Why opt for bespoke packaging?
A standard box creates empty space around the product, allowing it to move noisily in transit until foam or paper is added to stop movement.
Standard packaging with a label affixed to its side may be convenient, but it is intended for no specific audience.
Custom Pack Studio creates custom-made 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 Hawarden and the surrounding valleys, with order quantities spanning one sample to a pallet load delivered straight to a warehouse door.
We have no minimum order, so stock and storage costs stay out of the equation until you know that a product sells.
Share your packaging requirements, and we’ll tailor the recommendation to fit the product itself.
What custom packaging entails
Custom packaging starts with a box designed specifically for your product, so its dimensions and printed finish precisely reflect what it contains.
Choose the measurements, enabling a custom-sized box to secure the product firmly without avoidable movement created by a standard size.
The structure, board weight, print and finish are also individually designed to suit the contents and their journey.
Printing a logo on a stock box produces personalised packaging, needing less work than a completely customisable design.
With customised packaging, you can alter every panel, fold and finish, even with a single run, creating packaging that fits without compromise.
Packing formats we produce for Hawarden firms
We make a full range of packaging boxes, manufactured to custom sizes and printed in full colour with your artwork!
Selecting the correct box style and packaging type depends on your product and how it is handled. Our packaging experts will take you through the options available.
Store cartons and marked packaging
Reverse tuck end cartons remain a retail packaging standard, 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 stronger form of lock box, constructed from cardboard with a base that snaps flat when opened, stopping heavier products from pushing the bottom out.
Delivery and internet shopping boxes
A custom mailer box protects your product across the courier network, transforming delivery into an exciting part of the brand experience while boosting visibility by printing on the inside as well as the outside, rather than just the outer face.
Gusseted versions of these custom printed boxes provide extra depth, giving bulkier items room to rest securely without shifting.
Keepsake boxes, rigid boxes and gable-top boxes
Rigid boxes, magnetic close gift boxes and other branded boxes give products bought as gifts with the polished presentation customers anticipate, eliminating the need for customers to wrap them themselves.
Gable boxes, featuring a fold up carry handle, are excellent for food presents as well as hampers!
For high-end ranges, we may choose SBS board (solid bleached sulphate, a bright, food safe paperboard) over standard carton stock, whereas finishes such as foil and soft touch lamination improve the result.
Craft backing for your Hawarden enterprise.
Each order includes packaging design support, regardless of how far your artwork has advanced.
Once your logo and brand guidelines are in place, our design experts prepare files suitable for print and ensure colours remain true on board, where packaging requires greater resolution than website imagery.
You do not need design experience to develop packaging that fits your brand. Our team can start with only just a logo. Together, they determine the structure and create expertly designed, print ready artwork, explaining each technical decision as the project develops.
Our online tool enables you to personalise a box and preview its appearance on screen before printing, while Pantone colour matching ensures consistency whenever you place a repeat order.
When you need packaging printed in both English and Welsh in English and Welsh, our team considers this as a standard artwork requirement, handled in precisely the same way as any other language or colour change.
Personalised packaging for Hawarden’s specialised industries
Meals and beverages
Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef both hold Protected Geographical Indication status, while all packaging that is in contact with meat or dairy must satisfy food contact requirements, irrespective of which side of the border it is manufactured.
We have BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level, ensuring our food packaging is made in controlled, traceable conditions reviewed by retailers prior to stocking products onto their shelves.
Beverages and distilleries
Over the past twenty years, Wales has built up a flourishing drinks industry, encompassing Brecon Beacons distilleries and newer gin and whisky makers in the north.
Bottle presentation boxes must endure transportation while retaining their visual appeal on the shelf, with finishes including foil stamping and embossing providing much of the impact needed for limited releases and seasonal gift sets.
Cosmetics and cosmetic items
Cosmetic and skincare brands require cartons that protect fragile glass and compacts whilst presenting well on the shelf.
We manufacture cosmetics packaging with soft touch lamination, foil and embossing, while rigid boxes suit premium ranges that require a higher price point to be justified.
Electronic commerce and membership brands
Retail ready and display packaging are significant when products occupy shops or marketplace fulfilment centres, but subscription brands face a different challenge.
The same customer opens a nearly identical box every month, which makes a uniform finish just as important as the initial design.
Packaging designed to match your product’s precise dimensions holds items securely in transit, lowering damage claims and returns from ecommerce orders.
A tailored insert or printed tissue holds securely the product during transit, while ensuring the print remains immediately visible as the box opens.
For a subscription brand that reorders monthly, using identical box dimensions keeps pallet space and warehouse racking consistent, an ever more valuable benefit once volumes exceed a few hundred units.
Dispatching to Hawarden from our Scottish factory
All items is produced at our Irvine site, with UK delivery to companies in Hawarden included as standard.
After proof approval, deliveries to a Hawarden address usually reach within two to three weeks, matching the timetable for all our packaging throughout the UK.
Custom Pack Studio is part of KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, an established packaging manufacturer creating print and packaging since 1997, where an experienced team creates boxes using its own presses.
You sign off on a proof and, where needed by the format, a physical sample before full production starts, while reorders retain the original artwork, meaning larger quantities require no fresh preparation.
Choosing one box company for packaging throughout your entire product range preserves simplicity.
Enjoy one invoice and a single point of contact, instead of seeking out multiple suppliers, each quoting a different price for another week.
Planet-friendly packaging as commonplace
Every box we create is fully recyclable, with that recyclability inherent in the board itself.
We obtain our board and paper from FSC and PEFC certified suppliers, with every sheet traced through an audited chain of custody to responsibly managed forests.
We are reducing single use plastic and EPS foam void fill throughout our processes because neither is readily recyclable, causing disposal difficulties after a parcel is opened.
Where the design permits, biodegradable or paper-based protection is used in place of them.
Absolutely no minimum order for Hawarden firms.
Throughout the industry, custom packaging often necessitates minimum orders of 500 or 1,000 units, requiring you to finance stock and storage before knowing whether a product will sell.
There’s no minimum order requirement whatsoever!
Smaller businesses can select a single sample, a short trial run, or a complete production run after demand is proven, with per-unit pricing scaling across each quantity in between.
You will always receive a written quote before production begins, while the high quality materials and packaging products provided for a run of fifty are identical to the ones provided for a run of ten thousand.
Before placing a large order, ask for a physical sample to assess its printing, colour and how it fits into your hand.
Steps on how to purchase bespoke packaging
Send your brief. Call 01294 314 919 or use the online design tool. Tell us the product, quantity and approximately how it is sold.
Design and proof. We create packaging that fits your product, arrange the print layout, then provide you with a proof for checking.
Ask for a physical sample when the format calls for one. Approve it when you are happy with the colour and construction.
Production and delivery. Your order is printed and finished in Irvine, then delivered to your Hawarden address, typically within two to three weeks.
Bespoke boxing Hawarden Frequently Asked Questions
Can you produce specialised packaging to Hawarden?
Yes. We manufacture all items in Irvine and offer standard delivery throughout the UK, including every part of Hawarden and Wales, without an extra charge simply because of the distance from our factory.
What is the minimum amount required for packaging from Hawarden?
No minimum order. We can produce a single box or thousands in whatever format, with quantity-based pricing confirmed in a written quotation before manufacture begins.
Which packaging features can I adapt?
Each format gives you complete freedom to adjust the size, structure, board weight, print and finish, making sure the resulting packaging matches your brief exactly. Your branded packaging order can also be printed on the interior as well as the outside.
Is it possible that I get examples of your boxing items before submitting an order?
Yes. Your sample arrives printed and finished exactly as it would be in production, allowing you to check that the colours meet your brief and the board feels right before authorising a larger order.
Is the packaging able to be recycled and biodegradable?
Every box is 100% recyclable. We do not use plastic laminates that prevent recycling unless food safety makes them necessary, while biodegradable protective materials are provided where the format permits.
Is it possible to one make the same Hawarden design request once more?
Certainly! Reorders utilise the original artwork file, meaning you can increase an order or repeat it for a new season without redesigning the packaging from scratch.
Ask for a no-cost estimate from Custom Pack Studio at once
Contact us on 01294 314 919 or at 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 created here is designed around your product rather than relying on a template.
Start your enquiry, and we will respond with a written quotation.
