Mailer boxes, rigid boxes, cartons and tubes — printed to your artwork and cut to your dimensions. Low minimums from 50 units, free dieline and 3D visual, no plate or setup charges.
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Ten core styles, printed to your artwork and cut to your dimensions — browse a style to see specs, materials and finishes.
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Curved-edge boxes for retail, gifting and small accessories.
Curved seal end
E-commerce shipping boxes built for the unboxing moment.
Crash-lock base
Premium set-up boxes for luxury and high-value products.
Set-up, wrapped
Lightweight printed cartons for volume retail lines.
Straight tuck end
Counter and shelf display packaging that sells in-store.
Tray + back panel
Handled carry boxes for food, gifts and events.
Handle die-cut
Slide-out sleeve and tray sets with a premium feel.
Tray + sleeve
Die-cut window boxes that show the product inside.
Die-cut aperture
Cylindrical tubes for cosmetics, candles and apparel.
Spiral-wound
Barrier pouches with digital print and low minimums.
Stand-up pouchYour boxes are produced at our Manchester facility, not shipped in from overseas. Shorter lead times, no import duty surprises, and a team you can phone.
Send artwork or a rough sketch. We return a print-ready dieline and a 3D visual at no cost before you commit to anything.
Order from 50 units for a product launch or 50,000 for a national rollout. Same pricing transparency at both ends.
Recyclable, kerbside-disposable paperboard with FSC®-certified stock and recycled-content options available on request.
We supply UK brands across these sectors — each with its own material, compliance and finishing requirements.
No account, no commitment. Tell us what you're packing and we'll price it.
Send dimensions, quantity and artwork — or just describe the product and we'll advise.
Priced within 24 hours, with a free structural template and 3D visual.
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Digital proof first. Physical sample on request before the full run.
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Production in 7–10 working days, shipped free to any UK mainland address.
2,340 verified reviews from cosmetics, CBD, apparel and gifting brands who print with us — from 50-unit first runs to national rollouts.
The printed colour matched our brand proof almost perfectly — no washed-out blues like the last supplier gave us. Crash-lock base holds our jars snug with zero rattling in transit.
Honestly obsessed with how the full-bleed floral print turned out. The matte board feels premium and our unboxing videos have never looked this good.
Ordered a run of activity-kit boxes with a die-cut handle and window — the finish is spotless and the kids love them. Studio sorted the dieline for us in a day.
Most styles start at 50 units. Rigid boxes and specialist finishes may carry a higher minimum — we'll confirm exact figures on your quote.
Price depends on size, board, quantity and finish. A typical 500-unit mailer box run starts around £1.10 per unit including print. See our full packaging pricing guide.
No. Dielines, 3D visuals and print setup are included. You only pay for the boxes.
Typically 7–10 working days after proof approval, plus delivery. Rush production is available on most styles.
Yes. Our paperboard is fully recyclable through UK kerbside collection, with FSC®-certified and recycled-content stock available.
Yes. We produce a physical sample of your design on request before committing to the full run. Request a sample.
Send us your dimensions and quantity. We'll come back within 24 hours with pricing, a free dieline and a 3D visual of your box.
Everything to know before you order. Still stuck? Email [email protected]
1. Which box style suits my product?
The choice comes down to weight, value and how the product travels. Custom mailer boxes use E-flute corrugated with a crash-lock base, so they survive the courier network without tape or void fill — the default for e-commerce. Folding cartons are lighter single-wall board for products already protected by an inner container, and they ship flat, cutting storage cost on volume retail lines. For anything above roughly £50 retail, rigid boxes give the wrapped, set-up construction customers associate with premium goods.
2. What's the difference between a straight tuck and reverse tuck end?
Both are folding carton closures. A straight tuck end has both flaps folding in the same direction, so the front panel stays clean and unbroken — better when your artwork runs across the face. A reverse tuck end alternates direction, which makes it cheaper to die-cut and nests more efficiently on the sheet, but leaves a visible seam. We'll flag which suits your artwork when we return your dieline.
3. Can you make a box that isn't a standard style?
Yes. Every dieline we produce is drawn to your dimensions rather than pulled from a catalogue of fixed sizes, and our structural team regularly builds bespoke constructions — hexagonal boxes, magnetic-closure presentation cases, boxes with integrated card inserts, and shipper-plus-inner combinations. Send a sketch or a sample of a box you like and we'll draw a version around your product.
4. What board weights do you offer?
Folding cartons typically run 300–450 GSM SBS or kraft board. Mailer boxes use E-flute or B-flute corrugated, depending on whether you need a finer print surface or more crush resistance. Rigid boxes are built on 1,200–1,500 micron greyboard with a printed wrap. If you're unsure, tell us the product weight and we'll specify the lightest board that still protects it — over-specifying board is the most common way UK brands overspend on packaging.
5. Kraft or white board — which should I choose?
Kraft reads natural and hides scuffing well, but it shifts your colours: printing on unbleached brown board mutes brights and makes accurate brand-colour matching harder. White SBS gives a true colour reproduction and a cleaner finish, at slightly higher cost. If you want the kraft look with reliable colour, we can print white ink as a base layer under your artwork.
6. Do you offer food-safe packaging?
Yes. We supply board and inks compliant with UK and EU food-contact regulations for direct-contact applications, and grease-resistant coatings for bakery and takeaway lines. Tell us at quote stage whether the product touches the board directly, since it changes both the stock and the coating we specify.
7. Digital or litho printing — what's the difference for my run?
Digital has no plate cost, so it's more economical up to roughly 1,000–2,000 units and lets you run variable artwork within a single order. Litho becomes cheaper per unit above that and holds large solid areas of colour more evenly. We price both on your quote where the quantity sits near the crossover, so you can see the real difference rather than guess.
8. Will my brand colours print accurately?
Supply Pantone references rather than CMYK builds wherever colour accuracy matters, and we'll match to them. Bear in mind that uncoated and kraft stocks absorb more ink and will always read slightly softer than the same colour on coated board. If exact match is critical — regulated packaging, or a brand colour customers recognise instantly — order a physical sample before the full run.
9. What finishes are available?
Matt and gloss lamination, soft-touch lamination, spot UV, foil stamping in gold, silver, copper and holographic, embossing and debossing, and die-cut windows with or without film. Finishes can be combined — soft-touch with spot UV on the logo is the most requested premium pairing. Each adds a step to production, so allow a little extra lead time.
10. What artwork format should I send?
Print-ready vector PDF, AI or EPS with fonts outlined and 3mm bleed on all edges. If you don't have artwork yet, send us your dimensions and we'll return a free dieline template you or your designer can work into. We check every file before it goes to press and will flag low-resolution images, missing bleed or colour-mode problems rather than printing them.
11. What is a dieline and why do I need one?
A dieline is the flat technical drawing of your box before it's folded — magenta lines mark where the board is cut, dashed lines where it's creased. Your artwork sits on top of that template, which is how you know your logo lands on the front panel rather than across a fold. Every quote we send includes a free dieline drawn to your exact dimensions.
12. Can I order a sample before committing?
Yes, and for a first order we recommend it. We produce a physical sample of your actual design so you can check the fit around your product, the board feel and the printed colour in daylight. Request a sample at any point before you approve the full run.
13. How long does a UK order take?
Production runs 7–10 working days from proof approval, plus delivery. Add 2–3 days for specialist finishes such as foiling or soft-touch lamination, and 3–4 days if you request a physical sample first. Rush production is available on most styles — tell us your deadline at quote stage and we'll confirm what's achievable rather than promise and miss.
14. Do you deliver across the whole UK?
We ship free to any UK mainland address. Highlands, islands and Northern Ireland carry a surcharge that we'll show on the quote rather than add at checkout. Because production is in Manchester, there's no customs clearance and no import duty — the two things that most often turn a quoted overseas price into an unexpected one.
15. Can you hold stock and release it in batches?
Yes. For repeat orders above roughly 5,000 units we can store your run and release it in scheduled batches, which lets you buy at volume pricing without needing the warehouse space. Ask about call-off storage when you quote.
16. Is your packaging recyclable?
Our paperboard and corrugated packaging is fully recyclable through standard UK kerbside collection. Some finishes affect this: standard lamination and foil complicate the recycling stream, so where a fully recyclable outcome matters we'll specify water-based varnish or an uncoated stock instead. Say so at quote stage and we'll design toward it.
17. What does FSC® certification actually mean?
FSC® certification means the board is traceable to responsibly managed forests through a documented chain of custody. It is not the same as recycled content — a board can be FSC®-certified and made from virgin fibre. We offer both FSC®-certified and recycled-content stocks, and can print the FSC® mark on your packaging where the certification chain permits it.
18. How does UK manufacturing reduce packaging emissions?
The largest single factor in most packaging footprints is transport. Producing in Manchester rather than importing removes container freight from the equation and shortens the final delivery leg. It also means you can order smaller quantities more often instead of holding a year of stock to justify a shipping container — which usually means less obsolete packaging written off when your branding changes.
