What custom packaging means
Our custom-made packaging is precisely designed to house a specific item, allowing you to select the size, the setup, the graphics and the end finish.
Adding a logo on a ready-made carton constitutes a different and far more restricted task.
By choosing our bespoke packaging, you will be provided with customised casing dimensions suited to your item, relevant board durability selected for its planned journey, and personalised printing across your preferred surfaces.
From the outset of the design phase, final packaging is precisely tailored to encase the product.
We really love collaborating with food producers, cosmetics brands, online sellers and craft spirits makers across the country!
The custom packaging we make
We craft a diverse collection of box formats to your bespoke sizes, stylishly showcasing your personal design in vibrant, full colour finish.
Establishing the optimal presentation for your merchandise depends on its natural nature, your sales methodology, and the distribution process, all of which our specialists will help you choose.
Folding cartons
To package retail products, businesses frequently use the standard formats of reverse tuck-end boxes and crash-lock bottom boxes.
Created with flaps that fit at opposing ends, the reverse tuck-end carton is well suited for light merchandise such as cosmetics and health supplements.
Crash lock boxes feature a self-assembling base that secures instantly upon opening to support weightier items, whilst both designs ship flat for rapid manual setup.
Postal and mailer boxes
For e-commerce merchants, a custom-made mailing carton safeguards your merchandise whilst moving through transit and enhances the unboxing experience into a important element of your marketing.
Who wants boring brown parcels? Double-sided printed mailer boxes offer e-commerce shoppers an impressive unboxing moment, plus they are robust enough to comfortably survive the post!
Additionally, we make gusseted e-commerce boxes for products requiring extra depth or an flexible fit.
Sleeves and wallets
A sleek sleeve slides smoothly over an item or inner insert to instantly introduce vibrant branding whilst preserving the original packaging, delivering an extremely effective and affordable solution for showcasing premium seasonal lines and limited-edition releases.
Encasing the contents like a refined portfolio, this wallet-style packaging unfolds to present a neatly flat and sophisticated showcase that is well suited for showcasing brochures, photographs and slender merchandise.
Gift boxes and presentation packaging
To raise items acquired as gifts, using bespoke gift packaging delivers the polished finish your customers anticipates while removing the trouble of wrapping.
Sturdy rigid packaging, magnetic-closure boxes and tailored inserts are well suited to Galashiels. Adding premium finishes such as foil blocking, embossing or soft-touch lamination will elevate this range to support an elevated retail price.
Packaging design support if you do not have a designer
Thorough creative assistance stays an integral component of our offering, regardless of the present development phase of your artwork.
When you provide us with your current brand guidelines and print-ready artwork, we will diligently work to these guidelines to create your final files for the manufacturing stage.
Websites are very adaptable, yet printed packaging demands total accuracy. For this reason, every logo supplied as a JPEG or other image file must be meticulously rebuilt before printing.
Starting with only a rough concept, we develop your box structure and print suitable artwork. Our specialists engineer bespoke packaging when standard templates do not work. To guide you, we explain every technical detail, including board weight and print resolution.
Alternatively, you may utilise our virtual design software to personalise a container and include your bespoke branding prior to contacting us, or book a tailored meeting should you prefer to discuss your requirements beforehand.
Custom packaging for Galashiels’s industries
We manufacture bespoke packaging for culinary professionals, boutique distilleries, cosmetic brands and e-commerce businesses throughout Galashiels.
Each field sets its own standards, ranging from safe use in food contact to the fine surface finish a premium carton requires.
Food and drink
Within the wide-ranging and intensely competitive food and drink sector of Scotland, packaging must comply with rigorous safety standards for direct product contact while simultaneously capturing visual attention on the retail shelf.
As bearers of the respected BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level, we confirm that our food packaging is manufactured within tightly managed and traceable environments. This strict standard delivers total compliance before retailers accept any product for their shelves.
Whisky and craft spirits
We manufacture bespoke printed bottle cartons and presentation boxes for boutique spirits producers and whisky distilleries, with premium finishes like metallic foiling, custom embossing and tactile soft-touch lamination.
By removing minimum order restrictions, we empower a distillery to craft a small-batch run for an limited release without the burden of being tied to excessive volumes.
Cosmetics and beauty
Seeking showstopping packaging? We produce printed cartons for skincare, haircare and beauty brands, featuring striking soft-touch lamination, foil and embossing!
Packaging for beauty products should protect delicate glass and compacts whilst maintaining shelf appeal, a task largely delivered by the chosen finish.
E-commerce and subscription brands
We help ecommerce sellers and recurring order brands by carefully crafting branded mailer boxes, printed tissue paper and fitted inserts.
Bespoke packaging safeguards the goods during transit to reduce costly breakages and customer returns.
Receiving a custom-made, personalised package elevates the basic act of unboxing, enhancing the experience far beyond the unremarkable reality of opening a standard, uninspiring brown carton.
A packaging supplier perfect for Galashiels businesses
Our business produces the entirety of our range of products at our dedicated production facility situated within Irvine in Ayrshire.
It helps local enterprises in Galashiels gain from significantly reduced dispatch durations and lowered transit expenses.
Delivering across Galashiels and the greater UK, we make sure a faraway business receives the very same fast service as a local business based just twenty minutes from our factory.
Operating as a specialist division of KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, Custom Pack Studio draws upon a prestigious heritage of manufacturing bespoke print and packaging throughout Scotland since 1997.
Our expert team creates your boxes on their own presses to help ensure that the print and finish satisfy the standards of an experienced producer.
You will consistently review a proof, with a sample if the format requires it, before full production begins.
Sustainable packaging as standard
Each container we make remains entirely ideal for reuse, and this eco-friendly feature comes directly from the composition of the board itself.
We procure all board and paper from FSC and PEFC certified vendors to guarantee complete tracking from verified origins to sustainably managed forests.
Trusted to safeguard mailer and shipping formats, corrugated board offers durable, dependable protection, standing out as one of the UK’s most widely recycled packaging materials.
We eliminate single-use plastic and expanded polystyrene from our activities due to their difficulty in recycling and harmful environmental impact.
When the project layout makes it possible, our team recommends using recyclable paper or sustainable protective materials whilst proactively precluding excess surplus.
Order one box or ten thousand
Custom packaging typically demands an initial manufacturing run of at least five hundred or one thousand individual boxes.
Are you trying out an exciting latest creation or producing a small seasonal line? That involves paying for stock and warehousing beforehand before you even see it sells!
By imposing no minimum order restrictions whatsoever, we enable you to pick the specific volume required, spanning one individual box to a production run of 10,000, thereby helping to guaranteeing that an first small batch serves as a very cost-effective method to evaluate marketplace demand.
We provide clear written quotes for orders of any size before the manufacturing process starts, and as repeated orders make use of the original artwork, you can expand without redesigning your packaging.
How to order custom packaging
Prepared to provide your brief? Just call 01294 314 919 or complete our form to outline your product, quantity, and sales method! Should you be uncertain, we will eagerly recommend the perfect format!
Are you ready to see your packaging spring to life? We design the right custom container for your product, arrange the artwork layout, and supply a digital proof, together with a mock-up if the design requires it.
Production and completion begin immediately after your formal sign-off of the proof, with the manufacturing process happening at our specialised Galashiels facility, typically taking between 2 and 3 weeks.
We offer direct home delivery of our flat-packed packaging, which arrives set for self-assembly at every address within Galashiels or the rest of the United Kingdom.
Custom packaging Galashiels FAQ
What counts as custom packaging?
Custom packaging is created precisely around the individual dimensions and specifications of your item. Each detail of the dimensions, material density, architecture, print and tactile finish is considered for your chosen contents, providing a flawless fit that carries your corporate identity with pride. While merely stamping a logo onto a generic carton constitutes personalised packaging, true custom creation builds the entire experience from the actual product upwards.
Is there a minimum order?
We don’t enforce minimum order limits, which means you have the ability to purchase a single carton or multiple thousands of any packaging format. This option offers an ideal solution for boutique manufacturers together with enterprises bringing out or testing new merchandise on the market. Our rate structures change according to the volume requested, and we regularly provide a formal quotation for your approval prior to commencing manufacture.
Do you deliver to Galashiels?
Our local facility crafts goods sent straight to businesses in Galashiels. Scottish production offers swifter turnaround times and beautifully reduced transport costs for Scottish brands.
What are your lead times?
When you have greenlighted the design, we usually require two to three weeks to finish your packaging, although less complex boxes can often be produced more swiftly. Should you have a critical date in mind, please let us know it during your initial enquiry so we can immediately determine if we can make it happen.
Can you help if I do not have a designer?
We often transform a straightforward logo and initial concept into final print files, including a guided design consultation as part of this journey. You can equally take the starting step yourself using our online design tool before passing the work over to us when you are prepared.
Is the packaging recyclable?
Each package is completely recyclable and crafted from FSC and PEFC certified board. We deliberately avoid plastic laminates and coatings that would in turn prevent efficient recycling, unless food safety standards directly necessitate such measures, and our team will thoroughly discuss these choices with you in advance.
Request a free quote from Custom Pack Studio today
If you desire to elevate your business, attract clients at first glance, or choose a fully trustworthy packaging partner, Custom Pack Studio is the ideal team to fulfil your ambitions.
By providing no minimum order quantities, we offer companies with the full adaptability needed to enable their progress. We regularly guide organisations along their growth path, starting with limited quantities and progressively expanding our logistical scale to match your current expansion.
Beginning your experience begins with the least effort with a brief telephone discussion.
Contact 01294 314 919 or email contact@custompackstudio.co.uk with your product details, packaging specifications and anticipated order volumes.
To start, your printed quote clearly sets out the specific layout, the production method, and the individual cost based on your specified volume.
We require zero minimum order value, offer free of charge design support, and design each box to fit your product precisely.
Begin your adventure with us as soon as ideas strikes.
