Why opt for pick tailor-made packaging
A regular box creates empty space around the product, enabling it to rattle during transport until someone fills the gap with foam or paper to prevent it from moving.
Standard packaging with a sticker attached is the straightforward choice, yet it has not been designed specifically for anyone.
Custom Pack Studio creates bespoke packaging specifically for your product, making sure the box, print and finish uphold your brand instead of overshadowing it.
We make custom boxes, mailer boxes, gift packaging and printed accessories for companies throughout Shotton and the valleys beyond, with orders varying from a single sample to a complete pallet delivered directly to your warehouse door.
We have no minimum order on anything we produce, meaning you do not incur stock and storage costs until a product demonstrates that it sells.
Tell us your packaging requirements, and we will tailor the recommendation to suit the product perfectly.
What custom packaging involves
Custom packaging starts with a box specifically designed for your product, so its dimensions and printed finish exactly reflect its contents.
You choose the dimensions, ensuring a custom-sized box holds the product securely rather than letting it rattle within excess space created by a standard size.
The construction, board weight, print and finish are custom designed to match what is packed and how it travels.
Printing your logo on a stock box produces personalised packaging, involving less work than a completely customisable design.
Tailored packaging places every panel, fold and finish in your hands, even for a single piece, allowing you to create a bespoke solution that fits precisely, with no compromise.
Packaging formats we create for Shotton firms
We supply an extensive range of packaging boxes, produced to custom dimensions and printed in full colour using your artwork.
Choosing the appropriate box style and packaging depends on what you sell and how it is handled, while our packaging experts will guide you through the available options.
Retail cartons and bespoke branded packaging
Reverse tuck end cartons remain a well-known retail packaging choice for lighter products, including cosmetics and supplements, featuring flaps that fold neatly into both the top and bottom.
Crash lock boxes are a more robust kind of lock box, constructed from cardboard and featuring a base that snaps flat when opened, stopping heavier products from pushing the bottom out.
Mailer and electronic commerce boxes
A custom-made mailer box safeguards your product across the courier network and makes delivery part of the brand experience and visibility, with printing on the inside and outside rather than solely across the outer face.
These custom printed boxes are offered with gussets, providing additional depth to hold bigger items firmly in place.
Present boxes, solid boxes and roof-shaped boxes
Rigid boxes, magnetic closure gift boxes and additional branded boxes give purchases made as gifts with the presentation shoppers anticipate, without them needing to wrap anything themselves.
Gable boxes, with a fold up carry handle, are great for food presents and hampers!
For premium ranges, we occasionally specify SBS board, solid bleached sulphate, a bright, food-safe paperboard, instead of standard carton stock. Finishes such as foil and soft touch lamination enhance the overall effect.
Build support for your Shotton company
Every order includes packaging design support, irrespective of the stage your artwork has reached.
Have a logo and brand guidelines? Our design experts create print ready files, checking that colours remain accurate on board because packaging requires higher resolution than a website image.
You do not need design experience to develop packaging that suits 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 digital design tool enables you to customise a box and view its appearance on screen before printing starts. Pantone colour matching is available too, helping every repeat order stay consistent.
If you require packaging printed in both English and Welsh, our team considers this to be a standard artwork requirement and handles it in the same way we would any other language or colour change.
Bespoke packaging for the Shotton’s industries
Cuisine and drink
Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef each hold Protected Geographical Indication status, whereas packaging that contacts meat or dairy must satisfy food contact standards, irrespective of which side of the border it is made on.
Our BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level confirms that food packaging is manufactured within controlled and traceable processes, meeting the checks retailers undertake before approving products for listing.
Beverages and liquor producers
Over the past two decades, Wales has established a genuine drinks scene, from distilleries in Brecon Beacons to more recent gin and whisky producers further north.
Bottle presentation boxes must endure transit while retaining their shelf appeal, with finishes including foil stamping and embossing providing a great deal of the impact for a limited release or seasonal gift set.
Beauty products and personal care products
Cosmetic and skincare brands require cartons that shield delicate glass containers and compacts, whilst providing an attractive display on retail shelves.
We produce cosmetics packaging with soft touch lamination, foil and embossing, while rigid boxes provide premium ranges the presence to support a higher price point.
Online shopping and recurring companies
Retail and display packaging is significant when a product is positioned in a shop or marketplace fulfilment centre, whereas subscription brands face a different evaluation.
Each month, the same customer returns to an nearly identical box, making a dependable finish just as important as the initial design.
Efficient online retail packaging, made to match your product packaging exactly, keeps goods protected in transit and minimises damage claims and returns.
Inside, a fitted insert or printed tissue keeps the product securely during transit, while the print greets the eye the moment the box opens.
For a subscription-based brand that reorders each month, retaining identical box dimensions helps maintain pallet space and warehouse racking predictable, an increasingly significant consideration as volumes exceed several hundred units.
Sending to Shotton from our Scottish studio
Everything is manufactured at our Irvine facility, with UK delivery to businesses in Shotton included as standard.
The majority of orders arrive at a Shotton address within two to three weeks following proof approval, following the same timetable as all our packaging throughout the UK.
Custom Pack Studio belongs to KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, an established packaging manufacturer that has produced print and packaging since 1997, with its experienced team making boxes on its own presses.
You receive a proof and, where the format calls for it, a physical sample prior to full production begins. Reorders use the same artwork, so scaling up does not mean having to start again.
Employing a single box company for packaging throughout your whole product range makes the process straightforward.
You have one invoice and a single contact, removing the need to chase several suppliers quoting different prices for different weeks.
Green packaging as typical
Each box we manufacture is 100% recyclable because its board is recyclable.
Our board and paper are obtained from FSC and PEFC certified suppliers, with each sheet traceable via an audited chain to responsibly managed forests.
We are reducing single use plastic and EPS foam void fill across our processes, as neither material is readily recyclable and both cause disposal difficulties after a parcel has been opened.
Where the design allows, biodegradable or paper-based protection replaces them.
There’s no minimum purchase for Shotton organisations.
Across the industry, custom packaging often requires minimum orders of 500 or 1,000 units, leaving you to finance stock and storage before discovering if your product will sell.
There is no minimum order requirement whatsoever.
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 each quantity across this range.
Prior to production begins, you will always receive a written quotation, whereas the high-quality materials and packaging products provided for a run of fifty are identical to those provided for a run of ten thousand.
Before placing a large order, get a printed sample to evaluate its print, colour and its fit in your hand.
The best way to order bespoke packaging
Provide your brief by calling 01294 314 919 or using the online design tool, then tell us the product, quantity and about how it is sold.
Design and proof. We develop packaging designed for your product, produce the print layout, and send a proof for your review.
Request and approve. Request a physical sample when the format requires one, then approve once you are happy with the colour and construction.
Production and delivery: Your order is printed and completed in Irvine, and then delivered to your Shotton address, typically within two to three weeks.
Tailored packaging Shotton Frequently Asked Questions
Will you provide customised packaging to Shotton?
Certainly. We manufacture every item in Irvine and provide standard delivery throughout the UK, serving every part of Shotton and the whole of Wales, without adding a separate fee for locations more distant from the factory.
Which is the minimum packaging order in Shotton?
There is no minimum order! Select a single box or several thousand in any format, with prices calculated according to quantity in a written quotation before production starts.
Which packing aspects can I personalise?
Each format allows you complete flexibility to adjust the size, structure, board weight, print and finish, making sure the resulting packaging matches your brief precisely. Your branded packaging order can also be printed on the interior as well as the outside.
Could you give demonstrations of your packaging products before I make an order?
Yes. Your sample is delivered printed and finished exactly as it would be in production, allowing you to check that the colours are in line with your brief and the board feels right before authorising a larger order.
Is the container recyclable and biodegradable?
Each box is 100% recyclable. We do not use plastic laminates that prevent recycling unless food safety makes them necessary, and biodegradable protective materials are available where the format allows.
May one upload the same layout at a later time?
Absolutely! Reorders use the original artwork file, meaning you can increase an order or repeat it for a new season without redesigning the packaging from scratch.
Request a cost-free estimate from the Custom Pack Studio team immediately.
Please call 01294 314 919 or email contact@custompackstudio.co.uk with details of your product, packaging requirements and anticipated quantities.
There is no minimum order requirement, design support is part of each project, and every item of custom packaging made here is designed around your product rather than a standard template.
Submit your enquiry, and we will respond with a written quotation.
