Motives pick bespoke packaging
A standard box has room around the item, allowing it to rattle during transport until someone packs the space with foam or paper to hold it still.
Standard packaging with an adhesive label is straightforward, but it is designed for no one in particular.
Custom Pack Studio creates tailored packaging around your product, ensuring the box, print and finish support your brand rather than covering it.
We make custom boxes, mailer boxes, gift packaging and printed accessories for businesses across Risca and the surrounding valleys, with orders varying from a single sample to a pallet load delivered straight to a warehouse door.
We require no minimum order for any item we make, enabling you to avoid stock and storage costs until a product’s sales potential is established.
Share your packaging specifications, and we will tailor our recommendation precisely to the product in question.
What personalised packaging involves
With custom packaging, your box is designed around the product from the outset, so its dimensions and print suit exactly what you are packing.
You choose the dimensions, ensuring a made-to-measure box holds the product securely rather than allowing it to rattle within excess space created by a standard size.
Each element, from the structure and board weight to the print and finish, is customised for the contents and their journey.
Adding a logo to a stock box produces personalised packaging, offering a less ambitious project than completely customisable design.
With tailored packaging, every panel, fold and finish can be altered, even for a single unit, enabling you to create custom packaging that fits perfectly.
Packaging types we craft for Risca enterprises
We manufacture a full range of packaging boxes in bespoke sizes, printed in full colour using your artwork.
The ideal box style and packaging format are based on what you sell and the way it is handled, while our packaging specialists will guide you through the choices!
Commercial cartons and personalised packaging
Reverse tuck end cartons are a popular choice for retail packaging, well suited for lighter products like cosmetics and supplements, with flaps that tuck in at both the top and bottom.
Crash lock boxes are a sturdier form of lock box, made from cardboard with a base that snaps flat when opened, stopping heavier products from pushing the bottom out.
Mailer and digital shop parcels
A custom mailer box safeguards your product throughout the courier network while turning delivery part of the brand experience and enhancing visibility, with printing inside and outside instead of solely on the outer face.
Gusseted versions of these custom printed boxes provide extra depth, enabling bulkier items to sit securely without moving.
Gift packages, sturdy cases and gable containers
Rigid boxes, magnetic closure gift boxes and other branded packaging provide presents with the presentation customers expect, without them having to wrap anything themselves.
Gable boxes, including a fold up carry handle, are well suited to food presents and hampers.
For high-end ranges, we may select SBS board (solid bleached sulphate, a bright, food safe paperboard) rather than standard carton stock, while finishes such as foil and soft touch lamination enhance the result.
Design guidance for your Risca organisation
Every order includes packaging design support, irrespective of how far your artwork has progressed.
If you have a logo and brand guidelines, our design specialists prepare print-ready files and check that colours stay accurate on board, because packaging needs greater resolution than an image on a website.
You do not need prior design experience to develop packaging that reflects your brand. Our team can start with a logo alone, establish the structure and create expertly designed artwork prepared for print in collaboration with you, clarifying each technical decision when it arises.
Our web-based tool lets you to personalise a box and preview its look and feel on screen before it goes to print, while Pantone colour matching ensures every repeat order stays consistent.
If packaging is needed in both English and Welsh, our team regards this as a standard artwork requirement, managing it precisely as it would any other language or colour change.
Custom packaging for Risca’s own industries
Food and drinks
Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef both hold Protected Geographical Indication status, and all food packaging which touches meat or dairy must comply with food contact standards, regardless of which side of the border it is made on.
Our BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level verifies that food packaging is produced within controlled and traceable processes, meeting the checks retailers carry out before approving products for listing.
Refreshments and distillation venues
Over the past two decades, Wales has developed a real drinks scene, spanning Brecon Beacons distilleries and more recent gin and whisky producers across the north.
Bottle presentation boxes need to withstand transit and look smart on the shelf as well! Finishes such as foil stamping and embossing deliver much of the impact for a limited release or seasonal gift set.
Personal care items and skincare essentials
Cosmetic and skincare brands require cartons that protect delicate glass and compacts while standing out on the shelf.
We manufacture cosmetics packaging with soft touch lamination, foil and embossing, whereas rigid boxes are suitable for premium ranges that must support a higher price point.
E-commerce and membership tags
Packaging designed for retail display matters when a product is located in a store or marketplace fulfilment centre, but subscription brands face an entirely different challenge.
The same customer opens a nearly identical box every month, making a uniform finish as important as the original design.
Packaging designed to match your product’s exact dimensions holds items securely during transit, lowering damage claims and returns from ecommerce orders.
A fitted insert or printed tissue keeps the product secure during transit, while the print remains in view as soon as the box is opened.
For a subscription-based brand that reorders monthly, keeping uniform box dimensions preserves predictable pallet capacity and warehouse racking, becoming progressively important as volumes surpass several hundred units.
Shipping to Risca from our Scottish factory
Everything is made at our Irvine facility, with delivery throughout the UK to businesses in Risca provided as standard.
The majority of orders reach a Risca address within two to three weeks after proof approval, following the same timetable as our packaging throughout the UK.
Custom Pack Studio belongs to KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, an well-established packaging manufacturer that has been producing print and packaging since 1997, with its experienced team producing boxes on its own presses.
Before full production begins, you receive a proof and, where the format calls for it, a physical sample, while reorders keep the same artwork, making expansion wonderfully simple.
Using a sole box company for packaging across your entire product range makes the process straightforward.
Enjoy one invoice and one point of contact, rather than pursuing multiple suppliers, each quoting a different price for another week.
Planet-friendly packaging as default
Each box we produce is 100% recyclable as its board is recyclable.
Our board and paper originate from FSC and PEFC certified sources, while an audited supply chain traces each sheet back to responsibly managed forests.
We are minimising single use plastic and EPS foam void fill across our processes because neither is readily recyclable, and both cause disposal difficulties after a parcel has been opened.
Where the design allows, biodegradable or paper-based protection is utilised in their place.
No minimum order for Risca companies.
Across the industry, custom packaging often requires minimum orders of 500 or 1,000 units, leaving you to finance stock and storage before discovering whether your product will sell.
There is no requirement for a minimum order .
Small businesses may order one sample, commission a limited trial run, or move on to full production once demand is established, with unit pricing scaling at every quantity across this range.
Prior to production starts, you will invariably receive a written quotation, while 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 committing to a larger quantity, obtain a printed sample and evaluate the print, colour and how it fits in your hand.
The best way to order bespoke packaging
Send your brief! Call 01294 314 919 or use the online design tool, then inform us the product, quantity and approximately how it is sold.
Design and proofing. We create packaging design suited to your product, produce the print layout, then provide a proof for your approval.
Ask for a physical sample when the format calls for one. Approve it once you are satisfied with the colour and construction.
Production and delivery. Your order is printed and completed in Irvine prior to being delivered to your Risca address, typically within two to three weeks.
Personalised packaging Risca Frequently Asked Questions
Do you deliver tailored packaging to Risca?
Certainly. We manufacture each item in Irvine, with standard delivery available across the UK, including every part of Risca and Wales, without an additional charge for greater distance from the factory.
What is the least order to make packaging through Risca?
There is 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 begins.
Which packaging elements can I personalise?
Size, structure, board weight, print and finish can all be changed for every format, ensuring the packaging meets your brief exactly. Branded packaging can also feature printing on both the inside and outside.
Would you offer packing goods examples before we submit an order?
Yes. You get a sample printed and finished exactly as it would be in production, enabling you to check that the colours meet your brief and the board feels suitable before authorising a bulk order.
Is the container able to be recycled and compostable?
Every box is 100% recyclable. We avoid plastic laminates which prevent recycling unless they are necessary for food safety, and biodegradable protective materials are provided where the format permits.
May someone place another order for the same design later?
Yes, reorders rely on the original artwork file, enabling you to increase an order or get ready for another season without having to redesign the packaging.
Ask for a complimentary quote from Custom Pack Studio right away
Share your product, packaging requirements and anticipated quantities by calling 01294 314 919 or emailing contact@custompackstudio.co.uk.
We set no minimum order. Each project provides design support, and every item of custom packaging we produce here is designed around your product, rather than a template.
Send your enquiry to us today, and we’ll get back to you with a written quotation!
