Why choose tailored packaging?
A conventional box provides room around the product, allowing it to rattle during transit until foam or paper is added to prevent movement.
Conventional packaging with a label affixed to its side might be convenient, yet it is designed for no particular audience.
Custom Pack Studio makes bespoke packaging for your product, making sure that the box, print and finish complement your brand instead of overshadowing it.
We make custom boxes, mailer boxes, gift packaging and printed accessories for companies across High Cross and the valleys beyond, with orders varying from one sample to a full pallet delivered straight to your warehouse door.
We have no minimum order for anything we produce, so stock and storage costs are unnecessary until you know a product will sell.
Tell us about your packaging needs, and we will adapt the recommendation to suit the product itself.
What personalised packaging signifies
Custom packaging forms the box around your product from the beginning, with its dimensions and print tailored to what you are packing.
By choosing the dimensions, you make sure that a custom sized box holds the product firmly, rather than allowing it to rattle within the unnecessary space of a standard size.
Every aspect, including the construction, board weight, printing and finish, is customised to the contents and the way they are transported.
Printing a logo on a stock box creates personalised packaging, needing less work than a completely customisable design.
With customised packaging, you are able to alter every panel, fold and finish, even for a single run, producing packaging that fits without compromise.
Packing types we offer for High Cross enterprises
We manufacture a complete range of packaging boxes, made to custom sizes and printed in full colour with your artwork.
Choosing the appropriate box style and packaging format is dependent on your products and the way they are handled. Our packaging specialists will guide you through the available options.
Shop cartons and marked packaging
Reverse tuck end cartons are a conventional retail packaging format for less heavy products, including cosmetics and supplements, with flaps that tuck into place at the top and bottom alike.
Crash lock boxes are a type of lock box, providing a stronger cardboard design with a base that snaps flat when opened, stopping heavier products from pushing the bottom out.
Parcel and digital shop boxes
A custom mailer box safeguards your product throughout the courier network, while turning delivery into part of the brand experience and strengthening visibility because it is printed on the inside and outside, not solely across the outer face.
Gusseted versions of these custom printed boxes create extra depth, allowing bulkier items room to sit securely without shifting.
Gift boxes, solid boxes and pitched-top boxes
Rigid boxes, magnetic close gift boxes and additional branded boxes give products purchased as gifts the polished presentation customers expect, whilst saving them the effort of wrapping.
Gable boxes, featuring a fold up carry handle, are great for food presents as well as hampers!
For premium ranges, we may specify SBS board, that is, solid bleached sulphate, a bright, food safe paperboard, rather than standard carton stock. Foil and soft touch lamination finishes can further enhance the result.
Build guidance for your High Cross brand
Every order includes packaging design support, irrespective of how far your artwork has developed.
Got a logo and brand guidelines? Our design experts create print ready files, checking that colours remain accurate on board because packaging demands higher resolution than a website image.
Previous design experience is not required to produce packaging that reflects your brand. Our team can start with no more than a logo, developing the structure and expertly designed, ready to print artwork with you, while clarifying each technical decision clearly as it arises.
Our online tool allows you to personalise a box and preview its appearance before printing. Pantone colour matching keeps each repeat order consistent.
If you need packaging produced in both English and Welsh, our team regards it as a routine artwork requirement, in the same way as any other language or colour change.
Personalised packaging for the High Cross’s operations
Nourishment 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 meet food contact requirements, regardless of which side of the border it is manufactured.
We hold BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level, which means our food packaging is made in carefully controlled, traceable conditions that retailers assess before including a product.
Beverages and spirit makers
During the past two decades, Wales has developed a genuine drinks scene, from distilleries in Brecon Beacons to newer gin and whisky producers further north.
Bottle presentation boxes must withstand transit 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.
Skincare and self-care
Cosmetic and skincare brands need cartons that safeguard delicate glass and compacts while being prominent on the shelf.
We produce cosmetics packaging with soft touch lamination, foil and embossing, while rigid boxes suit premium ranges that need to support a higher price point.
E-commerce and subscriber-based brands
Retail ready and display packaging are significant when products are placed in 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 original design.
Packaging designed to match your product’s precise dimensions holds items securely in transit, reducing damage claims and returns from ecommerce orders.
Inside, a fitted insert or printed tissue holds the product securely during transport, while the print greets the eye as soon as the box opens.
For a subscription-based brand that places repeat orders monthly, retaining identical box dimensions helps keep pallet space and warehouse racking predictable, an increasingly important consideration as volumes surpass several hundred units.
Dispatching to High Cross from our Scottish
Everything is made at our Irvine facility, with standard UK delivery to businesses in High Cross.
Following proof approval, most orders reach a High Cross address within two to three weeks, matching our packaging delivery schedule throughout the UK.
Custom Pack Studio belongs to KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, an established packaging manufacturer producing print and packaging since 1997. Its experienced team produces the boxes using its own presses!
You examine a proof and, where required by the format, a physical sample before full production starts, while reorders use the same artwork, meaning that scaling up never requires the process to start again.
Employing a single box company for packaging across your whole product range makes everything straightforward.
Enjoy a single invoice and a single point of contact, rather than seeking out multiple suppliers, each offering a different price for another week.
Environmentally friendly packaging by default
Every box we produce is 100% recyclable as the board itself makes possible that recyclability.
Our board and paper are sourced from FSC and PEFC certified sources, whilst an audited supply chain tracks every sheet back to responsibly managed forests.
We are reducing single use plastic and EPS foam void fill throughout our processes as neither is readily recyclable, creating disposal difficulties once a parcel is opened.
Where the design allows, biodegradable or paper-based protection is used in their place.
Absolutely no minimum purchase for High Cross organisations.
Across the wider industry, custom packaging frequently requires minimum orders of 500 or 1,000 units, leaving you to finance stock and storage before knowing if a product will sell.
There is no minimum order requirement at all.
Small businesses may order one sample, commission a limited trial run, or move on to full production once demand is established, with unit pricing scaling at every quantity throughout this range.
You are sent a written quote before production begins, while the high-quality materials and packaging products supplied for a run of fifty are the same as those supplied for a run of ten thousand.
Before placing a large order, get a printed sample to assess its print, colour and how it fits in your hand.
How to purchase bespoke packaging
Share your brief! Phone 01294 314 919 or use the online design tool, then let us know the product, quantity and approximately how it is sold.
Design and proof. We develop packaging designed for your product, produce the print layout, and send a proof for you to review.
Request a physical sample if the format requires one. Approve it when you are happy with the colour and construction.
Production and delivery. Your order is printed and finished in Irvine, subsequently delivered to your High Cross address, usually within two to three weeks.
Personalised packaging High Cross FAQ
Do deliver specialised packaging to High Cross?
Yes! We manufacture everything in Irvine and deliver throughout the UK by default, including every part of High Cross and throughout Wales, with no additional fee solely because you are farther from the factory.
Which would be the minimum packaging order at High Cross?
There is 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 starts.
Which areas of the packaging can be tailored?
Every aspect of the format, such as size, structure, board weight, print and finish, can be adjusted, ensuring that the packaging aligns precisely with your brief. Branded packaging may additionally be printed inside and outside.
Would you offer packing goods demonstrations before I make an order?
Yes. The sample is printed and finished to exactly reproduce a production run, allowing you to confirm that its colours satisfy your brief and that the board feels suitable before approving a bulk order.
Is the packaging become recyclable and will it break down naturally?
Each box is 100% recyclable. We do not use plastic laminates that prevent recycling unless food safety makes them necessary, and biodegradable protective materials are provided where the format allows.
Can one place another order for the same layout in the future?
Yes, repeat orders use the original artwork file, so increasing an order or repeating it for another season doesn’t require the packaging to be redesigned from scratch.
Enquire about a cost-free quotation from Custom Pack Studio immediately
Please telephone 01294 314 919 or email contact@custompackstudio.co.uk, providing your product details, packaging requirements and anticipated quantities.
There’s no minimum order requirement, design support forms part of each project, and each item of custom packaging produced here begins with your product, rather than a template.
Submit your enquiry, and we will reply with a written quote.
