One sellable unit
Two-Piece
One sellable unit
Bottle plus lid. Nothing structural changes — it is a packing decision, and it keeps the lid with the body through transit.
Packaging
Packaging & Secondary Pack
Box formats, set configurations, and the rule that decides how a multi-colour launch is counted against its minimum.
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The Decision
Packaging Is Specified, Not Chosen From A Shelf
Packaging is the first thing a buyer sees and the last thing specified. It carries the barcode, the destination label and the master carton count, so it is decided against the logistics rather than against the photography. It is also where a multi-colour launch quietly gets expensive, because the minimum is counted per colour.
Box Formats
The Formats We Run
A box format is chosen against the logistics rather than against the photography, so what follows is the list a programme is specified from rather than a style gallery. The photograph is the packing bench, because that is the part of the format we can actually show you honestly.
| Format | What it is | Where it earns its place |
|---|---|---|
| Brown box | The unbleached kraft carton, printed or plain. | Cost per unit, and the right default when the product is the thing being looked at. |
| White box | The bleached white carton, printed or plain. | A neutral ground that takes colour accurately, for ranges where the colour is the message. |
| Colour box | A full-colour printed carton. | When the packaging has to carry the brand rather than frame the product. |
| Window box | A carton with a cut window so the product shows through. | Retail shelf, where the buyer needs to see the colour they are matching to the label. |
| Display box | A headed or shaped display carton for a counter or a shelf. | A launch, a counter, or a range that has to stand up on its own. |
| PVC box | A clear rigid presentation box. | A gift or a limited run, where the presentation is the point. |
| Round box | A round-section carton for round bodies. | Tumbler formats, where a rectangular carton is either wasteful or a crush risk. |
| Egg-crate / divider tray | A partitioned inner tray that separates the pieces. | Multi-piece sets, where the pieces touch in transit and must not mark each other. |
The format list above is deliberately a table and not a gallery of box photographs, which is worth saying once. The media library holds eight box frames and every one of them fails on inspection: one is a portrait sheet of another supplier's products, two carry that supplier's own PACKAGING lettering, two print a LOGO placeholder in the frame, and the clearest one is a twelve-carton sheet on which three cartons are somebody else's branded packaging. A page of box photographs is exactly what this library was curated to avoid, so the formats are named here and the picture on this page is the packing bench they actually go to.
Master carton quantities, pallet loads and carton dimensions are quoted per programme rather than listed here, because they follow the body size and the destination's pallet rules — both of which are decisions, not catalogue entries.
Sets
Multi-Piece Set Configurations
Adds an accessory to the count
Three-Piece
Adds an accessory to the count
Typically bottle, lid and a drinkware accessory — and the accessory has to clear its own minimum.
Each colour counted separately
Five-Piece
Each colour counted separately
A larger assembly of drinkware pieces. Every distinct colour in the set counts against the minimum on its own.
One carton, not several
Seven-Piece
One carton, not several
The full boxed programme, divided rather than stacked. It needs a partitioned tray and has to be planned as a single carton.
The published minimum rule is the one that governs sets: a mixed set can be assembled from several colours or models as long as each one reaches its own minimum. A five-piece set in four colours is four counts, not one.
The Rule
How A Multi-Colour Launch Is Counted
| Situation | How it is counted |
|---|---|
| One body, one colour, several finishes | One count. The finish does not start a new minimum. |
| One body, two body colours | Two counts. Body colour is counted per colour, per model. |
| One body colour, two lid colours | Two counts. Lid colour starts a new count exactly as body colour does. |
| Two models in one programme | Counted per model as well as per colour, so the models are counted separately. |
| A set with an accessory in another colour | Each colour in the set is its own count. |
If your launch plan sits below the minimum, say the quantity you are actually working to. We will tell you whether a smaller trial run is possible on that tooling before you commit to a colour range — which is a far better conversation than discovering it at the quotation.
On The Floor
Packed for dispatch.
Questions
Packaging Questions
The four that decide how a launch is costed.
Does packaging affect my minimum order quantity?
Indirectly, and it is the count rather than the carton that matters. The minimum runs per colour per model, and a set with several colours in it is counted as several counts. Packaging format itself does not start a new count.
Can I see the packaging before production?
Yes, and you should. Carton artwork is proofed the same way a decorated sample is, because a print that reads well on a bottle can read badly on a kraft carton. Send your artwork and it is proofed against the actual carton stock.
What about pallet loading and master cartons?
Quoted per programme rather than listed, because both follow the body size and the destination's pallet rules. Tell us the destination up front and both come back with the quotation.
Do you supply fitted inserts and dividers?
Yes — a partitioned inner tray is standard for multi-piece sets, and it is what stops the pieces marking each other in transit. The set is planned as one carton rather than several.
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