Purposes choose bespoke packaging
A regular box creates empty space around the product, enabling it to rattle during transit until somebody fills the gap with foam or paper to keep it still.
Standard packaging bearing an attached sticker is the simplest choice, but it is not designed for anyone in particular.
Custom Pack Studio produces bespoke packaging for your product, making sure that the box, print and finish complement your brand instead of overshadowing it.
We produce bespoke boxes, mailer boxes, gift packaging and printed accessories for companies across Cardiff and surrounding valleys, with orders ranging from one sample to a pallet delivered straight to a warehouse door.
You can purchase any quantity of the products we make, so inventory and storage costs continue to be unneeded until you have established that a product sells.
Provide your packaging requirements, and we will adapt the recommendation to the product itself.
What bespoke packaging means
Custom packaging forms the box around your product from the start, with its dimensions and print tailored to what you are packing.
Choose the measurements, allowing a custom-sized box to hold the product securely without unnecessary movement caused by a standard size.
Each element, from the structure and board weight to the print and finish, is tailored to the contents and their journey.
Printing a logo on a stock box constitutes personalised packaging, a less extensive undertaking than entirely customisable design.
With customised packaging, you are able to modify every panel, fold and finish, even for a single run, creating packaging that fits with no compromise.
Wrapping options we create for Cardiff enterprises
We produce a complete range of packaging boxes, made to custom sizes and printed in full colour with your artwork.
The ideal box style and packaging type are based on what you sell and how it is handled, while our packaging specialists will talk you through the choices!
Store cartons and bespoke branded packaging
Reverse tuck end cartons remain a standard for retail packaging, ideal for lighter products such as cosmetics and supplements, with flaps that tuck in at both the top and bottom.
Crash lock boxes are a sturdier type of lock box, formed from cardboard and having a base that snaps flat when opened, stopping heavier products from forcing the bottom out.
Shipping and online retail boxes
A custom mailer box safeguards your product throughout the courier network, while making delivery part of the brand experience and increasing visibility because it is printed inside and out, not solely across the outer face.
Gusseted versions of these custom printed boxes provide additional depth, enabling bulkier items to sit securely without shifting.
Gift packages, sturdy boxes and roofed containers
Rigid boxes, magnetic closure gift boxes and other branded packaging provide presents with the presentation customers anticipate, without them having to wrap anything themselves.
Gable boxes with folding carry handles are suitable for food gifts as well as hampers.
For premium ranges, we may choose SBS board (solid bleached sulphate, a bright, food safe paperboard) rather than standard carton stock, while finishes such as foil and soft touch lamination enhance the result.
Develop backing for your Cardiff brand
Every order includes packaging design support, regardless of how far your artwork has progressed.
If you have a logo and brand guidelines, our design specialists create print ready files and confirm that colours are reproduced accurately on board, because packaging requires higher resolution than a web image.
You need not have any previous design experience to create packaging that reflects your brand. Our team can start with just a logo. Together, you will establish the structure and produce professionally designed, print ready artwork, as we explain each technical decision as it arises.
Our digital design tool allows you to customise a box and preview its appearance on screen before printing begins. Pantone colour matching is also available, helping each repeat order remain consistent.
Need your packaging printed in both English and Welsh? Our staff manages it as a standard artwork requirement, just like any other language or colour change.
Personalised packaging for Cardiff’s own industries
Food and potations
Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef both hold Protected Geographical Indication status, and all food packaging that touches meat or dairy must comply with food contact standards, regardless of which side of the border it is produced on.
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.
Refreshments and distilleries
Over the past twenty years, Wales has developed a distinctive drinks industry, encompassing distilleries in the Brecon Beacons and more recent gin and whisky producers across the north.
Bottle presentation boxes must withstand transportation while maintaining their visual appeal on the shelf, with finishes including foil stamping and embossing providing much of the impact required for limited releases and seasonal gift sets.
Skincare goods and beauty of the Cardiff
For cosmetic and skincare brands, cartons must shield fragile glass and compacts while presenting attractively on the shelf.
We produce cosmetics packaging with soft touch lamination, foil and embossing, while rigid boxes suit premium ranges that require a higher price point to be justified.
Internet commerce and subscription labels
Packaging intended for retail display matters when a product is located in a store or marketplace fulfilment centre, but subscription brands face an entirely different challenge.
Because the same customer opens up an almost identical box every month, keeping a consistent finish is just as important as the initial design.
Precisely sized e commerce packaging holds products securely during transit, helping prevent damage, lower claims and minimise returns.
A bespoke insert or printed tissue secures the product during transit, whilst ensuring the print stays immediately visible when the box opens.
For a subscription brand that reorders each month, maintaining identical box dimensions helps maintain pallet space and warehouse racking predictable, an increasingly important consideration as volumes exceed several hundred units.
Shipping to Cardiff from our Scottish-based factory
All products are manufactured within our Irvine facility, with standard UK delivery to businesses in Cardiff.
The majority of orders arrive at a Cardiff address within two to three weeks following proof approval, following the same timetable as all our packaging throughout the UK.
Custom Pack Studio is part of KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, a packaging manufacturer producing print and packaging since 1997. Its long-standing staff makes the boxes using its own presses.
You’ll check a proof and, when required by the format, a physical sample before full production starts. Reorders use the same artwork, so scaling up never means beginning from scratch!
Working with one box company for packaging throughout your entire product line makes everything simple.
It all flows through one invoice and one point of contact, saving you from the frustration of chasing several suppliers quoting varying prices for separate weeks.
Eco-friendly packaging as expected
Every box we produce is 100% recyclable as its board is recyclable.
Our board and paper are procured from FSC and PEFC certified suppliers, with every sheet traceable through an audited chain to responsibly managed forests.
Across our processes, we are reducing single use plastic and EPS foam void fill because neither is easily recyclable, while both pose disposal challenges once a parcel has been opened.
Where the design allows, biodegradable or paper-based protection is used instead.
No minimum minimum order for Cardiff companies
Throughout much of the industry, custom packaging requires minimum orders of 500 or 1,000 units, leaving you to fund stock and storage before establishing whether the product will sell.
There is no minimum order requirement whatsoever.
Small businesses may order a single sample, a limited run for testing, or a complete production run after demand has been established, with the per unit price varying at each quantity throughout this range.
You always get a written quote before production begins, and the high quality materials and packaging products supplied for fifty are identical to those supplied for ten thousand.
Before making a bigger order, request a printed sample to evaluate the print, colour and how comfortably it sits in your hand.
Ways to get tailored packaging
Share your brief by calling 01294 314 919 or using the online design tool. Let us know the product, quantity needed, and roughly how it is sold.
Packaging design and proofing. We create the packaging design tailored to your product, arrange the print layout, and provide a proof for your approval.
Ask for a physical sample where the format requires one, then provide approval once you are happy with its colour and construction.
Production and delivery. Your order is printed and finished in Irvine, subsequently delivered to your Cardiff address, typically within two to three weeks.
Bespoke packaging Cardiff Common Questions
Do you offer personalised packaging to Cardiff?
Yes. We make all items in Irvine and provide standard delivery across the UK, serving every part of Cardiff and all of Wales, without adding a separate fee for locations more distant from the factory.
What is the smallest order for packaging in Cardiff?
There is no minimum order. Whether you need one box or several thousand in any format, you will be provided with quantity based pricing through a written quotation before production starts.
Which package elements can I customise?
Every format permits changes to size, structure, board weight, print and finish, ensuring the packaging meets your brief exactly. Branded packaging can also be printed on both the interior and exterior.
Is it possible to we have samples of your wrapping products before making a purchase?
Certainly! Your sample is delivered printed and finished precisely as it would be in production, enabling you to check the colours meet your brief and make sure the board feels right before approving a bulk order.
Could the packaging able to be recycled and can it break down naturally?
Each box is 100% recyclable. We avoid plastic laminates that prevent recycling unless food safety requires them. Biodegradable protective materials are available where the format permits.
Is it possible to one reorder the same design in the future?
Certainly! Reorders use the original artwork file, meaning you can increase an order or repeat it for a new season without redesigning the packaging from scratch.
Get a complimentary quotation from Custom Pack Studio right away
Call 01294 314 919 or email contact@custompackstudio.co.uk, providing your product, packaging requirements and intended quantities.
There is no minimum order requirement, design support is part of every project, and each item of custom packaging produced here starts with your product, not a template.
Make your enquiry, and we will respond with a written quotation.
