Custom Boxes by Industry

This is the applied half of our catalogue - the same manufacturing organised by what goes in the box rather than by how the box is built. It is the right entry point when the product is the constraint: a regulated category with mandatory panel copy, food that has to survive a delivery bag, glass that has to survive a courier, a cosmetic that has to hold its own on a crowded shelf.

The categories are CBD and cannabis, cosmetics and personal care, food packaging, retail packaging, gift packaging, display boxes, and eco-friendly packaging.

The material decision is usually made by the contents rather than by preference. Food contact requires a food-grade specification, set at quote stage rather than added later. Wet or greasy dishes need a barrier, and the choice between a grease-resistant treatment and a poly lining is a trade between performance and recyclability. Regulated categories often need opacity, which rules out windows. Wellness and natural brands gravitate to kraft, which reads as unprocessed but mutes printed colour. Anything heavy or shipped alone needs corrugated rather than cardboard.

The full stock, coating and finishing reference is on our materials and printing page.

Different industries put pressure on different parts of the same box. In CBD and cannabis it is panel space and closure mechanics - compliance copy, warning symbols and child-resistance decided before artwork. In food it is barrier and stacking. In cosmetics it is closure height and small-format tolerance, since a dropper or applicator sets the dieline. In retail it is barcodes, facings and fixture dimensions. In gifting it is the insert and the opening sequence.

Knowing which constraint governs your product is most of the specification, and it is the first thing we ask about on a quote.

The constraints also explain why the same product can need two different boxes. A cosmetic sold in a store and online is judged at a metre in one channel and at arm's length in the other, and it needs a shipper in one and not the other. A food product sold at a counter and through a delivery platform faces different handling entirely. Rather than compromising on a single box, most brands settle on a retail carton plus a shipper - which is why so many orders here span two of these categories at once.

If you have a finished product and no packaging, start here and work from your category - the constraints above will narrow the structure faster than browsing structures will. If you already know the mechanics you need, browse by box style instead.

Either way, send the product dimensions or the product itself, along with how it will be sold and shipped. We will recommend a structure and quote within 24 hours, and produce a free dieline and 3D proof before anything is printed.

Plenty of brands here sit across more than one category - a food brand with a gift set, a cosmetics line with a subscription mailer, a CBD range with a counter display. Because there are no die, plate, or setup fees, each additional format costs unit price rather than a tooling charge, so a range can be originated in one go and reordered piecemeal afterwards.

The same applies to variants inside a category. One dieline can carry any number of artworks, which is what makes an eight-flavour launch or a seasonal edition practical at a 100-unit minimum per design.

Orders begin at 100 units per style. Volume pricing starts at 500 units, and nothing is charged for dies, plates or setup. Production is 10-15 business days from proof approval, or 8-10 on a rush order, with free shipping anywhere in the USA. Every order includes free design support, a custom dieline, and a 3D proof before production begins.

If you are not sure which category your product belongs in, it does not matter much - send the product dimensions, how it is sold, and anything it has to survive, and we will point you at the right structure. Plenty of products sit across two categories, and the specification follows the constraints rather than the label.