What custom packaging means
We design our bespoke packaging specifically for your product, letting you pick the dimensions, construction, design and coating.
Customising a preassembled carton with a embossed brand mark poses a contrasting and far more restricted undertaking.
By selecting our bespoke packaging, you will be provided with customised casing dimensions tailored to your item, appropriate board durability selected for its intended journey, and personalised printing across your preferred surfaces.
Firstly, we thoroughly map out the packaging around the product from the very start of the design process.
Custom Pack Studio works with food producers, cosmetics businesses, internet retailers and craft distilleries throughout the nation.
The custom packaging we make
We produce an broad variety of packaging styles, which are all adapted to your custom dimensions and fully printed with your artwork.
How does your remarkable creation actually find its way to your buyers? The ideal packaging style always depends on those individual sales and shipping journeys, and our passionate squad is on hand to help you pick the best match!
Folding cartons
Shop products usually employ crash-lock bottom and reverse tuck-end boxes as typical packing formats.
Are you ready to discover the perfect packaging champion? A reverse tuck-end carton features practical flaps that fold inwards at both ends, making it the best match for storing featherweight essentials such as your chosen cosmetics and daily supplements!
Ready for some packaging magic? These brilliant crash-lock boxes feature a smart base that locks securely into place the exact second you unfold them! This strong design effortlessly supports your bulkiest items without any risk of the bottom collapsing. Even better, both styles are shipped completely flat and take only a few moments to build!
Postal and mailer boxes
For e-commerce merchants, a custom-made mailing carton keeps safe your merchandise whilst in transit during transit and enhances the unboxing experience into a key element of your marketing.
By displaying bespoke artwork on every surface, these durable postal cartons convert routine deliveries into captivating tactile stories that far surpass the dull familiarity of traditional packaging.
We additionally manufacture gusseted e-commerce boxes, which perfectly accommodate items needing a deeper or adjustable fit.
Sleeves and wallets
A stylish sleeve slides smoothly over an item or inner insert to immediately introduce bold branding whilst protecting the original packaging, delivering an extremely smart and affordable solution for presenting special seasonal lines and limited-edition releases.
This wallet-style box encases 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
To raise items bought as gifts, using bespoke gift packaging provides the premium finish your clients anticipates while eliminating the trouble of wrapping.
Solid rigid boxes, magnetic-closure packaging and specially printed inserts are extremely effective for this application, whilst elegant embellishments such as hot foil blocking, embossing and tactile soft-touch lamination enhance the presentation to premium packaging that successfully supports a premium price tag.
Packaging design support if you do not have a designer
Our service provides detailed design support at all stages of your artwork creation.
After receiving your defined corporate guidelines and production-ready designs, we will closely adapt our processes to these specifications and prepare your assets for ultimate manufacture.
When a brand mark is supplied in a bitmap or other image format, we carefully reproduce it for production purposes because printed packaging demands a considerably greater level of visual clarity than a virtual platform needs.
Beginning with just a simple concept, our specialists design the packaging configuration and press-ready graphics on your behalf, while producing a bespoke blueprint when conventional containers are unsuitable. We set out each technical decision throughout the process, including the selection of material calibre and image definition.
Why not try our handy online design tool to create a box and apply your branding today, or simply arrange a helpful design consultation if you would rather go over it first?
Custom packaging for St Leonards’s industries
We create bespoke packaging for culinary creators, craft distilleries, beauty brands and e-commerce merchants throughout St Leonards.
Each industry defines its particular particular criteria, from food-contact compliance to the precise finish that premium packaging requires.
Food and drink
To excel in the large and very competitive Scottish food and drink industry, your packaging must guarantee product safety whilst at the same time appealing to consumers on the retail shelf.
Our BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level means we make food packaging under carefully regulated, traceable conditions, which retailers carefully verify before they offer any product.
Whisky and craft spirits
We craft custom printed bottle cartons and premium gift packaging for independent distilleries and artisan spirit producers, elevating each creation with premium embellishments like metallic foil, tactile embossing and soft-touch lamination.
Launching a short-run release? Thanks to this fantastic zero minimum order policy, any distillery can at present easily print small batches without being required to buy huge quantities!
Cosmetics and beauty
Our craftspeople produce bespoke printed cartons for well-known skincare, haircare and cosmetics houses, enhancing each package with refined finishes like tactile soft-touch lamination, metallic foil and delicate embossing.
Containers for beauty products must preserve fragile glassware and pressed powders whilst drawing interest on retail displays, a task largely achieved through the selected surface texture.
E-commerce and subscription brands
Want to amaze your buyers? We produce branded mailer boxes, printed tissue and fitted inserts for e-commerce sellers and subscription brands!
Custom-fit protection secures the item from transport hazards while reducing the expense of breakage and restitutions.
Getting a custom-made, marked package changes the basic act of unboxing, raising the experience well beyond the dull reality of opening a standard, anonymous brown carton.
A packaging supplier perfect for St Leonards businesses
Our full product range is manufactured only at our specialist manufacturing facility situated in St Leonards.
This helps to ensure local companies in St Leonards benefit from swift turnaround times whilst sustaining highly economical distribution rates.
Serving across St Leonards and the broader UK, we guarantee a distant business receives the exact same swift turnaround as a neighbour located just 20 minutes from our factory.
Operating as a specialised division of KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, Custom Pack Studio gains from the expertise of an experienced Scottish print and packaging manufacturer founded in 1997.
Our expert team creates your boxes on their own presses to guarantee that the print and finish fulfil the standards of an established producer.
To ensure complete correctness, you will receive either a physical sample where required by the format and a digital proof before we begin the main production run.
Sustainable packaging as standard
We create completely recyclable boxes using the natural properties of the board used.
We procure our paper and board exclusively from FSC and PEFC certified origins, guaranteeing that each sheet is kept fully traceable via a checked chain of custody directly to responsibly managed woodlands.
Commonly used for mailing and shipping, durable corrugated board delivers dependable protection while remaining 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 employed for packaging void fill, within our day-to-day procedures due to the major challenges these materials pose for recycling and the associated environmental damage they cause when discarded.
When planning permits, we recommend that you utilise eco-friendly paper-based or reusable protective materials whilst proactively cutting out surplus resources from the beginning.
Order one box or ten thousand
Bespoke packaging options generally call for a minimum manufacturing order of either around 500 and 1,000 individual pieces.
Testing a new product or producing limited seasonal runs requires businesses to fund stock and storage before confirming any sales.
We impose zero minimum order restrictions, letting you to choose any amount from a single box to ten thousand. The initial small-volume production batch offers a safe method to assess customer demand.
We provide clear written quotes for any volume before production begins, and as repeated orders make use of the original artwork, you can scale up without redesigning your packaging.
How to order custom packaging
Please get in touch with our team on 01294 314 919 or send the online enquiry form to disclose your exact requirements, outlining your chosen merchandise, the overall amount, and your intended distribution strategy. Should you require further guidance on the most appropriate presentation format, our skilled team will gladly provide the most suitable recommendation for your campaign.
Are you ready to see your packaging spring to life? We develop the perfect custom container for your product, arrange the artwork layout, and supply a digital proof, alongside a mock-up if the design needs it.
The moment you accept the proof, your story comes together. Our Irvine factory will print and complete your order, typically within two to three weeks.
To make it straightforward, your order is delivered flat pack and ready for assembly, delivered straight to any doorstep in St Leonards or all over the UK.
Custom packaging St Leonards FAQ
What counts as custom packaging?
Tailored packaging is created precisely around the unique dimensions and needs of your item. Each detail of the dimensions, material density, architecture, print and tactile finish is considered for your chosen contents, ensuring a seamless fit that shows your corporate identity with pride. Whilst merely stamping a logo onto a generic carton constitutes personalised packaging, true custom creation builds the entire experience from the actual product upwards.
Is there a minimum order?
Whether you want a one container or large quantities, we accommodate all orders because we set no minimum volume requirements across all of our packaging styles. This adaptable approach is ideally structured to support boutique creators as well as businesses entering the market or trialling a new market offering. Our pricing structures typically favour larger volumes, and we always provide a full written quotation prior to manufacturing.
Do you deliver to St Leonards?
By producing our products in Irvine and supplying them directly to commercial clients throughout St Leonards, we make sure that producing within Scotland efficiently reduces both transit times and shipping expenses for local businesses.
What are your lead times?
Production begins upon your proof approval with standard delivery taking two to three weeks, though simple cartons often come sooner. Give your deadline during the initial request for immediate confirmation of availability.
Can you help if I do not have a designer?
We regularly transform a straightforward logo and initial concept into finished print files, providing a clear design consultation as part of the process. You can also take the initial step yourself using our online design tool before handing the work over to us when you are prepared.
Is the packaging recyclable?
Each carton is entirely recyclable and produced from certified forest board with both FSC and PEFC accreditations. We carefully reject plastic laminates and coatings which hinder successful reclamation unless strict hygiene regulations dictate otherwise, regularly explaining every available alternative beforehand.
Request a free quote from Custom Pack Studio today
If you wish to elevate your commercial venture, create a memorable initial impression or find a dependable packaging associate, you can rely on the Custom Pack Studio team to guide your journey.
With no restrictive minimum purchase limits on our range, businesses have the complete adaptability required to flourish, and we often support these ventures along their developmental path by beginning with small requirements and later increasing our capacity in alignment with your progress.
Initiating your journey commences most easily with a simple telephone chat.
To start your appointment, please call 01294 314 919 or email contact@custompackstudio.co.uk with particulars regarding your item, custom packaging specifications, and estimated volumes.
Your tailored quotation details the format, the print finish, and the price per unit for your chosen quantity.
We set no minimum order requirements, free design support is offered as standard, and every single box is precision manufactured to accommodate your specific product.
Are you ready to start your fascinating journey with us today?
