Work
Customer names are left off because most of these packs sit on a shelf next to a competitor. The quantities, boards and turnarounds are the useful part anyway.
A letterbox depth of 24 mm, proven against the large letter gauge before the forme was cut. Four seasonal artworks a year, all on one tool.
Twelve designs printed digitally on one roll and batch coded inline. The labels clear a bottle wash at 60 degrees with no residue left on the glass.
Carton and outer drawn together so the shipper holds nine cartons with no void fill. The pallet went from 640 units to 900.
Two people built it in under four minutes in the store trial, following the steps printed on the inside of the tray.
One colour flexo on kraft, no laminate, so the whole pack goes in the kerbside bin. Returns are handled by a second tear strip.
Instructions printed on the inside face, drop tested at 1.2 m loaded, and stacked four high on a lorry without a crease in the wall.
What we measure
Before a tool is cut we check the pallet count, the parcel band it falls into and whether the pack survives a loaded drop. Those three numbers decide what the packaging really costs you.
What buyers say
They redrew our box so it fits the letterbox rate. That one change took a pound off every parcel we send.
Operations manager, Subscription coffee brand, Rutland
Twelve label designs on one roll, batch coded, six working days. Nobody else would run it under fifty thousand a design.
Brand owner, Craft brewery, Derbyshire
The die-line comes back the same day with the recycling marks already on it. That is why the tender went their way.
Head of supply chain, Homeware group, Northampton
Post us the one you use now. You get a CAD die-line, a price for the same thing made better, and a plain sample in the real board.