Why pick bespoke packaging?
A standard box has space around the product, letting it to rattle during transport until someone fills the space with foam or paper to hold it still.
Conventional packaging with a label affixed to its side might be convenient, but it is designed for no particular audience.
At Custom Pack Studio, custom-made packaging is shaped around your product, making sure the box, print and finish support your brand rather than overshadowing it.
We produce custom boxes, mailer boxes, gift packaging and printed accessories for businesses throughout St Thomas and the surrounding valleys, with orders ranging from a single sample to a pallet load delivered directly to a warehouse door.
We require no minimum order for anything we produce, allowing you to avoid storage and stock costs until a product’s sales potential is established.
Share your packaging specifications, and we will tailor our recommendation precisely to the product in question.
What custom packaging signifies
With custom packaging, your box is created around the product from the outset, so its dimensions and print fit precisely what you are packing.
Choose the dimensions, allowing a custom-sized box to hold the product firmly without avoidable movement created by a standard size.
Even the structure, board weight, print and finish are custom designed to suit what is being packed and the way it travels!
Printing your logo on a stock box produces personalised packaging, involving less work than a completely customisable design.
With customised packaging, you can change every panel, fold and finish, even for a single run, producing packaging that fits with no compromise.
Wrapping options we manufacture for St Thomas businesses
We manufacture a broad range of packaging boxes, each produced to bespoke dimensions and printed in full colour with your artwork.
Choosing the appropriate box style and packaging format depends on what you sell and how it is handled, while our packaging specialists can walk you through the available options.
Commercial cartons and labelled packaging
Reverse tuck end cartons are a popular choice for retail packaging, ideal for lighter products such as cosmetics and supplements, with flaps that fold inwards at both the upper end and bottom.
Crash lock boxes are a more robust type of lock box, constructed from cardboard with a base that snaps flat when opened, stopping heavier products from pushing the bottom out.
Shipping and electronic commerce boxes
A bespoke mailer box protects your product across the courier network, transforming delivery into an exciting part of the brand experience while boosting visibility through printing on both the inside and outside, rather than just the outer face.
These custom printed boxes are offered with gussets, providing additional depth to keep larger items securely in place.
Surprise containers, rigid cartons and gable boxes
Rigid boxes, magnetic close gift boxes and additional branded boxes give products purchased as gifts with the polished presentation customers expect, removing the need for customers to wrap them themselves.
Gable boxes, supplied with a handle that folds up, make an excellent choice for 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 such as foil and soft touch lamination improve the overall effect.
Build aid for your St Thomas enterprise
Every order comes with packaging design support, regardless of the stage your artwork has reached.
Once your logo and brand guidelines are established, our design experts prepare files suitable for print and make sure colours stay true on board, where packaging requires greater resolution than website imagery.
You do not need any previous design experience to develop packaging that represents your brand. Our team can start with just a logo. Together, you will establish the structure and create professionally designed, print ready artwork, while we explain each technical decision as it arises.
Our web-based tool allows 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 remains consistent.
If packaging is needed in both English and Welsh, our team regards this as a standard artwork requirement, managing it exactly as it would any other language or colour change.
Bespoke packaging for St Thomas’s enterprises
Fare and drink
Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef both hold Protected Geographical Indication status, while 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 confirms that food packaging is manufactured within controlled and traceable processes, satisfying the checks retailers carry out before approving products for listing.
Tipples and liquor producers
Across Wales, a thriving drinks culture has emerged over the last twenty years, extending from Brecon Beacons distilleries to newer gin and whisky makers in the north.
Presentation boxes for bottles must withstand transit while staying striking on the shelf, with finishes such as foil stamping and embossing bringing much of the impact to a limited release or seasonal gift set.
Personal care items and cosmetics
Cosmetic and skincare brands require cartons that safeguard delicate glass and compacts while presenting well on the shelf.
We manufacture cosmetics packaging with soft touch lamination, foil and embossing, while rigid boxes give premium ranges the presence to support a higher price point.
E-commerce and subscription tags
Retail and display packaging is significant when a product is placed in a shop or marketplace fulfilment centre, whereas subscription brands encounter a different assessment.
As the same customer unpacks an nearly identical box each month, preserving a consistent finish is as important as the initial design.
Effective online retail packaging, produced to correspond to your product packaging exactly, keeps goods protected in transit and reduces damage claims and returns.
Within, a fitted insert or printed tissue keeps the product securely during transit, while the print greets the eye as soon as the box opens.
Subscription brands that reorder each month can maintain pallet space and warehouse racking uniform by retaining a single box size. This becomes increasingly important when order volumes rise above several hundred units.
Distributing St Thomas right from our Scottish production site
All products are manufactured within our Irvine facility, with standard UK delivery to businesses in St Thomas.
After your proof is accepted, the majority of orders arrive at a St Thomas address within two to three weeks, corresponding to the delivery timescale for our packaging throughout the UK.
Custom Pack Studio forms part of KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, a packaging manufacturer producing print and packaging since 1997. Its long-standing team produces the boxes using its own presses.
You receive a proof and, where the format requires it, a physical sample before full production begins. Reorders retain the same artwork, so scaling up never requires again.
Using a single box company for packaging across your entire product range streamlines the process.
Everything passes through one invoice and a single point of contact, sparing you the frustration of chasing multiple suppliers quoting different prices for different weeks.
Environmentally friendly packaging as expected
Each box we make is 100% recyclable because its board is recyclable.
Our board and paper come from FSC and PEFC certified sources, while an audited supply chain traces every sheet back to responsibly managed forests.
We’re cutting down on single use plastic and EPS foam void fill across our processes as neither recycles easily, while both create disposal headaches once a parcel has been opened.
Where the design allows, biodegradable or paper-based protection is used in their place.
There is no minimum purchase requirement for St Thomas enterprises
Throughout the industry, custom packaging commonly demands minimum orders of 500 or 1,000 units, requiring you to pay for stock and storage before discovering whether your product will sell.
There’s no minimum order requirement whatsoever!
Small businesses can select a one sample, a short trial run, or a full production run after demand is demonstrated, with per-unit pricing scaling across each quantity in between.
You are sent 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 committing to a greater quantity, obtain a printed sample and assess the print, colour and how it fits in your hand.
Methods to get personalised packaging
Share your brief. Ring 01294 314 919 or use the online design tool, then let us know the product, quantity and the way it is sold.
Design and proof. We create packaging design suited to your product, arrange the print layout, and provide a proof for you to review.
Ask for a physical sample if the format requires one, then give your approval once you are happy with the colour and construction.
Production and delivery. Your order is printed and finished in Irvine before being delivered to your St Thomas address, normally within two to three weeks.
Custom packaging St Thomas FAQs
Do you offer tailored packaging despatch to St Thomas?
Certainly. We manufacture all items in Irvine and provide standard delivery throughout the UK, covering every part of St Thomas and the whole of Wales, without adding a separate fee for locations farther from the factory.
What is the order required for packaging at St Thomas?
There is 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 quote issued before production starts.
Which parts of the packaging can I customise?
Every format allows you complete flexibility to adjust the size, structure, board weight, print and finish, ensuring the resulting packaging meets your brief precisely. Your branded packaging order can also be printed on the interior as well as the outside.
Can you kindly send samples of your packaging solutions products before I decide to place an order?
Yes. You get a sample printed and finished exactly as it would be in production, enabling you to check that the colours meet your brief and the board feels suitable before approving a bulk order.
Will the packaging remain recyclable and can it turn out to be biodegradable?
Each box is 100% recyclable. We avoid plastic laminates which prevent recycling except when food safety requires them. Biodegradable protective materials are available where the format permits.
Is it possible to someone make the same design order once more?
Absolutely! Repeat orders use the original artwork file, meaning you can increase an order or repeat the order for a new season without redesigning the packaging from scratch.
Obtain a no-cost quotation from the Custom Pack Studio team right away
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 developed around your product rather than a standard template.
Submit your enquiry and we will issue a written quote.
