What custom packaging means
We create tailored packaging engineered entirely around your individual product by providing you complete control over the dimensions, style, print and finishing!
Customising a ready-made carton with a stamped brand mark presents a different and much more limited undertaking.
Our definition of a completely bespoke box involves that we accurately tailor the dimensions to match your specific product, select the best board weight based on anticipated handling, and print print to whichever panels you want.
We design the packaging directly around the product from the outset.
Custom Pack Studio works with manufacturers of food, cosmetic labels, online merchants and artisanal distillers throughout the country.
The custom packaging we make
Are you prepared to bring your packaging dreams to life? We create a wide selection of box styles, all custom-made to your specific dimensions and expertly printed in full colour with your personal artwork!
The best packaging design for your item depends on its physical nature, sales approach, and delivery journey, and our specialists will advise your selection.
Folding cartons
Such typical reverse tuck-end and crash-lock bottom structures work as the main packaging solutions for items on shop shelves.
The reverse tuck-end carton has top and bottom closure flaps folding in opposite directions, making it well suited for lightweight merchandise such as toiletries and dietary supplements.
Built with a self-assembling base that secures flat upon opening, the crash-lock box successfully supports bulkier items to prevent structural failure while both packaging variations go flat and construct rapidly.
Postal and mailer boxes
For e-commerce merchants, a bespoke mailing carton safeguards your merchandise whilst undergoing transit and elevates the unboxing experience into a key element of your marketing.
By displaying bespoke artwork on each surface, these sturdy postal cartons transform routine deliveries into captivating tactile stories that well outstrip the plainness of conventional packaging.
We also make gusseted e-commerce boxes, which perfectly house items that require a greater or more adaptable fit.
Sleeves and wallets
These slip-on style sleeves enclose your products or internal tray to deliver instant branding whilst preserving your existing packaging, offering an efficient and affordable solution for promotional lines and temporary stock.
This wallet style box surrounds the item like a file folder to offer a sleek and high-end display for your cards, prints and flat retail merchandise.
Gift boxes and presentation packaging
Are you trying to enhance your present game? Presenting items in a custom gift box provides that premium look buyers want without any of the gift-wrapping fuss!
This custom presentation is smoothly achieved through well organised presentation boxes, sleek magnetic closures, and individually tailored inserts, whilst refined embellishments such as metallic foil block detailing, textured embossing, and velvety soft touch coatings helpfully elevate the final creation into luxury packaging that commands a more premium market value.
Packaging design support if you do not have a designer
Are you turn your ideas into reality? We provide full design support as part of our offering, however complete your artwork may be!
Should you have defined brand guidelines alongside print-ready creative files, we will faithfully align with your instructions to organise everything for the manufacturing process.
We recreate supplied JPEG or alternative image logos for print use because packaging requires more resolution than digital platforms require.
Starting with merely a initial outline, our specialist specialists will create both the structural template and the finalised graphics for your project, whilst adapting a bespoke packaging design when conventional containers prove unsuitable. We continuously guide you through each technical decision, meticulously clarifying our selection of structural materials and graphic clarity along the journey.
As an alternative, you can utilise our digital creation space to personalise a carton and preview your logo prior to getting in touch with the team, or simply schedule an aesthetic session if you prefer to discuss your ideas beforehand.
Custom packaging for West Kilbride’s industries
Our organisation manufactures bespoke packaging solutions for culinary creators, craft distilleries, beauty brands and online retailers throughout West Kilbride.
Every field determines its own requirements, from safe use in food contact to the exquisite finish a high-end carton requires.
Food and drink
To thrive in the large and extremely competitive Scottish food and drink industry, your packaging must guarantee product safety whilst at the same time captivating consumers on the retail shelf.
As holders of the prestigious BRC Global Packaging certification at High Hygiene level, we assure that our food packaging is produced within tightly managed and fully traceable environments. This strict standard provides total compliance before retailers approve any product for their shelves.
Whisky and craft spirits
Our specialists produce bespoke printed bottle cartons and display packaging for craft spirit producers and whisky distilleries, utilising premium finishes including spot foil, debossing and tactile lamination.
By eliminating minimum order requirements, our method lets a distillery to make a small batch for a boutique release without the need of purchasing bulk quantities.
Cosmetics and beauty
We produce printed cartons for beauty sector, hair care and skincare brands, utilising finishes including raised embossing, foil and soft-touch lamination.
How do you make delicate glass and compacts totally safe while making sure they absolutely catch the eye on the shelf? It is entirely because of the power of a striking finish!
E-commerce and subscription brands
Looking to impress your buyers? We produce branded mailer boxes, printed tissue and fitted inserts for e-commerce sellers and subscription brands!
Custom packaging safeguards the goods during transit to minimise costly breakages and customer refunds.
Opening a printed carton is just so much more thrilling for your customer than opening a boring, standard package!
A packaging supplier perfect for West Kilbride businesses
Each and every item is crafted by our staff at our own work place based in Irvine, within the region of Ayrshire.
Neighbouring businesses throughout West Kilbride can rely on this solution to ensure turnaround times remain swift whilst transport expenses are maintained at low.
Our delivery service spans West Kilbride and the rest of the UK to make sure that distant enterprises gain from the identical prompt despatch times experienced by nearby firms located close to our manufacturing facility.
Operating as a specialised division of KennedySmith (Press) Ltd, Custom Pack Studio draws from the knowledge of an long-standing Scottish print and packaging manufacturer founded in 1997.
Crafted on the dedicated presses of those specialist artisans, your packaging is finished to the strict and demanding finishing standards expected of an industry leading name.
To maintain total accuracy, you will obtain both a tangible sample when required by the format and a electronic proof before we commence the main production run.
Sustainable packaging as standard
Did you know that each and every box we make is completely recyclable? It really is true because the real board we use offers all of that eco-friendly goodness!
By obtaining our board and paper from FSC and PEFC certified origins, we make sure each sheet stays fully traceable through an verified pathway to sustainably managed forests.
Trusted to safeguard mailer and shipping formats, corrugated board delivers durable, dependable protection, standing out as one of the UK’s widely recycled packaging materials.
We are methodically removing disposable plastics and EPS, the white foam used as void fill, from our operations. This is since these materials are difficult to recycle and damage the environment when discarded.
Whenever designs allow, we champion sustainable paper or reusable protection, choosing to reduce waste in its place.
Order one box or ten thousand
Were you aware that bespoke packaging typically demands a minimum order of five hundred or even 1,000 units?
Are you testing an new latest idea or running off a restricted short-run collection? That means covering stock and warehousing upfront before you even find out it sells!
As we apply absolutely zero minimum order requirements, you maintain complete control over the amount, whether you need a single individual box or a manufacturing run of 10,000, which allows that an initial limited batch works as a reliable method for evaluating consumer demand.
Before starting manufacture, our specialists provide written costing verification for any order volume, whilst later production runs employ the identical design assets to guarantee that growing your operations requires no additional packaging development.
How to order custom packaging
Submit your project specifications by ringing 01294 314 919 or using the online form. Include the product, quantity, and sales method. We will advise on the ideal format if you need guidance.
Regarding architectural architecture and validation, we carefully draft the housing around your merchandise, set up the graphics, and issue an official proof, with a physical prototype should the particular configuration require validation.
After the formal approval of your proof, the manufacturing and finishing of your order happens at our Irvine facility, usually needing a period of two to three weeks.
Delivered directly to your doorstep, your order arrives flat pack and ready for simple assembly at every address across West Kilbride or the rest of the UK.
Custom packaging West Kilbride FAQ
What counts as custom packaging?
Custom packaging is crafted exactly to the physical measurements and technical requirements of your specific item. The dimensions, thickness of the material, structural integrity, graphic design, and surface finish are all set for your merchandise, thereby ensuring the container protects snugly whilst projecting your corporate identity. Simply affixing a brand mark to a standard container constitutes personalised packaging, whereas true custom packaging is created entirely from the product itself.
Is there a minimum order?
We apply absolutely no minimum order limits on any format, meaning you are able to purchase a single carton or thousands. That freedom is well suited for independent creators and those undertaking initial product trials. Our rates fall as your order volume increases, with every project receiving a formal quotation prior to manufacturing.
Do you deliver to West Kilbride?
Our local facility produces goods shipped directly to businesses in West Kilbride. Scottish production offers swifter turnaround times and much reduced transport costs for Scottish brands.
What are your lead times?
Upon your final approval of the design, the most of commissions require 14 days to 3 weeks for completion, though simpler packaging often moves at a quicker pace. Should you have a definite completion date, please disclose this during your initial consultation so we may verify our capacity to accommodate your timeline.
Can you help if I do not have a designer?
We frequently start our innovative journey with nothing more than a brand emblem and a brief concept, growing your early thoughts into fully realised production-ready files. A shared design consultation is integrated into this process to guide your direction. As an alternative, you can begin the process alone by making use of our digital design platform before handing the reins to our specialists whenever you feel prepared.
Is the packaging recyclable?
Each carton consists entirely of fully recyclable paperboard certified by both the FSC and PEFC. We do not use plastic layers and finishes that hinder recycling unless food safety requires their use, and we discuss all available options with you in advance.
Request a free quote from Custom Pack Studio today
If you want to enhance your commercial venture, make a lasting initial impression or locate a trustworthy packaging associate, you can trust the Custom Pack Studio team to assist your journey.
Taking away minimum order quantities gives your business complete freedom to grow. We work with companies on their growth path, commencing with small volumes and expanding our operations as you scale.
Beginning a phone call constitutes the quickest means to initiate our discussion.
Start your story by ringing 01294 314 919 or emailing contact@custompackstudio.co.uk with your product, packaging needs, and the quantities you have in mind.
Your detailed quotation sets out the layout, the print style and the per-item price for your chosen volume.
We require zero minimum order value, give complimentary design support, and engineer each box to fit your product exactly.
Begin your enquiry when it is the soonest chance.
