Why select bespoke packs
A typical box creates spare space around the product, allowing it to rattle during transit until somebody fills the gap with foam or paper to keep it still.
Typical packaging with a sticker attached is the simple choice, but it has not been designed specifically for anyone.
Custom Pack Studio produces bespoke packaging for your product, making sure that the box, print and finish complement your brand rather than overshadowing it.
We manufacture custom-made boxes, mailer boxes, gift packaging and printed accessories for companies across Penarth and the surrounding valleys, with orders spanning one sample to a complete pallet delivered straight to a warehouse door.
We have no minimum order for anything we make, so stock and storage expenses remain unnecessary until you are certain a product will sell.
Share your packaging specifications, and we will customise our recommendation specifically to the product concerned.
What bespoke packaging indicates
With custom packaging, your box is designed around the product from the outset, so its dimensions and print fit precisely what you are packing.
You choose the dimensions, enabling a made-to-measure box to cradle the product securely rather than letting it rattle through the empty space of a standard size.
Even the structure, board weight, print and finish are custom designed to suit what is being packed and the way it travels!
Printing your logo on a stock box produces personalised packaging, requiring less work than a completely customisable design.
With bespoke packaging, each panel, fold and finish can be customised, even for a single item, helping you to create packaging that fits perfectly without compromise.
Packaging types which we produce for Penarth companies
We make a full range of packaging boxes in custom sizes, printed in full colour with your artwork.
Selecting the correct box style and packaging type depends on your product and the way it is handled. Our packaging experts will guide you through the available options.
Retail boxes and labelled packaging
Reverse tuck end cartons are still a well-known retail packaging option for lighter products, including cosmetics and supplements, with flaps that fold neatly into both the top and bottom.
Crash lock boxes are a more robust type of cardboard lock box, with a base that snaps flat when unfolded, preventing heavier products from forcing the bottom out.
Shipping and online retail parcels
A custom mailer box safeguards your product throughout the courier network while making delivery part of the brand experience and enhancing visibility, with printing inside and outside rather than solely on the outer face.
Gusseted versions of these custom printed boxes create extra depth, allowing bulkier items space to rest securely without shifting.
Present boxes, sturdy cases and roofed containers
Rigid boxes, gift boxes with magnetic closures and additional branded boxes provide presents with polished presentation customers expect, without requiring them to wrap anything themselves.
Gable boxes featuring folding carry handles are well suited to food presents and hampers.
For high-end ranges, we may specify SBS board, meaning, solid bleached sulphate, a bright, food safe paperboard, rather than conventional carton stock. Foil and soft touch lamination finishes can enhance further the result.
Build support for your Penarth business.
Each order comes with packaging design support, irrespective of how far your artwork has progressed.
Once your logo and brand guidelines are in place, our design experts prepare files ready for print and ensure colours stay true on board, where packaging requires greater resolution than website imagery.
You do not need experience in design to develop packaging that fits your brand. Our team can start with just a logo. Together, they create the structure and professionally produced print ready artwork, while guiding you through every technical decision throughout the process.
Our online tool enables you to personalise a box and review its appearance on screen before printing, while Pantone colour matching ensures that repeat orders remain consistent.
If you need packaging printed in both English and Welsh, our team considers this to be a routine artwork requirement and handles it just as we would any other language or colour change.
Custom packaging for Penarth’s enterprises
Meals and beverages
Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef hold Protected Geographical Indication status, whereas all food packaging that is in contact with meat or dairy must satisfy food contact standards, wherever it is manufactured on either side of the border.
We hold BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level, meaning our food packaging is produced in controlled, traceable conditions that retailers review prior to listing products.
Drinks and distilleries
Over the past twenty years, Wales has established a thriving drinks scene, covering Brecon Beacons distilleries and newer gin and whisky producers in the north.
Bottle presentation boxes must withstand transport while preserving their shelf appeal, with finishes including foil stamping and embossing delivering a great deal of the impact for a limited release or seasonal gift set.
Makeup and beauty products
Cosmetics and skincare companies need cartons that safeguard delicate glass packaging and compacts whilst presenting an appealing appearance on the shelf.
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.
Online commerce and recurring payment brands
Retail ready and display packaging are important when products sit in shops or marketplace fulfilment centres, whereas subscription brands face a distinct challenge.
Every month, the same customer returns to an almost identical box, rendering a dependable finish just as important as the original design.
Effective online retail packaging, produced to match your product packaging exactly, keeps goods secure during transit and minimises damage claims and returns.
A fitted insert or printed tissue keeps the product secure during transit, while the print stays visible once the box is opened.
For a subscription brand placing repeat orders monthly, maintaining uniform box dimensions keeps pallet space and warehouse racking consistent, an increasingly important factor as volumes exceed a few hundred units.
Shipping Penarth immediately from our Scotland factory
Everything is produced at our Irvine site, with UK delivery to companies in Penarth included by default.
Once proof approval is obtained, the majority of orders arrive at a Penarth address in two to three weeks, on the same timetable as the rest of our packaging throughout the UK.
Custom Pack Studio belongs to KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, an established packaging manufacturer that has been producing print and packaging since 1997, with its experienced team producing boxes on its own presses.
You will review a proof and, when the format requires it, a physical sample before full production begins. Reorders use the same artwork, so scaling up never means beginning from scratch!
Using a sole box company for your entire product range simplifies packaging.
You receive one invoice and deal with one contact, avoiding multiple suppliers quoting different prices for different weeks.
Ethical packaging by default setting
Each box we make is 100% recyclable as the board itself enables that recyclability.
Our board and paper are obtained from FSC and PEFC certified suppliers, where each sheet tracked through an audited supply chain to responsibly managed forests.
Throughout our processes, we are reducing single use plastic and EPS foam void fill as neither is readily recyclable, while both present disposal difficulties after a parcel has been opened.
Where the design permits, biodegradable or paper-based protection is used instead of them.
Zero minimum order for Penarth companies
Across much of the industry, custom packaging requires minimum orders of 500 or 1,000 units, requiring you to fund stock and storage before establishing whether a product will sell.
There is no minimum order requirement.
Smaller businesses can opt for a single sample, a brief trial run, or a complete production run after demand is demonstrated, with per-unit pricing scaling across each quantity in between.
Before production begins, you will always be sent 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.
Before committing to a greater quantity, obtain a printed sample and assess the print, colour and how it sits in your hand.
How to order bespoke wrapping
Send your brief by calling 01294 314 919 or using the online design tool, then let us know the product, quantity, and approximately how it is sold.
Design and proof. We develop packaging that fits your product, arrange the print layout, then send you a proof to check.
Ask for a physical sample where the format requires one, then give approval once you are satisfied with its colour and construction.
Production and delivery. Your order is printed and finished in Irvine, then delivered to your Penarth address, normally within two to three weeks.
Bespoke packaging Penarth Frequently Asked Questions
Will you supply bespoke packaging to Penarth?
Yes. We manufacture all items in Irvine and offer standard delivery throughout the UK, including every part of Penarth and Wales, without an additional charge simply because of the distance from our factory.
What is the least order needed for packaging through Penarth?
There’s no minimum order requirement. You can order one box or several thousand in any format, with pricing determined by quantity and confirmed in writing before production starts.
What parts of the packaging can I tailor?
Size, structure, board weight, print and finish can all be tailored for each format, making sure the designed packaging meets your brief precisely. A branded packaging order can also be printed on both the interior and exterior.
Can you possibly send examples of your wrapping products before I go ahead and place an order?
Yes. The sample is printed and finished to production standards, allowing you to verify that the colours meet your brief and the board feels right before authorising a bulk order.
Is the container able to be recycled and compostable?
Each box is 100% recyclable. We do not employ plastic laminates that prevent recycling unless food safety makes them required, while biodegradable protective materials are offered where the format allows.
Is it possible to one use the same design another time?
Yes, repeat orders use the same artwork file, meaning that increasing an order or repeating it for a new season does not require the packaging to be redesigned from scratch.
Request a complimentary quote from Custom Pack Studio now.
Share your product, packaging requirements and anticipated quantities by calling 01294 314 919 or emailing contact@custompackstudio.co.uk.
There’s no minimum order requirement, design support forms part of every project, and each item of custom packaging produced here begins with your product, not a template.
Send your enquiry and we will provide a written quote.
