a box and preview its appearance on screen prior to printing, while Pantone colour matching maintains consistency each time you make a repeat order.
Do you need your packaging printed in both English and Welsh? Our staff handles it as a routine artwork requirement, in the same way as any other language or colour change.
Custom packaging for Caernarfon’s businesses
Cuisine and drinks
Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef both hold Protected Geographical Indication status, whilst all packaging that comes into contact with meat or dairy must satisfy food contact requirements, irrespective of which side of the border it is manufactured.
Our BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level confirms that food packaging is manufactured within controlled and traceable processes, satisfying the checks retailers undertake prior to approving products for listing.
Beverages and spirit-making sites
Throughout Wales, a flourishing drinks culture has emerged during the past twenty years, stretching from Brecon Beacons distilleries to newer gin and whisky makers in the north.
Presentation boxes for bottles need to endure transit while remaining striking on the shelf, with finishes including foil stamping and embossing bringing much of the impact to a limited release or seasonal gift set.
Skincare and personal care
Cosmetic and skincare brands require cartons that safeguard delicate glass and compacts while standing out on the shelf.
We manufacture cosmetics packaging with soft touch lamination, foil and embossing, whereas rigid boxes pair with premium ranges intended to support a higher price point.
E-commerce and subscription labels
Retail ready and display packaging are important when products are placed in shops or marketplace fulfilment centres, but subscription brands face a distinct challenge.
Each month, the same customer opens an almost identical box, rendering a consistent finish every bit as important as the original design.
Effective ecommerce packaging, tailored precisely to your product packaging, secures items in transit while cutting damage claims and returns.
A fitted insert or printed tissue keeps the product firmly in transit, while the design is immediately visible once the box opens.
For a subscription brand making repeat orders each month, maintaining uniform box dimensions keeps pallet space and warehouse racking consistent, an increasingly significant consideration as volumes surpass a few hundred units.
Shipping to Caernarfon from our Scotland workshop
Everything is produced at our Irvine facility, with delivery across the UK to businesses in Caernarfon included as standard.
The majority of orders reach a Caernarfon address within two to three weeks after proof approval, following the same timetable as all our packaging across the UK.
Custom Pack Studio is owned by KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, a packaging manufacturer producing print and packaging since 1997, which means an long-standing team produces the boxes using its own presses.
Prior to the start of full production, you get a proof and, where the format calls for it, a physical sample, while reorders retain the same artwork, making expansion remarkably straightforward.
Choosing a single box company for packaging across your entire product range maintains simplicity.
You get one invoice and work with one contact, steering clear of multiple suppliers quoting different prices for different weeks.
Sustainable packaging by default
Each box we make is 100% recyclable since its board is recyclable.
Our board and paper begin with FSC and PEFC certified sources, while each sheet is traced through an audited supply chain to responsibly managed forests.
Throughout our processes, we are cutting back on single use plastic and EPS foam void fill as neither is readily recyclable, while both pose disposal difficulties once a parcel has been opened.
When the design allows, biodegradable or paper-based protective materials are used instead of them.
Zero minimum quantity for Caernarfon firms.
Throughout the wider industry, custom packaging often requires minimum orders of 500 or 1,000 units, requiring you to fund stock and storage before knowing whether a product will sell.
There is no requirement for a minimum order .
Small businesses may place an order for one sample, a limited run for testing, or a full production run after demand has been established, with the price per unit varying at each quantity across this range.
You receive a written quotation before production begins, while the high-quality materials and packaging products supplied for a run of fifty are the same as those provided for a run of ten thousand.
Prior to ordering in volume, ask for a printed sample to check the print, colour and fit in your hand.
How to place a bespoke packaging order
Send your brief by ringing 01294 314 919 or via the online design tool, then tell us the product, quantity, and approximately the way it is sold.
Design and proofing. We create packaging design suited to your product, produce the print layout, then provide a proof for you to approve.
Request and approve a sample. If the format requires one, order a physical sample, then sign off when you are satisfied with the colour and construction.
Production and delivery. Your order is printed and completed in Irvine prior to being delivered to your Caernarfon address, typically within two to three weeks.
Tailored packaging Caernarfon Common Questions
Will you deliver custom packaging to Caernarfon?
Certainly. We make every item in Irvine and provide standard delivery across the UK, covering every part of Caernarfon and the whole of Wales, without adding a separate fee for locations farther from the factory.
What exactly is the smallest packaging requirement at Caernarfon?
No minimum order applies. Whether you require one box or several thousand in whatever format, you will be provided with quantity based pricing via a written quotation before production begins.
Which parts of the packaging can be personalised?
Every 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.
Would you send packing item examples prior to we place an order?
Yes. The sample is printed and finished to exactly the same standard as a production run, enabling you to confirm that the colours meet your brief and that the board has the correct feel before authorising a bulk order.
Is the container suitable for recycling and compostable?
Each box is 100% recyclable. We do not use plastic laminates that prevent recycling unless food safety requires them, while biodegradable protective materials are used whenever the format permits.
Can someone place another order for the same layout at a later time?
Yes, repeat orders utilise the original artwork file, meaning that increasing an order or repeating it for a new season doesn’t require the packaging to be redesigned from the ground up.
Receive a free estimate from our experts at Custom Pack Studio immediately.
Call 01294 314 919 or email contact@custompackstudio.co.uk, providing your product, packaging requirements and intended quantities.
Order exactly what you need, with no minimum quantity! Each project comes with design support, and all custom packaging made here is designed around your product rather than relying on a template.
Send your query and we will issue a written quote.
