What custom packaging means
Our bespoke packaging is carefully designed to accommodate your specific product because you maintain full creative authority over the dimensions, the structural design, the printing and the final finish.
Applying a logo to a ready-made box continues to be a separate and much more restricted process.
By opting for our bespoke packaging, you will get customised casing dimensions tailored to your item, appropriate board durability selected for its practical journey, and personalised printing across your preferred surfaces.
The development of the packaging starts in parallel with the initial stage of the product design procedure.
Custom Pack Studio works with food manufacturers, cosmetic organisations, online retailers and craft distilleries across the nation as a whole.
The custom packaging we make
We manufacture an broad selection of packaging styles, which are all tailored to your custom dimensions and fully printed with your artwork.
The ideal packaging design for your item hinges on its physical nature, selling method, and delivery journey, and our specialists will guide your selection.
Folding cartons
Standard shop packaging routinely employs the common types of reverse tuck-end boxes and crash-lock bottom boxes.
With a reverse tuck-end carton, the upper and lower flaps insert in opposite directions, which provides an ideal packaging option for light products such as cosmetics and supplements.
Designed with a base that automatically secures itself upon expansion, the crash-lock box reliably supports heavier items to prevent any structural failure, whilst both styles are delivered flat and can be fully constructed in mere moments.
Postal and mailer boxes
For organisations active within the digital marketplace, bespoke postal packaging protects your merchandise during transit whilst at the same time transforming the unpacking experience into an essential extension of your brand identity.
Featuring bespoke printing on every surfaces, these mailer boxes elevate the standard digital retail transaction into a luxury tactile event whilst preserving the structural integrity required to withstand the pressures of transit.
Also, we produce gusseted e-commerce boxes for products requiring extra depth or an adaptable fit.
Sleeves and wallets
To simply add branding without replacing your current packaging, you can just fit a over-sleeve sleeve around the product or its inner tray, creating an affordable solution for holiday ranges and special edition collections.
This wallet style box wraps around the item like a folder to create a elegant and premium display for your cards, prints and flatter retail merchandise.
Gift boxes and presentation packaging
When a product is purchased as a present, a tailored gift box provides the elegant presentation that buyers look for while completely saving them the task of packing.
First, choose rigid boxes, magnetic-close boxes and printed inserts, then add finishes like foil stamping, embossing and soft-touch lamination to craft premium packaging that easily supports a greater price point.
Packaging design support if you do not have a designer
Our service happily includes full design help as standard, whatever your current artwork stage.
Should you have existing brand guidelines alongside print-ready artwork, we will carefully align our processes to the guidelines to prepare your files for final-stage production.
Could you supplying your logo as a JPEG or alternative image format? We reproduce it from scratch for printing because pack shot materials demands much higher resolution than a regular website does.
Starting with only just a rudimentary concept, our specialists create the packaging configuration and press-ready graphics on your behalf, while engineering a bespoke blueprint when conventional containers are unsuitable. We clarify each technical decision throughout the process, including the selection of material calibre and image definition.
Why not use our brilliant online design tool to set up a box and apply your branding today, or simply schedule a no-obligation design consultation if you would rather discuss it first?
Custom packaging for St Catherines’s industries
Across St Catherines, we produce bespoke packaging for food and drink producers, distilleries, cosmetics brands and online sellers.
Each sector sets its own standards, whether it is safety in food contact to the exquisite surface finish a high-end carton requires.
Food and drink
Scotland’s expansive food and drink market calls for fierce competition, requiring product packaging to meet safety standards while commanding attention on the shelf.
As recipients of the BRC Global Packaging certification at high hygiene level, we make our food packaging within strictly regulated, documented environments that retailers require as a precondition for product listings.
Whisky and craft spirits
Our specialists manufacture bespoke printed bottle cartons and display packaging for artisanal spirit producers and whisky distilleries, utilising luxury finishes including spot foil, debossing and tactile lamination.
Are you planning a a short-run release? Because of this great zero minimum order policy, any distillery can now simply print small batches without being required to buy massive quantities!
Cosmetics and beauty
For skincare, haircare and beauty brands, we create bespoke printed cartons featuring soft touch lamination, foil and embossing.
Packaging for beauty products should safeguard delicate glass and compacts whilst maintaining shelf appeal, a task mostly accomplished by the chosen finish.
E-commerce and subscription brands
We assist ecommerce sellers and subscription brands by meticulously creating branded mailer boxes, printed tissue and tailored inserts.
Made-to-fit packaging keeps safe the item from transport hazards while reducing the cost of breakage and restitutions.
Custom packaging additionally offers the consumer a considerably more engaging experience than merely unwrapping a standard, unadorned carton.
A packaging supplier perfect for St Catherines businesses
Each and every piece is crafted by our staff at our own workshop based in Irvine, within the county of Ayrshire.
Setting up operations in St Catherines ensures local enterprises profit from reduced waiting periods and much lower distribution expenses.
Our distribution system extends across St Catherines alongside the whole of the United Kingdom, helping to ensure that farther enterprises enjoy the equivalent fast lead times experienced by those based just twenty minutes from our production facility.
Custom Pack Studio functions as a division of KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, a packaging manufacturer establishing print and packaging solutions in Scotland since 1997.
Your packaging is made by that specific group utilising their own machinery, ensuring the final print and finishing conform with the rigorous criteria of a experienced producer.
We offer a computerised layout and a physical prototype for approval before starting full production.
Sustainable packaging as standard
We create each individual item of our boxes to be fully recyclable, a environmentally friendly quality that stems entirely from the original composition of the board itself.
By obtaining our board and paper from FSC and PEFC certified suppliers, we ensure each sheet is kept fully traceable through an audited pathway to sustainably managed forests.
Often selected for mailing and shipping, sturdy corrugated board offers reliable protection while staying one of the most frequently recycled packaging materials in the UK.
Our organisation is actively eliminating single-use plastic and EPS, which is the expanded polystyrene white foam frequently used for packaging void fill, across our day-to-day procedures due to the major challenges these materials present for recycling and the resulting environmental damage they cause when discarded.
Why not simply move to green, paper-based protection options and fully remove waste wherever your scheme allows?
Order one box or ten thousand
Generally, bespoke packaging needs a minimum order amount of either around 500 or 1,000 items.
When companies trial a recent item or launch a limited promotional range, they may risk purchasing inventory and warehousing space prior to verifying consumer demand.
As we impose absolutely zero minimum order requirements, you maintain complete control over the quantity, whether you need a single individual box or a batch run of 10,000, which ensures that an early small batch acts as a very safe method for evaluating consumer demand.
We validate all prices in written form prior to production, whilst later orders utilise the same specifications to support seamless brand expansion.
How to order custom packaging
Please submit your requirements by ringing 01294 314 919 or submitting our form, specifying the product, quantity, and distribution channel, and we shall happily offer advice on the most suitable format if you need guidance.
We carefully engineer the packaging structure around your specific item, prepare the artwork layout, and then deliver a final proof along with a physical prototype if the design requires it.
We produce and finish your order at our Irvine factory within two to three weeks of proof approval.
We supply home delivery of our own flat-packed packaging, which is delivered prepared for self-assembly at any site within St Catherines or the wider United Kingdom.
Custom packaging St Catherines FAQ
What counts as custom packaging?
Need packaging tailored specifically to your product’s exact dimensions? Everything from the size and board weight to the structure, print and finish is designed for a precise fit that highlights your brand! Adding a logo on a standard box is just personalised packaging. True custom packaging is expertly designed from the product up!
Is there a minimum order?
We apply no minimum order restrictions, so you can purchase anything from one box to many thousands. This adaptability supports solo creators and organisations trialling new merchandise. Your unit cost decreases as your order volume grows, and we always provide a documented price estimation ahead of manufacturing.
Do you deliver to St Catherines?
Are you ready for rapid deliveries? We produce everything in Irvine and ship directly to organisations based in St Catherines! By maintaining our production right here in Scotland, we greatly cut down wait times and shipping fees for regional brands!
What are your lead times?
Once you confirm your acceptance of the design proof, our manufacturing process typically needs a two weeks to 21 days, though simple carton designs often move more quickly. Should your project have an uncompromising deadline, please state this requirement during your first consultation so we may definitively verify our capacity to fit your timescale.
Can you help if I do not have a designer?
We often use only a simple concept and a brand symbol to produce refined finished designs, a process that inherently incorporates a professional creative consultation. Or, you may initiate the first layout working with our digital creation platform and subsequently pass the project to us for completion.
Is the packaging recyclable?
Are you set for really green packaging? Each one of our boxes is entirely recyclable and made from certified FSC and PEFC board! We absolutely decline to use plastic laminates or coatings that prevent recycling, unless food safety requires it, and we consistently discuss each option with you first.
Request a free quote from Custom Pack Studio today
If you wish to raise your enterprise, create an impressive visual impression, or secure a trustworthy packaging partner, Custom Pack Studio delivers the exact expertise you need.
Eliminating minimum order quantities gives your business complete freedom to grow. We partner with companies on their developmental path, beginning with small volumes and growing our operations as you scale.
An instant telephone conversation gives your fastest commencement.
Prepared to turn your ideas into reality? Simply dial 01294 314 919 or message contact@custompackstudio.co.uk with information on your products, packaging needs, and target volumes!
Our formal estimate delivers a clear overview outlining the layout, production details, and itemised cost based on your requested volume.
We have zero minimum order value, give complimentary design support, and engineer every box to complement your product precisely.
Begin your inquiry at your first chance.
