Top reasons select personalised packaging
A typical box leaves empty space around the product, allowing it to rattle during transit until someone fills the gap with foam or paper to keep it still.
Standard packaging with a sticker is simple, but it is intended for nobody in particular.
Custom Pack Studio produces tailored packaging expressly for your product, ensuring the box, print and finish uphold your brand instead of overshadowing it.
We manufacture bespoke boxes, mailer boxes, gift packaging and printed accessories for companies across Cartrefle and surrounding valleys, with orders varying from one sample to a pallet delivered straight to a warehouse door.
You can purchase any quantity of what we make, so inventory and storage expenses continue to be unnecessary until you have confirmed that a product sells.
Share your packaging requirements, and we will tailor the recommendation to fit the product itself.
What made-to-measure packaging entails
Custom packaging forms the box around your product from the beginning, with its dimensions and print tailored to what you are packing.
Select your dimensions and make a made-to-measure box that keeps the product secure, stopping it from rattling about in the unused space of a generic-sized box.
The structure, board weight, print and finish are also custom designed, carefully matched to what is being packed and the way it travels.
Adding a logo on a stock box produces personalised packaging, but it is a smaller project than a completely customisable design.
Customised packaging puts every panel, fold and finish in your hands, even for a single piece, enabling you to create a bespoke solution that fits precisely, with no compromise.
Packaging types we create for Cartrefle organisations
We make a full range of packaging boxes in bespoke sizes, printed in full colour with your artwork.
Selecting the right box style and packaging is based on what you sell and how it is handled, while our packaging experts will guide you through the options available.
Shop cartons and custom branded packaging
Reverse tuck end cartons continue to be a retail packaging standard, well suited for lighter products such as cosmetics and supplements, with flaps that tuck in at both the top and bottom.
Crash lock boxes are a stronger type of cardboard lock box, with a base that snaps flat when unfolded, stopping heavier products from forcing the bottom out.
Parcel and internet shopping containers
A custom mailer box protects your product throughout the courier network, while turning delivery into part of the brand experience and strengthening visibility as it is printed on the inside and outside, not solely across the outer face.
Gusseted versions of these custom printed boxes provide extra depth, enabling bulkier items to sit securely without moving.
Present boxes, hard boxes and roofed boxes
Rigid boxes, gift boxes with magnetic closures and other branded boxes give products purchased as gifts the polished presentation customers expect, without customers needing to wrap them.
Gable boxes, with a fold up carry handle, are great for food presents as well as hampers!
In premium ranges, we sometimes specify SBS board, solid bleached sulphate, a bright, food-safe paperboard, rather than standard carton stock. Finishes including foil and soft touch lamination enhance the overall effect.
Craft guidance for your Cartrefle business
Each order provides packaging design support, irrespective of how far your artwork has advanced.
If you have a logo and brand guidelines, our design specialists create print ready files and verify 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 develop packaging that represents your brand. Our team can start with only a logo. Together, you will determine the structure and create professionally designed, print ready artwork, as we explain each technical decision as it arises.
Our online tool lets you to personalise a box and preview its look and feel on screen before it goes to print, while Pantone colour matching ensures each repeat order remains consistent.
When you require packaging printed bilingually in English and Welsh, our team regards this as a standard artwork requirement, managed in precisely the same way as any other language or colour change.
Personalised packaging for the Cartrefle’s industries
Food and beverages
Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef both hold Protected Geographical Indication status, while food packaging contacting meat or dairy must meet food contact standards, regardless of where it is produced on either side of the border.
We hold BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level, meaning our food packaging is manufactured in carefully controlled, traceable conditions that retailers assess before including a product.
Drinks and alcohol producers
Across Wales, a thriving drinks culture has developed over the last 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 as well! Finishes such as foil stamping and embossing create much of the impact for a limited release or seasonal gift set.
Cosmetics and beauty products for Cartrefle
For cosmetic and skincare brands, cartons must shield fragile glass and compacts while looking elegantly on the shelf.
We produce cosmetics packaging with soft touch lamination, foil and embossing, whereas rigid boxes suit premium ranges that must support a higher price point.
Online shopping and recurring labels
Packaging created for retail shelves or marketplace fulfilment centres matters, however, subscription brands experience a distinct challenge.
Every month, the same customer returns to an almost identical box, rendering a reliable finish equally important as the original design.
Effective ecommerce packaging, precisely tailored to your product packaging, keeps items secure in transit while reducing damage claims and returns.
A fitted insert or printed tissue stops the product from moving during transport, while making sure the print is instantly visible when the box is opened.
Subscription-based brands that reorder each month can keep pallet space and warehouse racking consistent by retaining a single box size. This becomes more important over time when order volumes exceed several hundred units.
Delivering Cartrefle straight from our Scotland factory
Everything is produced at our Irvine facility, with delivery throughout the UK to businesses in Cartrefle provided as standard.
The majority of orders arrive at a Cartrefle address within two to three weeks following proof approval, keeping to the same schedule as 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 creates the boxes using its own presses.
You get a proof and, where the format calls for it, a physical sample prior to full production starts. Reorders use the same artwork, so scaling up does not mean having to start again.
Employing a one box company for packaging throughout your full product range streamlines the process.
You receive one invoice and work with one contact, avoiding multiple suppliers quoting different prices for different weeks.
Ethical packaging as standard
Each box we produce is fully recyclable, thanks to the board it is made from.
We procure our board and paper from FSC and PEFC certified suppliers, with each 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 as neither is easily recycled, while both create disposal headaches once a parcel has been opened.
Where the design permits, biodegradable or paper-based protection is used instead.
Absolutely no minimum buy for Cartrefle firms
Throughout the wider industry, custom packaging often requires minimum orders of 500 or 1,000 units, requiring you to finance stock and storage before knowing if a product will sell.
There is no minimum order requirement .
Smaller businesses may place an order for one sample, a limited run for testing, or a complete production run after demand has been established, with the per unit price adjusting at each quantity across this range.
You will consistently receive a written quotation prior to production commencing, while the high quality materials and packaging products supplied for a run of fifty are identical to those provided for a run of ten thousand.
Prior to ordering in volume, request a printed sample to assess the print, colour and fit in your hand.
Methods to order custom packaging
Send your brief! Phone 01294 314 919 or use the online design tool, then let us know the product, quantity and roughly how it is sold.
Design and proof. We develop packaging suited to your product, produce the print layout, and provide a proof for your review.
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, then delivered to your Cartrefle address, usually within two to three weeks.
Custom packaging Cartrefle Frequently Asked Questions
Will you deliver tailored packaging to Cartrefle?
Yes. We manufacture every item in Irvine and provide standard delivery throughout the UK, covering every part of Cartrefle and the whole of Wales, without charging a separate fee for locations more distant from the factory.
Which is the lowest packaging quantity at Cartrefle?
There is no minimum order. You can order a single box or several thousand in whatever format, with pricing adjusted according to quantity in a written quotation issued before production begins.
What sections of the packaging can be personalised?
Every format allows you complete freedom 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 we obtain demonstrations of your packing products before buying?
Yes. The sample is printed and finished to production standards, enabling you to confirm that the colours meet your brief and the board feels right before approving a bulk order.
Does the packaging be recyclable as well as will it break down naturally?
Every box is 100% recyclable. We avoid plastic laminates that prevent recycling unless food safety requires them, while biodegradable protective materials are utilised whenever the format allows.
Can we purchase again the same design in the future?
Yes, reorders use the original artwork file, allowing you to increase an order or prepare for another season without redesigning the packaging.
Receive a cost-free quote from Custom Pack Studio without delay.
Share your product, packaging requirements and anticipated quantities by calling 01294 314 919 or emailing contact@custompackstudio.co.uk.
There is no minimum order, every project comes with design support, and each piece of custom packaging created here starts with your product, rather than a template.
Start your enquiry, and we will reply with a written quotation.
