The Explanation for Why one UK Supplier Acts alongside Herne Bay
Custom Pack Pack Studio is part of KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, a business that has been producing print and packaging in Scotland since 1997.
When you enquire about a finish, a material, or a deadline, you are dealing with someone who works the press every single day. They don’t need to pass your question on to a factory overseas and sit for an answer.
Domestic delivery is fast and consistent in a way that overseas orders rarely are.
Most orders are made ready within two to three weeks after you approve the proof, and once sent, our courier network delivers to Herne Bay addresses within one to two working days.
Compare this with the usual 8 to 12 week baseline lead time for packaging shipped in from the EU or the Far East, prior to you even take into account a delayed container or a customs hold-up.
For a key launch date or event deadline, please let us know at the enquiry stage.
We’ll be honest about whether the timeline works, rather than promising a turnaround that disappoints you.
Personalised Packaging for Herne Bay Firms
The box formats we provide are suitable for most products, and each one is made to your dimensions and printed with your logo.
The appropriate setup varies according to how the product is sold and delivered, so the quickest way to get the right answer is to let know to our packaging experts what you are putting in .
Retail and Product Packaging
A branded carton sells the product at point of sale when no one from your team is available to describe it.
Reverse tuck end boxes are suitable for lighter retail goods such as cosmetics, supplements and beauty products, while a crash lock base provides heavier items with a floor that will not give way in transit.
Both prints across each panel, including the inside, so the branding stays in view no matter how the box ends up placed on a shelf or in a stockroom.
Packaging boxes for e-commerce shops
Herne Bay’s e-commerce brands are sending orders constantly.
A tailored mailer box is often the sole physical touchpoint a customer has with the brand, as there is no shop visit or in person handover to rely on.
Produced throughout, it shields the product throughout the courier network while turning the unboxing itself part of the marketing. A well-fitted box also cuts the damage and returns that a poorly sized one can cause.
A plain kraft outer will help to get the parcel dispatched, but it gives the customer no clue as to who sent it or why it appears that way.
Make a strong impression from the moment it arrives with Custom Pack Studio.
Gift and Showcase Boxes
Bespoke gift boxes are important.
A solid box with an convenient closure, metallic stamping on the lid, or a velvety coating influences how a product feels before it is even opened.
It is specifically the point for jewellery, perfume, and boutique food brands, in which the packaging makes up part of what the customer has bought.
Foil stamping is the treatment that does the best job on a shelf, catching the light in a way flat print never can, while soft-touch coating works more effectively once the box is actually in a person’s hands, as it feels high-end the moment they pick up it.
Raised print sits between the two, positioning a logo you can both see and touch, and it works especially well on jewellery and perfume boxes, where the surface itself becomes part of the display.
Sleeves and wallets
Not every brand project requires a complete box rebuild.
A branded sleeve fits over an existing tray or product, including your branding without the need to rework the entire pack, which makes this ideal for a limited promotional run or a time-limited variant.
A wallet-style box folds tidily around flatter products such as cards or cosmetics sets, while labelled inserts help stop loose items moving inside a more spacious box during transit.
Ribbed containers with dispatch cases
A collapsible carton will not endure a prolonged delivery journey or a fragile item by itself.
Layered board is suited to that job.
We make corrugated cardboard boxes to bespoke pack sizes and present them in full colour, so a Herne Bay brand shipping throughout the UK gets security and branding in one solution, well beyond a plain double walled box with a sticker applied on top.
Markets We Serve Across Herne Bay
Herne Bay’s business portfolio of businesses includes beauty and skincare labels, jewellery brands, food manufacturers, corporate premises, and e-commerce companies.
Food businesses face the toughest demands, because product integrity consistently takes priority over the appearance of the box.
This is where our BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level really matters, whether you are a small-batch bakery or a wholesale supplier. It is the standard that supermarket purchasers and independent shopkeepers typically like to see before they will stock a new product.
Jewellery brands often gain more value from their packaging investment than many other business sectors.
A stiff box with a custom-fitted insert is often containing an piece worth far more than the box itself, so the packaging must match that importance.
Beauty products and fragrance brands rely on protective fitments and premium finishes for a very similar reason. The product itself is small, so the box does much of the convincing on display.
Subscription businesses need a mailer that gets through the courier network intact.
For numerous online sellers, the parcel is often the only tangible touchpoint a customer has with the brand.
Zero minimum order; all quantity
Ask the majority of packaging suppliers for 50 boxes produced with your design.
You will commonly be asked to return only when you can agree to 1,000, a considerable demand for a Herne Bay business evaluating a new product or trying a small batch before it expands.
There isn’t minimal minimum requirement at all at all.
Request one sample to judge print quality, fifty boxes for a market stall, or thousands once a retail listing proves market demand. The process and pricing structure remain the same at every quantity.
The unit cost falls as volume increases, as is typical throughout the packaging sector.
Repeat orders use the same design artwork and setup, so you are never charged twice for the design work.
We set out pricing and timescale in writing before production starts, so there is no difference between the estimate and the invoice amount.
Artwork support provided at any stage you’re at
You don’t need an in house designer to order bespoke packaging here.
If you have a logo and a general idea of what you want, that will be enough to get started. Our team will determine the box structure, create the print ready artwork and provide a proof for your approval before anything goes to press.
When a product does not fit an off the shelf format, structural design is factored into the quoted price. It is not added as an extra charge.
Images supplied as a screenshot are formatted to the proper print specifications.
Most designs is sent in without the image resolution or bleed settings that a box genuinely requires
Our staff checks colour accuracy, resolution and bleed against the press profile before anything goes into production, so the printed result reflects what you signed off.
A style appointment is available if you would like to discuss the options before proceeding to a plan.
You can also use our own online design tool if you would like to design the artwork yourself.
Sustainably Procured, Eco-friendly Materials
Every container we create is 100% recyclable and produced from board carrying FSC and PEFC certification. This indicates it can be traced back through an audited supply chain to a responsibly managed forest.
We are shifting away from single-use plastic and EPS foam across the range, replacing them with paper and biodegradable and biodegradable alternatives wherever the format allows. These materials decompose appropriately at the end of their life in a way plastic and foam materials not.
If a trustworthy sustainability claim counts for you and your customers, we can support steer you through the different ways your custom packaging can make a difference in reducing waste.
The Reasons Herne Bay Businesses Prefer CPS as Their Trusted Packaging Specialist
One plant, from beginning to finish
Every box we produce is cut, printed and completed all under one roof at our Irvine factory.
A same team oversees standards at every stage, rather than the work moving between different subcontractors.
A tone that appears right on screen will not always print identically, and the person reviewing it is the one using the press.
Problems are noticed and fixed before a box ever reaches despatch, by that same team that identified the issue first.
Board and ink are also sourced from the same suppliers again and again, so a colour tone that matched exactly your original proof will also match your fifth reorder two years later.
Bolstered by almost three decades’ worth in print and packaging
The Pack Studio was launched in 2025, but the factory behind it has a considerably longer heritage.
We are a division of KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, a well-established print and packaging manufacturer that has used presses since 1997.
This history gives us strong relationships with board mills and material suppliers. It also means a team that has already tackled many of the issues a new packaging order can create.
That is seen in subtle details, such as knowing which board thickness can withstand a courier journey.
It is also the reason we can handle a delicate perfume box and a heavy duty shipping carton in the same week, using presses that have been handling both for many years.
Your personal contact over the complete order
You will be dealing with the very same person from your initial enquiry right through to the final delivery.
There remains no handover between a sales team and the production department.
They already know your requirements, your deadline and the request you made at the proofing stage, so there is no requirement to repeat yourself at each stage.
If a material is back-ordered or a finish needs reconsidering, you will receive a direct update from the person managing your job.
It furthermore means you will not once have to explain your order from the start to a new person partway through the production process.
You can contact that person straight away by telephone, email or text, without needing to use a general query inbox first.
A identical process, irrespective of what the amount
A single sample and a five thousand unit reorder go through the same final proofing and quality control checks before either leaves the factory.
No thing is hurried along just because the run is small, and no thing is checked more closely simply because it is big.
A Herne Bay business testing a new product gets the same level as one ordering again for a national retail listing. The process continues to be unchanged irrespective of the order size.
That uniformity counts much more than any small cost saving gained through a bigger batch, because a inconsistent batch will take more to correct than it would save in per-unit cost.
Whether it is 50 units for the market trial or several thousand for a retail launch, the proofing sign off uses the identical process each time.
Request a free quote for bespoke packaging in Herne Bay
Call 01294 314 919 or send an email to contact@custompackstudio.co.uk. Tell us what you are packing, approximately how many you need, and how the product is sold or delivered. We will reply with a written quote and no obligation to order.
Not ready to make the commitment to a full order? Request for a physical sample first, without charge. You will notice exactly how the colour appears in natural light and how the soft touch finish feels when held in your hand, rather than relying on a screen.
Help with design help is always on hand whenever it is needed, there is no minimum order to satisfy, and every box is made for your product, rather than picked from a shelf of templates.
We produce every product ourselves and ship to Herne Bay and across the UK straight from our own Irvine factory. View our full range of packaging products or speak to the team directly to get started.
