Why select bespoke packaging
A standard box leaves empty space around the product, letting it to move noisily during transit until foam or paper is added to stop movement.
Conventional packaging with a sticker on the side is the easiest approach, but it serves no specific customer.
Custom Pack Studio creates tailored packaging expressly 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 businesses across Sketty and the surrounding valleys, with orders ranging from one sample to a pallet load delivered directly to a warehouse door.
Nothing we produce requires a minimum order, enabling you to set stock and storage costs aside until a product has proved it sells.
Provide your packaging requirements, and we will tailor the recommendation to the product itself.
What custom packaging implies
With custom packaging, your box is created around the product from the outset, so its dimensions and print fit precisely what you are packing.
You select the measurements, allowing a made-to-measure box to hold the product firmly without movement caused by surplus space in a standard size.
Every 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 fully customisable design.
With customised packaging, you can change each panel, fold and finish, even with a single run, producing packaging that fits with no compromise.
Wrapping styles which we create for Sketty companies
We manufacture a complete range of packaging boxes, tailored to custom sizes and printed in full colour using your artwork.
Choosing the most appropriate box style and packaging format is based on your products and their handling requirements, which our packaging specialists will clearly explain.
Shop cartons and bespoke branded packaging
Reverse tuck end cartons continue to be a standard for retail packaging, ideal for lighter products such as cosmetics and supplements, with flaps that fold in at both the top and bottom.
Crash lock boxes are a sturdier type of lock box, made from cardboard and featuring a base that snaps flat when opened, stopping heavier products from forcing the bottom out.
Postal and online retail boxes
A custom mailer box safeguards your product throughout the courier network and makes delivery part of the brand experience and visibility, with printing inside and out rather than only on the outer face.
Gusseted versions of these custom printed boxes provide additional depth, giving bulkier items room to sit securely.
Present boxes, rigid boxes and roofed boxes
Rigid boxes, magnetic close gift boxes and other branded boxes provide products purchased as gifts the polished presentation customers expect, whilst sparing them the effort of wrapping.
Gable boxes with folding carry handles suit food gifts and hampers.
For high-end ranges, we sometimes specify SBS board, or solid bleached sulphate, a light-coloured, food-safe paperboard, instead of standard carton stock, while finishes including foil and soft touch lamination improve the overall effect.
Develop assistance for your Sketty company
We offer packaging design support with every order, irrespective of your artwork’s current stage.
If you’ve got a logo and brand guidelines, our design experts create print-ready files and check that the colours stay accurate on board, as packaging requires a greater resolution than a website image.
You do not need prior design experience to develop packaging that reflects your brand. Our team can begin with just a logo, define the structure and create professionally designed artwork ready for print in collaboration with you, clarifying each technical decision as it arises.
Our online tool lets you to personalise a box and preview its look and feel on screen before it is printed, while Pantone colour matching ensures every repeat order remains consistent.
When your packaging needs English and Welsh text, our team manages this as a routine artwork request, just as we would manage any other language or colour amendment.
Tailored packaging for Sketty’s enterprises
Cuisine and potations
Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef both hold Protected Geographical Indication status, while all food packaging that contacts meat or dairy must satisfy food contact standards, wherever it is manufactured.
We hold BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level, which means our food packaging is manufactured in controlled, traceable conditions that retailers review prior to listing products.
Drinks and spirit-makers
Across Wales, a flourishing drinks culture has developed during the past twenty years, stretching from Brecon Beacons distilleries to more recent gin and whisky makers in the north.
Bottle presentation boxes must withstand transit and look smart on the shelf as well! Finishes such as foil stamping and embossing create much of the impact for a limited release or seasonal gift set.
Toiletries and personal care products for Sketty
Cosmetic and skincare brands require cartons which protect fragile glass and compacts while looking presentable on shelves.
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.
Internet commerce and membership businesses
Retail and display packaging is important when a product is placed in a shop or marketplace fulfilment centre, whereas subscription brands face a different evaluation.
Because the same customer opens an nearly identical box each month, maintaining a consistent finish is as important as the original design.
Effective online packaging, created precisely to fit your product packaging, maintains items secure in transit and lowers claims for damage and returns.
A fitted insert or printed tissue stops the product from shifting in transit, whilst keeping the print in view once the box is opened.
For a subscription brand that places monthly reorders, sticking to uniform box dimensions keeps pallet space and warehouse racking consistent, an increasingly valuable advantage once volumes exceed a few hundred units.
Sending to Sketty from our Scottish facility
Everything is made at our Irvine facility, with delivery throughout the UK to businesses in Sketty included as standard.
Following proof approval, deliveries to a Sketty address usually arrive within two to three weeks, following the timetable for all our packaging throughout the UK.
Custom Pack Studio belongs to KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, a well-established packaging manufacturer producing print and packaging since 1997. Its experienced team produces the boxes using its own presses.
You receive a proof and, where the format requires it, a physical sample before full production starts. Reorders use the same artwork, so scaling up does not mean having to start again.
Using one box company for packaging across your entire range of products makes everything simple.
You get one invoice and deal with one contact, avoiding multiple suppliers quoting different prices for different weeks.
Environmentally friendly packaging by default setting
Each box we produce is 100% recyclable as its board is able to be recycled.
Our board and paper come from FSC and PEFC certified sources, while audits trace each sheet through the supply chain to responsibly managed forests.
We’re reducing single use plastic and EPS foam void fill throughout our processes as neither is easily recycled, while both create disposal headaches after a parcel has been opened.
Where the design permits, biodegradable or paper-based protection takes their place instead.
Absolutely no minimum purchase for Sketty enterprises
Throughout the wider industry, custom packaging frequently requires minimum orders of 500 or 1,000 units, requiring you to fund stock and storage before knowing whether a product will sell.
We have no minimum order requirement.
Small businesses may order a one sample, limited runs for testing, or a full production run once demand has been established, with the unit price varying according to the quantity ordered.
Prior to production begins, you will invariably receive a written quotation, whereas the high-quality materials and packaging products provided for a run of fifty remain identical to those provided for a run of ten thousand.
Before purchasing in volume, request a printed sample and inspect its printing, colour and how it fits in your hand.
How do you submit a bespoke packaging order
Provide your brief. Ring 01294 314 919 or use the online design tool. Tell 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 you to approve.
Request and approve a sample. If the format requires one, order a physical sample, then sign off when you are happy with the colour and construction.
Production and delivery. Your order is printed and finished in Irvine before reaching your Sketty address, generally within two to three weeks.
Personalised packaging Sketty Frequently Asked Questions
Will you provide personalised packaging to Sketty?
Yes. We produce every product in Irvine, then deliver throughout the UK as part of our standard service, extending to each corner of Sketty and the whole of Wales without levying a separate charge because the destination is further away from our factory.
Which is the smallest packing order in Sketty?
No minimum order is required. You can ask for one box or several thousand in any format, with pricing adjusted according to quantity in a written quotation provided before production starts.
Which packing sections can I adapt?
Each aspect of the format, such as size, structure, board weight, print and finish, can be adjusted, so that the packaging matches exactly your brief. Branded packaging may additionally be printed inside and outside.
Could I receive demonstrations of your packaging items before placing an order?
Certainly. The sample is printed and finished to precisely the same standard as a production run, allowing you to verify that the colours match your brief and that the board has the right feel before authorising a bulk order.
Can the packaging become recyclable plus does it break down naturally?
Every box is 100% recyclable. We do not use plastic laminates which prevent recycling unless food safety makes them necessary, and biodegradable protective materials are available where the format permits.
May I place another order for the same layout at a later time?
Absolutely! Reorders use the original artwork file, which means you can increase an order or repeat it for a new season without redesigning the packaging from scratch.
Request a cost-free quote from the Custom Pack Studio team now.
Share your product, packaging requirements and anticipated quantities by calling 01294 314 919 or emailing contact@custompackstudio.co.uk.
There is no minimum order, design guidance is included in every project, and every item of custom packaging produced here is designed around your product instead of a standard template.
Submit your enquiry to us today, and we’ll get back to you with a written quote!
