Why go for custom packaging?
A regular box leaves room around the product, allowing it to rattle during transit until someone packs the spaces with paper or foam to hold it in place.
Conventional packaging with a sticker is easy, but it is intended for nobody in particular.
Custom Pack Studio designs tailored packaging around your product, making sure the box, print and finish complement your brand rather than overshadowing it.
We produce custom boxes, mailer boxes, gift packaging and printed accessories for companies across Lakeside and the surrounding valleys, with orders ranging from one sample to a pallet load delivered directly to a warehouse door.
You can purchase any quantity of what we make, so inventory and storage expenses continue to be unnecessary until you have established that a product sells.
Provide your packaging requirements, and we will tailor the recommendation to suit the product perfectly.
What bespoke packaging involves
Custom packaging shapes the box around your product from the beginning, with its dimensions and print customised to what you are packing.
You choose the dimensions, allowing a custom-sized box to cradle the product securely rather than letting it rattle through the empty 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 onto a stock box creates personalised packaging, representing a less substantial undertaking than a fully customisable design.
With bespoke packaging, every panel, fold and finish can be customised, even for a single run, enabling you to create packaging that fits precisely without any compromise.
Packaging formats we manufacture for Lakeside organisations
We offer an wide range of packaging boxes, manufactured to custom dimensions and printed in full colour with your artwork.
Choosing the most appropriate box style and packaging format is based on your products and their handling requirements, which our packaging experts will clearly explain.
Retail cartons and personalised branded packaging
Reverse tuck end cartons are a widely used retail packaging option, suited to lightweight products such as cosmetics and supplements, with closure flaps folding into both the top and bottom.
Crash lock boxes are a kind of lock box, providing a sturdier cardboard design with a base that snaps flat once opened, stopping heavier products from pushing the bottom out.
Mailer and ecommerce boxes
A custom mailer box protects your product throughout the courier network, while making delivery part of the brand experience and strengthening visibility because it is printed on the inside and outside, not only across the outer face.
Gusseted versions of these custom printed boxes offer additional depth, allowing bulkier items to sit securely without moving.
Gift boxes, durable boxes and gable boxes
Rigid boxes, magnetic close gift boxes and additional branded boxes give products purchased as gifts with the polished presentation customers expect, eliminating the need for customers to wrap them on their own.
Gable boxes, fitted with a handle that folds upwards, make an excellent choice 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, rather than standard carton stock. Foil and soft touch lamination can enhance further the finish.
Design assistance for your Lakeside brand
Every order includes packaging design support, regardless of how far your artwork has advanced.
If you have a logo and brand guidelines, our design specialists prepare print-ready files and verify that colours stay accurate on board, as packaging needs higher resolution than a website image.
You do not need experience in design to develop packaging that fits your brand. Our team can begin with just a logo. Together, they create the structure and professionally produced print ready artwork, while supporting you through each technical decision throughout the process.
Our online tool enables you to customise a box and preview its look on screen before printing, while Pantone colour matching maintains consistency whenever you make a repeat order.
Need your packaging printed in both English and Welsh? Our staff handles it as a standard artwork requirement, just like any other language or colour change.
Tailored packaging for Lakeside’s industries
Meals and refreshments
Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef both hold Protected Geographical Indication status, and all food packaging that comes into contact with meat or dairy must meet food contact standards, irrespective of which side of the border it is made on.
We hold BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level, ensuring our food packaging is made in controlled, traceable conditions that retailers review prior to stocking products onto their shelves.
Drinks and spirit-making
Over the past two decades, Wales has developed a authentic drinks scene, from distilleries in Brecon Beacons to more recent gin and whisky producers further north.
Bottle presentation boxes must endure transport while retaining their shelf appeal, with finishes including foil stamping and embossing delivering much of the impact for a limited release or seasonal gift set.
Cosmetics and makeup products
Cosmetic and skincare brands need cartons that protect delicate glass containers and compacts, while providing an appealing presentation on retail shelves.
We create cosmetics packaging with soft touch lamination, foil and embossing, while rigid boxes pair with premium ranges designed to support a higher price point.
E-commerce and membership businesses
Packaging designed for retail shelves or marketplace fulfilment centres is important, but, subscription brands face a particular challenge.
Every month, the same customer returns to an almost identical box, making a reliable finish just as important as the initial design.
Packaging designed to match your product’s precise dimensions holds items securely during transit, lowering damage claims and returns from ecommerce orders.
A fitted insert or printed tissue stops the product from shifting in transit, whilst keeping the print visible once the box opens.
For a subscription-based brand that places repeat orders each month, maintaining identical box dimensions helps keep pallet space and warehouse racking predictable, an increasingly significant consideration as volumes surpass several hundred units.
Shipping to Lakeside from our Scottish-based factory
All products are manufactured within our Irvine facility, with standard UK delivery to businesses in Lakeside.
Most orders reach a Lakeside address within two to three weeks after proof approval, using the same timetable as all 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 with its own presses.
Prior to the start of full production, you receive a proof and, when the format calls for it, a physical sample, while reorders retain the same artwork, making expansion wonderfully simple.
Using a single box company for packaging across your entire product range keeps the process straightforward.
You have one invoice and a single contact, removing the need to chase multiple suppliers quoting different prices for different weeks.
Earth-friendly packaging as typical
Each box we make is 100% recyclable because the board itself enables that recyclability.
Our board and paper are sourced from FSC and PEFC certified sources, whilst an audited supply chain traces each sheet back to responsibly managed forests.
We are cutting back on single use plastic and EPS foam void fill throughout our processes as neither is easy to recycle, and both cause disposal issues after a parcel is opened.
Where the design permits, biodegradable or paper-based protection is used in its place.
Absolutely no minimum order for Lakeside companies.
Throughout the wider industry, custom packaging often 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 proceed with full production after demand is established, with unit pricing scaling at every quantity across this range.
You will always receive a written quotation prior to production commencing, while the high quality materials and packaging products supplied for a run of fifty are identical to those provided for a run of ten thousand.
Prior to ordering in bulk, ask for a printed sample and inspect its print, colour and how it fits in your hand.
Ways to order bespoke packaging
Share your brief by calling 01294 314 919 or via the online design tool, then let us know the product, quantity and about how it is sold.
Design and proof. We develop packaging that suits your product, prepare the print layout, then send you a proof for checking.
Request a physical sample if the format needs 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, subsequently delivered to your Lakeside address, generally within two to three weeks.
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Would you deliver custom packaging to Lakeside?
Yes. We manufacture all items in Irvine and offer standard delivery throughout the UK, including every part of Lakeside and Wales, without an additional charge simply because of the distance from our factory.
What’s is the smallest packing order in Lakeside?
There is no minimum order! Select a single box or several thousand in any format, with prices adjusted according to quantity in a written quote before production starts.
What packaging parts can I modify?
Each format allows you complete freedom to adjust the size, structure, board weight, print and finish, making sure the resulting packaging meets your brief precisely. Your branded packaging order can also be printed on the inside as well as the exterior.
Would you provide examples of your packaging items before I make an order?
Yes. The sample is printed and finished to precisely replicate a production run, enabling you to confirm that its colours satisfy your brief and that the board feels suitable prior to approving a bulk order.
Is the packaging recyclable and can it be compostable?
Every box is 100% recyclable. We avoid plastic laminates that prevent recycling unless food safety demands them, while biodegradable protective materials are used whenever the format permits.
Is it possible to one make the same layout order later?
Certainly, reorders rely on the original artwork file, enabling you to increase an order or prepare for another season without redesigning the packaging.
Get a complimentary pricing from Custom Pack Studio immediately
Share your product, packaging requirements and anticipated quantities by calling 01294 314 919 or emailing contact@custompackstudio.co.uk.
Order exactly what you need, with no minimum quantity! Every project comes with design support, and all custom packaging made here is designed around your product rather than relying on a template.
Send your enquiry to us today, and we will respond to you with a written quotation!
