I am an ecommerce start-up – can Cellpak manage my inventory directly for me? From receipt from the manufacturer, providing storage and subsequent distribution of customer orders including returns?
What is your lead time for manufacturing corrugated
board POP display materials from my packaging design company’s specifications?
Cellpak Solutions is the preferred supply chain partner for many satisfied customers and can provide specialist support and outsourcing for key packaging, packing, storage and distribution functions. There are set up costs to consider for this type of order fulfilment service; such as dedicated racking space, bulk packaging manufacturing, product storage and picking, use of our custom fulfilment software for stock and order reporting.
These set up costs for a fully managed order fulfilment service can sometimes be prohibitive for start-ups, in this case we do have other services, such as contract packing, which may be more suitable to support you through the early days.
Litho lamination describes the process of
combining a lithographically printed ‘top’ sheet or roll of paper/card to a
sheet or roll of heavier weight, typically corrugated, board.
Lithography is a type of printing using plates
(the name comes in part from the greek word lithos meaning stone). It works on
the principle that oil and water do not mix.
When the printing plate is made, the ‘positive’
printing image has a smooth surface and is made grease receptive and
hydrophobic, or water repelling. The ‘negative’ non-printing areas has a rough
texture and is made hydrophilic, or water attracting, and ink repelling.
Rollers are used to apply first water and then ink to the plate.
A rubber cylinder is then rolled over the plate
that squeezes away the water and picks up the ink. This cylinder is then rolled
over the paper, transferring the ink.Because the image is first transferred to a cylinder, this process is
called “offset lithography”.
Corrugated board is not a suitable surface for
high quality printing but is, of course, an exceptional material for strong,
protective packaging.Litho
lamination allows for the production of packaging that combines the unique
properties of corrugated cardboard with the appeal of high quality lithographic
printing.
A litho printed sheet can also have a variety of
decorative finishes applied such as lamination, embossing, foil blocking and
spot varnishes, allowing for a wide range of consumer-facing high-quality
branded packaging applications.
Litho laminated
packaging is cost-effective at any volume, suited to both light and heavyweight
products and is excellent for retail displays with uses ranging from cosmetics
and gift packaging, promotional materials and boxes, glass/chinaware packaging,
toys and games packaging, FMCG, food and drink packaging, FMCE, electrical and
computer products packaging and more…
The minimum print run for custom printed cartons
is 1 (one) bespoke digitally printed carton but generally printed cartons
become reasonable once you go over a quantity of 5000 pieces. This is due to
raw material cost reducing for higher quantity and print set-up becoming more
reasonable once amortised into the unit cost of your printed boxes.
Braille can be accommodated into any product
packaging that is either produced in a moulding process or by a die cutting
process.Please be aware there are
special tooling requirements for adding Braille to your packaging.
In the UK, over 2 million people are visually
impaired but only between 10-20,000 people can read Braille.Working with our packaging designers,
we can help you to develop clearly branded and labelled packaging that supports
good legibility and ease of recognition for both sighted and visually impaired
customers.
Careful use of clean, less cursive fonts, good
colour contrast and considered layouts can go a long way to improving the
success of your packaging as a communication tool for your product for the
visually impaired.
Yes, we can provide low volume bespoke labels, our
minimum order quantity is 1,000 printed labels. We can offer many generic
packaging solutions such as stock corrugated cartons, solid board cartons and
thermoformed plastic blister packs.
We are reviewing our supply chain, what packaging
consultancy services can you provide?
