The Reason a UK Producer Partners with Old Trafford
Custom Pack Studio is a brand of KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, a manufacturer that has been making print and packaging in Scotland since 1997.
When you ask about about a finish type, a material or a timescale, you are speaking to someone who works with the press every day. They do do not have to pass the question to an abroad factory and await for an answer.
UK to UK delivery is swift and dependable in a way an international order hardly ever is.
Most orders are processed within two to three weeks after you approve the proof, and once posted, our courier network delivers to Old Trafford addresses in just one to two working days.
Compare this with the standard 8 to 12 week baseline lead time for packaging shipped in from the EU or the Far East, prior to you even factor in a delayed container or a customs hold-up.
If you have an significant launch date or deadline for the event, do let us know at the enquiry stage.
We will confirm honestly whether the timeline works rather than making a turnaround that falls short.
Specialised Wrapping for Old Trafford Businesses
The packaging formats we supply meet the needs of most products, and each one is custom made to your dimensions and printed with your brand.
The most suitable format depends on how the product is sold and shipped, so the quickest way to obtain the right answer is to inform our packaging experts what you are packing.
Commercial and Product Packaging
A branded carton takes care of the selling on the shelf when your team is not there to describe the product.
Reverse tuck-end boxes are suitable for lighter retail items such as cosmetics, supplements and beauty products, while a crash-lock base carries heavier goods with a floor that will not fail in transit.
Both branding on every panel, including even the inside, so the branding remains clearly visible however the box is positioned on a shelf or in a stockroom.
Shipping Boxes for E-Commerce Sellers
Old Trafford’s digital commerce brands send out orders continuously.
A bespoke mailer box is often the only physical interaction point a customer has with the brand, as there is no in-store visit or direct handover to rely on.
Printed inside and out, it protects the product throughout the courier network while turning the unboxing itself part of the marketing. A correctly sized box also reduces the damage and returns that a poorly sized one can cause.
A simple dark brown outer will carry the parcel, however it reveals the customer nothing about who dispatched it or why it looks as it does.
Make a strong first impression as soon as your delivery arrives with Custom Pack Studio.
Special and exhibition boxes
Custom gift boxes are valuable.
A rigid box with a smooth closure, foil stamping on the lid, or a soft-touch coating alters how a product feels before it is even opened.
It is precisely the very point for jewelry, perfume and boutique food brands, where the packaging is an element of what the customer has paid for.
Foil stamping finishes remains the finish that creates the strongest impact on a shelf, drawing light in a way flat print never can, while soft touch coating works better once the box is in the customer’s hands, since it conveys quality the moment they touch it
Embossing falls between the two, positioning a logo that you can see as well as feel, and it works especially well on jewellery and perfume boxes where the surface is part of the presentation.
Sleeves and wallets
Not all branding projects require a total box reconstruction.
A printed sleeve slides over an existing tray or product, adding your branding without the need to redesign the entire pack, making it ideal for a limited promotional run or a time-limited variant.
A wallet style box folds neatly around flat products such as cards or cosmetics sets, while custom printed inserts help prevent loose items shifting inside a more spacious box during transit.
Rippled cartons & shipping boxes
A folding carton will never withstand a prolonged courier journey or a delicate item by itself.
Fluted board is designed for that purpose.
We create corrugated cardboard boxes to bespoke pack sizes and produce them in full colour printing, so a Old Trafford brand shipping across the country enjoys protection and branding woven into one format, far beyond a plain double walled box with a sticker simply slapped on top.
Industries We Support in Old Trafford
Old Trafford’s commercial portfolio encompasses beauty and skincare brands, jewellery makers, food producers, corporate offices and e-commerce companies.
Food-and-drink businesses have the most stringent requirements, as contact safety in contact with the product takes priority over any regard of how the box looks.
This is where our BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level counts, whether you are a small batch bakery or a wholesale supplier. It is the standard that supermarket buyers and local retailers often want to see before they will stock a new product.
Jewellery brands frequently get more from their packaging investment than most different categories.
A solid box with a tailored insert is frequently used to store an item worth far more than the box itself, and the presentation must match that importance.
Cosmetics and fragrance brands depend on protective fitments and premium finishes for much the same reason. The product is small, so the box does the majority of the persuading on a shelf.
E-commerce and recurring businesses need packaging solutions that reaches buyers through the courier network safely.
For numerous online merchants, the parcel is the sole tangible contact a customer at any point has with the brand.
Absolutely no minimum order, whatever quantity is welcomed
Ask most packaging suppliers for fifty boxes with your custom design.
You may sometimes be asked to return once you are able to pledge to 500 or 1,000. That can be a significant request for a Old Trafford business evaluating a new product or trialling a small batch before it scales.
We don’t impose any minima.
Request a single sample to evaluate print quality, fifty boxes for a market stall, or thousands once a retail listing proves demand. The procedure and pricing structure remain the same at every quantity.
Unit cost falls as order quantity goes up, which is typical throughout the packaging industry.
Repeat orders share the same artwork and setup, so you are not billed again for the design fee.
We confirm and set out pricing and lead time in writing before production begins, so there will be no gap between the quotation and what appears on the invoice.
Artwork support ready at any stage you are at.
You need not an internal designer to arrange bespoke packaging here.
If you have a brand logo and a rough idea of what you want, that is enough to get started. Our team will set out the box layout, prepare the print-ready artwork and send you a proof to approve before anything goes to press.
For a product that does not match an off the shelf design, structural design is covered in the price. It is not applied as an extra.
Images supplied as a screenshot are prepared to the required print specification.
Most artwork is sent in without the image resolution or bleed settings that a package really requires.
Our team checks colour accuracy, image resolution and bleed against the press profile before anything goes into production, so what is printed matches what you signed off.
A planning consultation is available if you would rather to talk through the options before confirming a specification.
You can also use our own online design tool if you would like to make the artwork yourself.
Ethically sourced renewable materials
Every package we make is 100% recyclable and crafted from board carrying FSC and PEFC certification. This shows it can be traced through an verified supply chain back to a well-managed forest.
We are phasing out single-use plastic and EPS foam across the range, substituting them with paper based and compostable alternatives wherever the format permits. Those materials break down properly at the end of their life in a way that plastic and foam do not.
If a believable environmental claim counts for you and your customers, we can help guide you through the different ways your custom packaging makes an difference by cutting down on waste.
What Makes Old Trafford Businesses Opt for Our Custom Pack Studio as Their Leading Packaging Source
A Factory, Starting from Start until End
Every box we make is trimmed, marked and completed all on site at our Irvine plant.
A single team oversees quality throughout each stage, rather than the work being handed from one subcontractor to another.
A colour that seems right on screen will not invariably print the same, and the person reviewing it is the one running the press.
Any faults are detected and fixed before a box reaches despatch, by the same team that first noticed the issue.
The board and ink are also sourced from the same suppliers, with every order, so a colour that matched exactly against your first proof will still match exactly your fifth reorder two years later.
Empowered by just under three decades in printing and packaging
Custom Pack Studio was launched in 2025, but the facility that drives it has roots much longer ago.
We are part of KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, a respected print and packaging manufacturer running presses since 1997.
That background gives us established relationships with board mills and material suppliers. It also gives a team that has already dealt with the majority of the issues a new packaging order can raise.
That happens in small ways, such as knowing which board weight will survive a courier journey.
It is also why we are able to manage a delicate perfume carton and a heavy duty shipping carton and a delicate perfume carton in the same seven days, with presses that have been handling both for many years.
Assigned contact during the purchase
You will speak to the same person from your initial query right through to the completed delivery.
There isn’t any passing over between your sales team and a different production team.
They understand your brief, your timeframe and what you asked for at the proofing stage, so you do not need to keep repeating yourself at each stage.
If a material is on back order or a finish needs another look, you will hear it straight from the person handling your job.
This also means there is no need to explain your order from scratch to a new person partway through production.
You can contact that person directly by telephone, e-mail or message, without needing to go through a general query inbox first.
The consistent method, regardless of the amount
A one sample and a five thousand unit reorder go through the identical proofing and quality checks before either exits the factory.
Nothing is done in haste just because the run is small, and nothing is inspected more carefully merely because it is large.
A Old Trafford business trialling a new product is given the same level as one reordering for a national retail listing. The process remains unchanged no matter the order size.
That consistency matters far more than the saving achieved from a more extensive run, because a inconsistent batch ultimately costs additional to fix than it would have saved in unit price.
Whether it is fifty units for the market test or several thousand for a retail rollout, the sign-off stage operates the same way each time.
Request a free estimate for bespoke packaging in Old Trafford
Call 01294 314 919 or email contact@custompackstudio.co.uk. Let us know what you’re packing, roughly how many you need, and how the product is sold or shipped. We will respond with a written quote and no obligation to order.
Not ready to commit to a full purchase? Request for a physical sample first, without charge. You will find exactly how the colour shows in natural light and how the soft touch finish feels when held in your hand, rather than relying on a screen.
Expert design support is always available whenever you need it, there is no set minimum order to meet, and every box is customised to your product rather than selected from a shelf of templates.
We manufacture every item in house and supply to Old Trafford and all over the UK from our own factory in Irvine. Browse our full packaging range or speak with the team directly to get started.
