About
Most packaging manufacturers are built around large, predictable orders. We built the opposite: short runs, fast turnarounds and no penalty for being early.
The packaging industry has a structural problem for small brands. Setup costs like tooling, plates and press time are the same whether a run is 50 units or 50,000, so most factories set minimums high enough to make the setup worth their while. A brand that wants to test a design first is quoted 500 units minimum, or simply not quoted at all.
That forces an expensive decision very early. You commit thousands of dollars to a box nobody has held yet, or you ship in a plain brown carton and hope customers do not notice. Neither is a good option, and both are avoidable.
We restructured around short runs rather than treating them as an exception. Digital and hybrid presses cut plate setup for small quantities. Standardised dieline libraries mean we are not engineering every job from zero. Scheduling reserves capacity for small orders instead of letting them queue behind whichever large job came in first.
The result is a 50-unit minimum that is genuinely economic rather than a loss leader, and a 14-business-day production window against an industry norm of four to six weeks.
We manufacture rather than broker, so there is no reseller margin stacked onto your quote. Tooling, dielines, 3D mockups and artwork layout are absorbed into the unit price rather than itemised at the end. When you compare our number against another quote, compare landed per-unit cost including tooling and freight, because that is the only comparison that means anything.
If a finish you have asked for breaks recyclability, we will say so. If a cheaper format would serve your product better, we will recommend it even though it lowers the order value. If your artwork will not reproduce well on kraft, we will show you before it goes to press rather than after.
Packaging is a repeat purchase. A brand that reorders for years is worth considerably more than one job upsold badly, so the incentives here are genuinely aligned.
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Test your packaging before you commit to it. Most manufacturers will not quote below 500 units, which forces you to bet thousands of dollars on a design nobody has held yet. We start at 50, so a first run is a test rather than a gamble.
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Every order is rendered in 3D on the real box structure before anything goes to press. You see each panel, fold and finish as it will actually be manufactured, and you approve it or change it at no cost.
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The industry standard is four to six weeks. We deliver finished orders in 14 business days from artwork approval. If you have a launch date, a trade show or a retail deadline, that difference is the whole ballgame.
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We manufacture rather than broker, so there is no reseller margin stacked on top of your quote. The price in our calculator is the price we quote, with tooling and setup already included rather than added at the end.
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Send us your product dimensions and we will spec the board grade, flute, ECT rating and insert. Getting this right is the difference between a 0.2% and a 4% damage rate, and it costs you nothing beyond the order itself.
Tell us what you sell and roughly how many units you need. We will come back with firm pricing, a recommended structure and a free 3D mockup.