Purposes prefer bespoke packaging
A conventional box leaves room around the product, making it rattle during transit until foam or paper is packed in to stop movement.
Conventional packaging with a label affixed to its side might be convenient, but it is intended for no particular audience.
Custom Pack Studio creates tailored packaging around your product, making sure the box, print and finish support your brand rather than covering it.
We make custom-made boxes, mailer boxes, gift packaging and printed accessories for businesses across Hightown and the nearby valleys, with order quantities ranging from one sample to a pallet load delivered directly to a warehouse door.
We have no minimum order, so stock and storage costs remain out of the picture until you know whether a product sells.
Share your packaging requirements, and we will adapt the recommendation to the product itself.
What personalised packaging means
Custom packaging begins with a box designed specifically for your product, so its dimensions and printed finish exactly reflect its contents.
Select your dimensions and make a custom-sized box that keeps the product secure, stopping it from rattling about in the unused space of a standard-sized box.
The structure, board weight, print and finish are also custom designed, carefully matched to what is being packed and how it travels.
Printing a logo on a stock box produces personalised packaging, involving less work than a completely customisable design.
Using customised packaging, every panel, fold and finish can be tailored, even for a single item, enabling you to create packaging that fits exactly without compromise.
Packing options that we produce for Hightown firms
We produce a complete range of packaging boxes, tailored to custom sizes and printed in full colour using your artwork.
Selecting the appropriate box style and packaging type hinges on your product and how it is handled. Our packaging experts will take you through the available options.
Retail cartons and labelled packaging
Reverse tuck end cartons are a retail packaging staple, intended for lighter products including cosmetics and supplements, with flaps which tuck securely inside at both the top and bottom.
Crash lock boxes are more robust cardboard lock boxes with a base that snaps flat upon opening, preventing heavier products from forcing the bottom out.
Parcel and online retail boxes
A custom mailer box safeguards your product throughout the courier network, while turning delivery into part of the brand experience and boosting visibility by printing on both its interior and exterior, not solely its outer face.
These custom printed boxes are available as well with gussets, creating extra depth so bulkier items can sit securely without moving.
Gift boxes, sturdy cases and gable containers
Rigid boxes, magnetic close gift boxes and other branded boxes give products purchased as gifts with the refined presentation customers expect, eliminating the need for customers to wrap them themselves.
Gable boxes with folding carry handles are suitable for food gifts and hampers.
For premium ranges, we may specify SBS board, that is, solid bleached sulphate, a bright, safe for food contact paperboard, instead of standard carton stock. Foil and soft touch lamination can further enhance the finish.
Create support for your Hightown brand
Each order includes packaging design support, regardless of how far your artwork has advanced.
If you have a logo and brand guidelines, our design specialists create print-ready files and verify that the colours stay accurate on board, as packaging needs a greater resolution than a website image.
You need not have any previous experience in design to develop packaging that represents your brand. We can start with only a logo. Together, you will determine the structure and produce professionally designed, print ready artwork, as we explain every technical decision as it arises.
Our online tool allows you to customise a box and check its appearance on screen prior to printing, while Pantone colour matching ensures that repeat orders stay consistent.
When your packaging needs English and Welsh text, our team handles this as a routine artwork request, just as we would handle any other language or colour amendment.
Bespoke packaging for the Hightown’s industries
Cuisine and drinks
Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef both have 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.
Our BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level verifies that we manufacture food packaging in controlled, traceable conditions, meeting the checks retailers require prior to listing products.
Beverages and distilling
Over the past two decades, Wales has established a authentic drinks scene, from distilleries in Brecon Beacons to more recent gin and whisky producers further north.
Bottle presentation boxes must withstand transit while retaining their shelf appeal, with finishes including foil stamping and embossing providing a great deal of the impact for a limited release or seasonal gift set.
Cosmetics and beauty
Cosmetic and skincare brands need cartons that safeguard delicate glass and compacts while standing out on the shelf.
We manufacture cosmetics packaging incorporating soft touch lamination, foil and embossing, while rigid boxes complement a premium range that must support a higher price point.
E-commerce and membership businesses
Packaging intended for retail display is important when a product is located in a shop or marketplace fulfilment centre, but subscription brands face an entirely different challenge.
Every month, the same customer revisits an nearly identical box, rendering a reliable finish equally important as the original design.
Precisely sized e commerce packaging keeps products safely during transit, helping prevent damage, lower claims and minimise returns.
A fitted insert or printed tissue prevents the product from shifting in transit, while keeping the print visible as soon as the box is opened.
Subscription-based brands that reorder monthly can maintain pallet space and warehouse racking consistent by retaining a single box size. This becomes increasingly important when order volumes rise above several hundred units.
Dispatching to Hightown from our Scottish manufacturing site
Everything is made at our Irvine facility, with standard UK delivery to businesses in Hightown.
Once your proof is accepted, most orders are delivered to a Hightown address within two to three weeks, corresponding to the delivery timeframe for our packaging across the UK.
Custom Pack Studio belongs to KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, a well-established packaging manufacturer producing print and packaging since 1997. Its experienced team makes the boxes using its own presses.
You will check a proof and, where the format calls for it, a physical sample before full production begins. Repeat orders use the same artwork, so scaling up never means starting from scratch!
Working with a single box company for packaging throughout your whole product line makes everything simple.
Everything passes through one invoice and a single point of contact, sparing you the frustration of chasing several suppliers quoting different prices for different weeks.
Earth-friendly packaging as commonplace
Every box we produce is 100% recyclable because the board itself enables that recyclability.
Our board and paper are obtained from FSC and PEFC certified suppliers, with every sheet tracked through an audited supply chain 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 its place.
Without a minimum buy for Hightown firms
Throughout much of the industry, custom packaging requires minimum orders of 500 or 1,000 units, requiring you to fund stock and storage prior to establishing whether a product will sell.
No minimum order is required.
Small businesses can opt for a one sample, a brief trial run, or a complete production run after demand is proven, with per-unit pricing scaling across every quantity in between.
Before production starts, you will always receive a written quote. The high quality materials and packaging products provided for a run of fifty are identical to those supplied for a run of ten thousand.
Prior to ordering in volume, request a printed sample to assess the print, colour and fit in your hand.
The best way to order personalised packaging
Share your brief. Ring 01294 314 919 or use the online design tool, then let us know the product, quantity and how it is sold.
Design and proof. We develop packaging designed for your product, prepare the print layout, and provide a proof for you to review.
Ask for a physical sample if the format requires one, then give your approval once you are happy with the colour and construction.
Production and delivery. Your order is printed and finished in Irvine before making its way to your Hightown address, usually within two to three weeks.
Custom packaging Hightown Frequently Asked Questions
Do provide tailor-made packaging to Hightown?
Indeed! We manufacture everything in Irvine and deliver throughout the UK by default, including every part of Hightown and across Wales, with no extra charge solely because you are further from the factory.
Which is the least parcel order in Hightown?
There is no minimum order. Whether you require one box or several thousand in whatever format, you will receive quantity based pricing via a written quote before production starts.
Which package features can I customise?
Size, structure, board weight, print and finish can all be customised for every format, ensuring the designed packaging meets your brief precisely. A branded packaging order can also be printed on both the interior and outside.
Could you supply packaging item demonstrations in advance of I submit an order?
Absolutely! Your sample arrives printed and finished precisely as it would be in production, allowing you to check the colours satisfy your brief and make sure the board feels right before authorising a bulk order.
Could the packaging remain recyclable as well as can it also be biodegradable?
Every box is 100% recyclable. We do not use plastic laminates which prevent recycling unless food safety makes them necessary, and biodegradable protective materials are available where the format permits.
Is it possible to someone place another order for the same style in the future?
Yes, repeat orders use the same artwork file, meaning you can raise quantities or get packaging ready for a new season without reworking everything from scratch.
Ask for a free estimate 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 is no minimum order, design guidance is provided with each project, and every item of custom packaging produced here is designed around your product instead of a standard template.
Submit your enquiry to us today, and we’ll respond to you with a written quotation!
