What custom packaging means
We produce tailored packaging engineered fully around your particular product by giving you complete control over the size, look, printing and finish!
Are you really ready to discover how altering a standard carton is really a totally distinct and far more restricted ballgame?
Curious how true customisation looks like? We cut every dimension to your product, pick the specific board weight for its journey, and splash vibrant print onto whichever panels you choose!
To begin with, we carefully sketch the packaging around the product from the beginning of the process.
Custom Pack Studio works with manufacturers of food products, beauty companies, online retailers and small distilleries throughout the nation.
The custom packaging we make
We produce a wide range of box styles to your format specifications. Each order includes tailored dimensions and bright full colour printing of your unique branding.
Selecting the best presentation for your item is a process dictated by its unique nature, sales channel, and final delivery, a journey our experienced specialists will support you through.
Folding cartons
Ready to discover to discover the absolute classics of the retail world? Reverse tuck-end boxes and crash-lock bottom boxes are the perfect routine packaging formats that each shop shelf needs!
With a reverse tuck end carton, the upper and lower flaps are inserted in opposite directions, which offers an ideal packaging option for light products such as cosmetics and supplements.
Built with a self-locking base that locks flat upon expansion, the crash-lock box reliably holds weightier items to prevent structural failure while both packaging variations ship flat and construct rapidly.
Postal and mailer boxes
For those selling online, a bespoke mailer box protects your creation during its arduous journey. All at once, a routine delivery becomes an memorable chapter of your brand story.
By featuring bespoke artwork on every surface, these robust postal cartons turn routine deliveries into engaging tactile stories that greatly exceed the plainness of standard packaging.
Are you looking for more depth or a bit more flexibility? We further make high-quality gusseted e-commerce boxes made for those requirements!
Sleeves and wallets
Placing a product or internal tray within a slide-on sleeve offers an sophisticated branding opportunity that keeps the original packaging, delivering an exceptionally useful and affordable solution for short-term seasonal lines and select limited-edition releases.
Designed to surround your merchandise like a streamlined folder, this wallet-style packaging delivers an attractive and level display that is ideally suited for presenting cards, prints and slim retail items.
Gift boxes and presentation packaging
When acquiring items destined as presents, using a custom presentation box elevates the general aesthetic to satisfy consumer expectations whilst completely doing away with the need for manual wrapping.
Robust rigid packaging, magnetic closure boxes and customised inserts ideally suit Larbert. Adding high-end finishes such as foil blocking, embossing or soft-touch laminating will enhance this range to warrant an elevated retail price.
Packaging design support if you do not have a designer
Our support readily includes full design support as part of the standard service, whatever your current artwork stage.
Should you already have existing brand guidelines alongside print-ready creative files, we will carefully align with your instructions to get ready everything for the manufacturing process.
Sites are very adaptable, yet printed packaging demands complete precision. For this reason, every logo supplied as a JPEG or alternative image file must be thoroughly rebuilt before printing.
From a simple starting concept, our specialists create your packaging architecture and production-ready graphics, developing bespoke structural solutions when stock containers cannot suffice. We clarify every technical specification throughout the workflow, including material thickness and image definition.
Alternatively, you may make use of our design software to tailor a packaging solution and integrate your bespoke corporate identity prior to starting contact, or otherwise arrange a creative appointment should you prefer to talk through your requirements earlier.
Custom packaging for Larbert’s industries
We manufacture bespoke packaging solutions for culinary professionals, spirit distilleries, cosmetics brands and e-commerce businesses throughout Larbert.
Every industry sets its own specific requirements, covering food-safe compliance to the exact surface finish that quality packaging requires.
Food and drink
North food and drink industry is undeniably vast and highly competitive, a bustling marketplace where packaging must guarantee total product safety whilst simultaneously captivating consumers from the shelf.
As bearers of the well-regarded BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level, we guarantee that our food packaging is made within strictly managed and auditable environments. This rigorous standard provides total compliance before retailers accept any product for their shelves.
Whisky and craft spirits
We create bespoke printed bottle cartons and presentation boxes for small-batch spirits producers and whisky distilleries, featuring premium finishes like metallic foiling, custom embossing and tactile soft-touch lamination.
This absence of a minimum order threshold empowers a distillery to commission a limited print run for special releases without the need of purchasing excessive quantities.
Cosmetics and beauty
For skincare, haircare and cosmetics brands, we create bespoke printed cartons featuring soft touch lamination, foil and embossing.
Containers for beauty products must preserve fragile glassware and pressed powders whilst attracting the eye on retail displays, a task mostly achieved through the selected surface texture.
E-commerce and subscription brands
Looking to impress your buyers? We manufacture branded mailer boxes, printed tissue and fitted inserts for digital retailers and subscription brands!
Made-to-fit packaging secures the item from transit hazards while cutting the cost of breakage and returns.
Custom packaging further offers the consumer a much more immersive experience than just unwrapping a ordinary, unadorned carton.
A packaging supplier perfect for Larbert businesses
Our local facility in Irvine manages each and every manufacturing requirement.
Neighbouring companies throughout Larbert can count on this approach to help keep turnaround times remain quick whilst transport expenses are maintained at limited.
Our delivery network encompasses Larbert alongside the whole of the United Kingdom, helping to ensure that more distant enterprises receive the same quick lead times enjoyed by those located just 20 minutes from our production facility.
Operating as a focused division of KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, Custom Pack Studio benefits from the knowledge of an established Scottish print and packaging manufacturer founded in 1997.
Our specialist team produces your boxes on their own presses to ensure that the print and finish satisfy the standards of an established producer.
You are able to check and approve the sample and the proof before we press go on the main print run!
Sustainable packaging as standard
We create each one of our boxes to be entirely recyclable, a environmentally friendly quality that stems entirely from the natural composition of the board itself.
We obtain all board and paper from FSC and PEFC certified providers to ensure complete traceability from audited origins to sustainably managed forests.
Utilised heavily for shipping cartons and delivery boxes, corrugated board offers robust protection whilst remaining one of the commonly recycled packaging mediums across the country.
We are actively removing single-use plastic and EPS from our activities because these harmful materials do not support recycling and in the end threaten our fragile environment.
When the project layout allows, our team recommends using paper that can be recycled or sustainable protective materials whilst proactively preventing extra surplus.
Order one box or ten thousand
Did you know that bespoke packaging typically calls for a minimum order of five hundred or even 1,000 units?
When a firm tests a novel item or sets out a small seasonal selection, they must cover both inventory and storage costs long before any sales are guaranteed.
Without any minimum order restrictions to restrict you, your quantity is entirely your decision, from one solitary box to ten thousand. A modest start becomes a sensible way to assess the market .
We deliver formal written confirmation of the charges for each volume prior to production, whilst future runs of production make use of the existing designs to ensure that growing your business requires no further creative development.
How to order custom packaging
Begin your process by calling 01294 314 919 or filling in our web form to detail the product, the volume, and your chosen retail method. If you feel in doubt, we will gladly suggest the best format for you.
Our skilled engineers meticulously prepare the packaging around your item, arrange the artwork, and provide a final proof, alongside a physical prototype should the layout call for physical assessment.
Ready to go for the magic to happen? Once you sign off on the proof, we start right away manufacturing your order at our Irvine factory, typically taking just two to three weeks!
Directly to your doorstep, this flat-packed parcel arrives prepared for simple self-assembly, with delivery available to almost any location throughout Larbert or the wider United Kingdom.
Custom packaging Larbert FAQ
What counts as custom packaging?
Custom packaging is precisely engineered to fit the exact sizes and particular requirements of your item. All structural element, including the size, material density, arrangement, and visual detailing, is carefully tailored for the contents to ensure a secure fit while tastefully representing your identity. Whilst just printing a company symbol onto a pre-made carton counts as personalised packaging, a truly custom solution is developed from the core of the merchandise itself.
Is there a minimum order?
We apply no minimum minimum order conditions, so you can buy anything from one carton to thousands. This flexibility supports solo creators and businesses trialling new merchandise. Your unit cost decreases as your order volume increases, and we always supply a detailed price estimation prior to manufacturing.
Do you deliver to Larbert?
Our local facility produces goods delivered directly to businesses in Larbert. Local production ensures faster turnaround times and much reduced transport costs for Scottish brands.
What are your lead times?
Once you sign off on the proof, we get started straight away! Most orders take only two to three weeks, and a simple carton can be faster again. Do you have a firm deadline? Let us know when you ask and we will confirm if we can meet it.
Can you help if I do not have a designer?
We routinely convert a basic concept and logo into finished, print-ready files, incorporating a expert design consultation throughout the process. Alternatively, you can initiate the project yourself using our virtual creator before passing it to us.
Is the packaging recyclable?
Crafted from FSC and PEFC certified board, every box is fully recyclable. We deliberately steer clear of plastic laminates and coatings that hinder this recycling process, unless food safety absolutely demands it, and we always discuss your options first.
Request a free quote from Custom Pack Studio today
If you wish to elevate your business, impress clients at first glance, or find a fully dependable packaging partner, Custom Pack Studio is the ideal team to achieve your ambitions.
By doing away with minimum order thresholds we provide enterprises with the full versatility needed to prosper. We often guide organisations along their developmental pathway, starting support on a limited scale and progressively increasing our service capacity in line with your development.
An instant phone call provides your swiftest beginning.
Please get in touch with us directly by telephoning 01294 314 919 or sending an email to contact@custompackstudio.co.uk to talk through your particular product, your packaging specifications and your expected order volumes.
Your written quote meticulously details the structure, the production process and the itemised price for your stated amount.
We have no minimum orders, provide expert design assistance, and craft each box to suit your product exactly.
Please do not hesitate start your consultation with us at Larbert at your convenience to do so.
