Die cut cardboard packaging
Custom die cut boxes provide your products with the perfect balance between transit protection, usability and appearance.
Bespoke sizing helps minimise material use and shipping costs, saving your business money. Easy-to-assemble designs and tapeless closures improve packing times and allow recipients to open easily. You can also add a range of inserts and printing to further enhance your customers’ experience.
At GWP, we have specialist die-cutting equipment at our UK production sites to manufacture plain or printed die cut boxes to your exact specifications. Our packaging designers can also create custom die cut packaging designs using the most suitable material to get optimum performance at the best price.
Benefits of custom die cut boxes
By using GWP-manufactured, custom die cut boxes at your business, you can benefit from:
What our customers say...
GWP have been excellent in supporting us since our launch, and we would like to say a huge thank you to them and the handful of partners that have helped us over the past 18 months. We are both incredibly grateful and excited that more people will be able to discover what chocolate should really taste like!
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Great company to work with, very helpful and friendly. We needed a custom box designed and GWP produced the initial sample prototypes within 2 weeks from our initial meeting. Production volume order arrived to spec and ahead of schedule. Will use again.
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FAQs
What are die cut boxes?
Die cut boxes are a type of packaging cut from a single sheet of corrugated cardboard by a die-cutting machine. Their design allows them to slot together without the need for packing tape. The FEFCO 0427, or “pizza style” box, is the most widely used design.
Why should I use custom die cut boxes?
Custom die cut boxes are the optimum size for your products and provide many benefits. First, custom-size packs help minimise damage, as there is less space for items to move around within the pack. Second, they can often be more cost-effective, as they use less material. Third, they reduce transport costs and emissions, as they take up less space in transit. Finally, they allow you to tailor the opening experience for your recipients.
Can die cut boxes be printed?
It is easy (and commonplace) to add printing to both the inside and outside surfaces of your die cut boxes. External print can be useful for branding and handling instructions, while internal print creates a memorable unboxing experience. This makes printed die cut boxes equally suited to postal, eCommerce, and transit packaging applications.
What are die cut boxes made from?
Die cut boxes are manufactured from corrugated cardboard. Due to the design, this tends to be a single-wall material, which provides a good balance between durability and lightness. However, different strength materials are available, and you can also choose between white and brown (kraft) finishes.
What does 0427 mean?
0427 refers to the FEFCO code given to a common type of die cut box. FEFCO is a catalogue of standard box designs developed over many years to allow for quick and efficient design and manufacture of boxes such as this.
Why GWP Packaging?
35+ years of experience
We have extensive experience, successfully designing and manufacturing eCommerce packaging for as long as businesses have been selling online.
UK packaging experts
We have a friendly team of award-winning packaging experts at our UK sites, including designers, sales, customer support and manufacturing teams.
Competitive advantage
Our approach, coupled with in-house manufacture, means you can benefit from reduced costs, better efficiency, more sales, and improved sustainability.
A business you can trust
Although operating as an independent specialist, GWP Group are proud to be part of Macfarlane, the UK’s largest protective packaging distributor.
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