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Design

Our in-house packaging designers specialize in structural design and graphic, artwork, and print preparation. Using the latest CAD, prototyping, prepress, and visualization tools, we can take a project from rough dimensions or an existing box through dielines, samples, proofs, and production files.

Corrugated prototypes and cut parts on a packaging design table

Structural design and packaging graphics

The product, packing method, shipping conditions, shelf presentation, and print process affect the same package. Our designers keep those decisions connected from the first drawing through the approved production files.

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Structural design

New boxes, cartons, rigid boxes, displays, inserts, and foam packs developed around product fit, loading, closure, packing labor, pallet use, and distribution handling.

The work can begin with a product, rough dimensions, photographs, an existing box, or a current specification that needs improvement.

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Graphic design, artwork, and prepress

New packaging graphics or adaptation of supplied brand files, including panel layouts, barcodes, copy placement, spot colors, separations, trapping, and files prepared for the selected print method.

Artwork is checked against the approved dieline so folds, closures, glue areas, and visible panels are correct before production.

Samples, proofs, and production approval

A plain structural sample, a printed comp, a finish proof, and a production sample do different jobs. We state what each approval represents before it is made.

  1. Dieline and structural drawingConfirms dimensions, folds, joints, clearances, material allowances, and print panels.
  2. Plain sampleChecks product fit, opening, closure, loading, removal, insert position, and assembly.
  3. Printed comp or finish proofChecks artwork, color process, panel orientation, coating, foil, wrap, or another visible finish.
  4. Production sampleUsed when the order requires approval from the intended materials and production process.
Existing and revised corrugated protective packages shown side by side

Packaging redesign and problem correction

An oversized taped box with a loose foam block may arrive damaged, take too long to pack, and waste pallet space. A redesign can right-size the case, hold the product with a repeatable insert, reduce tape and packing steps, and improve pallet density.

We can review damage, material use, packing time, freight, print, presentation, or inconsistent repeat orders, then carry the approved change into new production files.

Flattened used corrugated shipping boxes
Open used corrugated shipping box on a white background
Discarded open shipping box beside a rail platform