Explanations go for bespoke packaging
A conventional box provides space around the product, enabling it to rattle during transit until foam or paper is introduced to prevent movement.
Standard packaging with an adhesive label is easy, but it is designed for nobody in particular.
Custom Pack Studio produces custom-made packaging for your product, ensuring that the box, print and finish complement your brand rather than overshadowing it.
We produce custom-made boxes, mailer boxes, gift packaging and printed accessories for companies across Roath and the nearby valleys, with orders spanning one sample to a full pallet delivered straight to a warehouse door.
We require no minimum order, so stock and storage costs stay out of the equation until you know that a product sells.
Share your packaging specifications, and we will tailor our recommendation precisely to the product in question.
What bespoke packaging involves
Custom packaging starts with your product, with the box dimensions and print specification designed to suit exactly what you are packing.
You choose the dimensions, enabling a custom-sized box to cradle the product securely instead of letting it rattle through the empty space of a standard size.
Each element, ranging from the structure and board weight to the print and finish, is customised for the contents and their journey.
Printing a logo on a stock box creates personalised packaging, constituting a less substantial undertaking than a fully customisable design.
With bespoke packaging, each panel, fold and finish can be adjusted, even for just one unit, allowing you to create custom packaging that fits exactly.
Parcel solutions that we offer for Roath organisations
We make a full range of packaging boxes in bespoke sizes, printed in full colour with your artwork.
Selecting the suitable box style and packaging format is based on what you sell and how it is handled, while our packaging specialists can guide you through the available options.
Shop cartons and branded packaging
Reverse tuck end cartons are a retail packaging mainstay, designed for lighter products including cosmetics and supplements, with flaps which tuck securely inside at both the top and bottom.
Crash lock boxes are a more robust type of lock box, made from cardboard with a base that snaps flat when opened, preventing heavier products from pushing the bottom out.
Parcel and e-commerce boxes
A custom mailer box protects your product across the courier network, while turning delivery into part of the brand experience and boosting visibility through printing on both its interior and exterior, not solely its outer face.
Gusseted versions of these custom printed boxes offer additional depth, allowing bulkier items to sit securely without moving.
Present boxes, sturdy boxes and gable containers
Rigid boxes, magnetic close gift boxes and other branded boxes give products bought as gifts with the refined presentation customers anticipate, eliminating the need for customers to wrap them on their own.
Gable boxes featuring folding carry handles are ideal for food gifts and hampers.
In premium ranges, we occasionally specify SBS board, solid bleached sulphate, a bright, food-safe paperboard, rather than standard carton stock. Finishes such as foil and soft touch lamination improve the overall effect.
Develop solutions for your Roath enterprise
Every order comes with packaging design support, irrespective of the stage your artwork has reached.
If you have a logo and brand guidelines, our design specialists prepare print ready files and verify that colours reproduce accurately on board, because packaging requires greater resolution than a web image.
You need no previous design experience to create packaging that fits your brand. Starting with nothing more than a logo, our team creates the structure and produces expertly designed, print-ready artwork alongside you, explaining 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 reaches print, while Pantone colour matching ensures every repeat order stays consistent.
When you require packaging printed bilingually in English and Welsh, our team considers this as a standard artwork requirement, handled in precisely the same way as any other language or colour change.
Custom packaging for Roath’s industries
Food and drink
Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef both have Protected Geographical Indication status, whilst all packaging that is in contact with meat or dairy must satisfy food contact requirements, regardless of which side of the border it is manufactured.
Our BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level verifies that we manufacture food packaging in controlled, traceable conditions, meeting the checks retailers require prior to listing products.
Drinks and liquor producers
Over the past twenty years, Wales has established a flourishing drinks scene, spanning Brecon Beacons distilleries and newer gin and whisky producers in the north.
Bottle presentation boxes must survive transit and appear smart on the shelf too! Finishes including foil stamping and embossing deliver much of the impact for a limited release or seasonal gift set.
Cosmetics and self-care products for Roath
Cosmetic and skincare brands need cartons that protect fragile glass and compacts whilst looking presentable on shelves.
We manufacture cosmetics packaging with soft touch lamination, foil and embossing, while rigid boxes suit premium ranges requiring a higher price point to be justified.
Online shopping and subscription businesses
Retail ready and display packaging are important when products are placed in shops or marketplace fulfilment centres, but subscription brands face a distinct challenge.
Since the same customer opens an almost identical box each month, keeping a consistent finish is equally important as the initial design.
Precisely sized e commerce packaging keeps products securely during transit, helping prevent damage, reduce claims and minimise returns.
Inside, a fitted insert or printed tissue holds the product securely during transport, while the print greets the eye as soon as the box opens.
For a subscription brand making repeat orders monthly, maintaining consistent box dimensions makes pallet space and warehouse racking consistent, an increasingly important consideration as volumes exceed a few hundred units.
Shipping to Roath from our Scottish facility
Everything is produced at our Irvine facility, with UK delivery to businesses in Roath included by default.
Most orders reach a Roath address within two to three weeks following proof approval, using the same timetable as all our packaging throughout the UK.
Custom Pack Studio forms part of KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, an established packaging manufacturer creating print and packaging since 1997, where a seasoned team produces boxes on its own presses.
You’ll review a proof and, where the format calls for it, a physical sample before full production begins. Repeat orders use the same artwork, so scaling up never means beginning from scratch!
Using a single box company for packaging throughout your entire product line makes everything straightforward.
You have a single invoice and one dedicated point of contact, instead of pursuing several suppliers, each giving a different price for a separate week.
Earth-friendly packaging as the norm
Every box we manufacture is 100% recyclable as the board itself is recyclable.
Our board and paper originate from FSC and PEFC certified sources, while audits track every sheet through the supply chain to responsibly managed forests.
We are cutting back on single use plastic and EPS foam void fill throughout our processes, as neither material is easy to recycle and both create disposal difficulties after a parcel has been opened.
Where the design permits, biodegradable or paper-based protection is employed instead of them.
Zero minimum order quantity for Roath companies
Throughout much of the industry, custom packaging requires minimum orders of 500 or 1,000 units, meaning you to fund stock and storage before establishing whether the product will sell.
There is no minimum order requirement .
Small businesses may order a single sample, commission a limited trial run, or move on to full production once demand is established, with unit pricing scaling at each quantity throughout this range.
You will always receive a written quotation before production starts, 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 volume, request a printed sample to inspect the print, colour and fit in your hand.
Steps on how to purchase custom packaging
Provide your brief by telephoning 01294 314 919 or using the online design tool. Let us know the product, quantity needed, and approximately how it is sold.
Packaging design and proofing. We develop the packaging design tailored to your product, arrange the print layout, and supply a proof for your approval.
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 completed in Irvine, then delivered to your Roath address, usually within two to three weeks.
Tailored packaging Roath Customer Questions
Do produce specialised packaging to Roath?
Certainly. All items are manufactured in Irvine, with standard delivery across the UK, including every part of Roath and throughout Wales. We make no extra charge for distance from the factory.
What could be the bare minimum packing threshold for Roath?
There is no minimum order requirement. You can order one box or several thousand in whatever format, with pricing based on quantity and confirmed in writing before production starts.
Which packaging sections can I personalise?
Each format can be customised regarding size, structure, board weight, print and finish, making sure your packaging fits the brief perfectly. Looking to make an impact? Your branded packaging order can feature printing both inside and outside.
Could I have examples of your packaging items before confirming 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.
Can the packaging be recyclable along with will it decompose?
All boxes are 100% recyclable. We do not use plastic laminates that prevent recycling unless food safety requires them. Biodegradable protective materials are available where the format permits.
Is it possible to one order again the same layout later?
Yes, reorders are made from the same artwork file, so expanding an order or placing it again for a new season never requires the packaging to be redesigned from the beginning.
Ask for a complimentary estimate from Custom Pack Studio immediately
Call 01294 314 919 or email contact@custompackstudio.co.uk, providing your product, packaging requirements and intended quantities.
No minimum order is required, each project includes design support, and every piece of custom packaging created here begins with your product, rather than a template.
Send your enquiry, and we will respond with a written quotation.
