What custom packaging means
We design custom packaging entirely around your singular product. Your vision shapes the process, determining the precise dimensions, build, printing and final finish.
By contrast, placing a bespoke logo onto a standard, ready-made carton constitutes a different task with fewer customization options.
By choosing our bespoke packaging, you will get customised casing dimensions matched to your item, suitable board durability picked for its intended journey, and personalised printing across your preferred surfaces.
We create the packaging design closely around the product from the outset.
From its design hub in Craigmillar, Custom Pack Studio partners with passionate food producers, boutique cosmetics brands, digital retailers and artisanal spirits makers throughout the UK.
The custom packaging we make
We produce a diverse collection of box formats to your bespoke sizes, professionally showcasing your personal design in bold, full-colour presentation.
How does your impressive creation actually get to your customers? The perfect packaging style always depends on those individual sales and shipping journeys, and our enthusiastic squad is on hand to help you pick the best match!
Folding cartons
For regular retail merchandise, reverse tuck-end cartons and crash-lock bottom cases represent the traditional packaging configurations.
The reverse tuck-end carton includes top and bottom closure flaps facing in opposite directions, making it well suited for lightweight merchandise such as cosmetics and dietary supplements.
Crash-lock boxes feature a self-assembling base that fastens instantly upon opening to support bulkier items, whilst both designs arrive flat for fast manual setup.
Postal and mailer boxes
For online merchants, a tailored mailing carton safeguards your merchandise whilst moving through transit and lifts the unboxing experience into a key element of your marketing.
By featuring bespoke artwork on all surfaces, these robust postal cartons transform routine deliveries into compelling tactile stories that greatly exceed the dull familiarity of traditional packaging.
We also produce gusseted ecommerce boxes, giving the perfect, spacious hold for goods requiring a greater or more flexible fit.
Sleeves and wallets
To easily add branding without changing your current packaging, you can easily place a slip-on sleeve around the product or its inner tray, creating a cost-effective solution for holiday ranges and limited edition collections.
Designed to surround your merchandise like a stylish folder, this wallet-style packaging delivers an refined and level display that is ideally suited for presenting cards, prints and slender retail items.
Gift boxes and presentation packaging
Personalised gift boxes deliver the high-end presentation retail customers expect for gift purchases whilst completely eliminating the need to cover anything.
Premium boxes, magnetic-close boxes and custom printed inserts are highly effective options, while finishes such as foil stamping, embossing and soft-touch lamination elevate the presentation into premium packaging that effectively warrants a premium price point.
Packaging design support if you do not have a designer
Our company delivers comprehensive design support at any stage of your artwork process.
We produce files to your precise brand guidelines and print-ready artwork specs.
Because packaging demands much higher resolution than a digital website , we have to rebuild any supplied JPEG or other image file format for print use.
Starting from just a simple concept, we create your box structure and print suitable artwork. Our specialists engineer bespoke packaging when standard templates do not suit. To guide you, we set out every technical detail, including board weight and print resolution.
Utilise our online design tool to customise your box and add branding independently, or schedule a consultation today if you would rather discuss the project first.
Custom packaging for Craigmillar’s industries
Across Craigmillar, we produce exceptional packaging for food and drink producers, distilleries, cosmetics brands and e-commerce sellers.
Every field imposes particular criteria, ranging from compliance for food contact to the exact final finish for top-grade packaging cartons.
Food and drink
North food and beverage sector is undeniably wide-ranging and highly challenging, a bustling marketplace where packaging must ensure complete product safety whilst simultaneously attracting consumers from the shelf.
Our High Hygiene BRC Global Packaging ensures we produce food packaging under audited, traceable conditions demanded by trade buyers for product listings.
Whisky and craft spirits
We produce bespoke printed bottle cartons and presentation boxes for small-batch spirits producers and whisky distilleries, featuring premium finishes like metallic foiling, custom embossing and tactile soft-touch lamination.
This lack of a minimum order threshold enables a distillery to arrange a limited print run for small-batch releases free from the obligation of purchasing excessive quantities.
Cosmetics and beauty
We manufacture bespoke printed cartons for the personal care, haircare and skin care industries, elevating each design with luxury embellishments including embossing, distinctive foil applications and sophisticated soft-touch lamination.
Containers for beauty products must preserve fragile glassware and pressed powders whilst attracting interest on retail displays, a task largely achieved through the chosen surface texture.
E-commerce and subscription brands
We produce bespoke shipping cartons, bespoke wrapping paper and customised packaging dividers for e-commerce retailers and subscription businesses.
Tailored wrap secures the item from transport hazards while lowering the cost of breakage and replacements.
An printed carton further provides the consumer with a much better unboxing experience than a standard package.
A packaging supplier perfect for Craigmillar businesses
Every single item is created by our team at our own workshop based in Irvine, within the area of Ayrshire.
Nearby enterprises throughout Craigmillar can count on this approach to ensure turnaround times remain quick whilst transport expenses are maintained at low.
Providing across Craigmillar and the greater UK, we make sure a faraway business benefits from the exact same quick turnaround as a nearby customer situated just 20 minutes from our factory.
Custom Pack Studio operates as a division of KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, a packaging manufacturer delivering print and packaging solutions in Scotland since 1997.
Made on those dedicated presses of the specialist artisans, your packaging is finished to the exacting and meticulous finishing standards expected of an industry front-runner.
You will regularly approve a proof, alongside a sample where the format needs it, before full production begins.
Sustainable packaging as standard
We create each individual item of our boxes to be completely recyclable, a environmentally friendly quality that comes entirely from the original composition of the board itself.
We obtain our paper and board exclusively from FSC and PEFC accredited origins, guaranteeing that each sheet is kept fully traceable via a checked chain of custody straight through to carefully managed woodlands.
Are you prepared to uncover the supreme packaging powerhouse? Exceptionally durable and secure, corrugated board is recognised as a top champion for UK recycling in both mailing and shipping arrangements!
Are you ready for some incredible news? We are completely eliminating single-use plastic and EPS from our operations! Why? As those pesky white foam blocks and plastics are particularly difficult to recycle, causing significant environmental hazards once thrown away. we are trading them for greener alternatives!
We advise making use of recyclable paper or sustainable protection where plans enable it, cutting down on waste through more efficient planning.
Order one box or ten thousand
Bespoke packaging usually requires a minimum order of 500 or 1,000 items.
When businesses trial an new item or create small-scale festive collections, they bear the cost of covering inventory and warehousing before establishing the market demand.
Without any minimum order caps to restrict you, your volume is completely your call, from one solitary box to 10,000. A modest start becomes a safe way to test the market .
Are you ready? We can guarantee your written quote for any volume before we even start the presses, and since we retain your original artwork for future runs, building your brand is an absolute breeze!
How to order custom packaging
Start your process by calling 01294 314 919 or submitting our online enquiry form to describe the product, the volume, and your selected retail method. If you feel uncertain, we will gladly suggest the perfect format for you.
We closely engineer the packaging structure around your particular item, arrange the artwork layout, and then provide a final proof as well as a physical prototype if the design calls for it.
After the formal approval of your proof, the manufacturing and finishing of your order takes place at our Irvine facility, typically requiring a period of two to three weeks.
Directly to the doorstep, this flat-packed parcel arrives prepared for easy self-assembly, with delivery available to every location throughout Craigmillar or the wider United Kingdom.
Custom packaging Craigmillar FAQ
What counts as custom packaging?
Bespoke packaging is engineered exactly to the physical size and technical requirements of your specific item. The dimensions, thickness of the material, structural strength, graphic design, and surface finish are all matched for your merchandise, thereby ensuring the container protects snugly whilst projecting your corporate identity. Simply affixing a brand mark to a standard container is personalised packaging, whereas true custom packaging is conceived entirely from the product itself.
Is there a minimum order?
Certainly not! You can order one solitary box or large quantities because we have zero minimums on any of our options. Isn’t that just ideal for independent makers and anyone bringing out a brand-new product? Of course, the pricing improves as your quantities grow, and you will receive a formal written quote before we start production.
Do you deliver to Craigmillar?
Our production facility in Irvine serves trade customers across Craigmillar. Producing our products within Scotland ensures we minimise both turnaround times and transport expenses for companies in northern areas.
What are your lead times?
Production begins upon your proof acceptance with standard delivery requiring two to three weeks, though basic cartons often come sooner. Specify your deadline during the initial query for immediate confirmation of availability.
Can you help if I do not have a designer?
We often utilise only a straightforward concept and a brand symbol to create highly polished finished designs, a process that naturally incorporates a expert creative consultation. As another option, you may initiate the first layout using our digital creation platform and subsequently pass the project to us for finalisation.
Is the packaging recyclable?
Each carton is entirely recyclable and made from accredited forest board with the two FSC and PEFC accreditations. We deliberately eschew plastic laminates and coatings which prevent successful reclamation unless strict hygiene regulations dictate otherwise, always explaining every available alternative beforehand.
Request a free quote from Custom Pack Studio today
Custom Pack Studio offers the right partnership for obtaining dependable packaging and enhancing your business profile from the initial encounter.
By providing no minimum order requirements, we give companies with the complete adaptability required to thrive. We frequently accompany enterprises on their path to growth, commencing with modest quantities and gradually increasing our capability alongside your expansion.
Placing a phone call is the quickest route to begin.
Prepared to turn your ideas into reality? Simply and easily dial 01294 314 919 or email contact@custompackstudio.co.uk with information on your products, packaging needs, and target volumes!
Your prepared estimate details the specific layout, the printing style and the individual price for the required quantity you want!
We have no minimum order requirement, provide professional design support, and make each box to suit your product perfectly.
Are you ready to start your thrilling journey with us today?
