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Sleeve
Custom sleeve packaging adds a branded outer layer to boxes, trays, and product packs. Designed to fit around the existing packaging, printed cardboard sleeves provide space for logos, product information, and custom artwork without necessarily requiring a completely new box. Choose bespoke dimensions, suitable materials, and a design that complements your product presentation.
- Low Minimums of 100 Boxes
- Free Die and Plates
- Competitive Pricing
- Customized Sizes & Styles
- Fast Turnaround Times
- High Quality Offset Printing
- Free Design Support
- Free Shipping
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Custom Sleeve Packaging for Boxes and Products
Sleeve packaging is a versatile way to add branding and product information to an existing box, tray, or product pack. A sleeve is an outer wrap that fits around the packaging, helping create a coordinated appearance while keeping the underlying pack structure intact.
Custom sleeve packaging can be designed to suit different dimensions, materials, and applications. Whether used for retail presentation, product collections, promotional packaging, or food packaging outer wraps, a printed sleeve provides a dedicated surface for brand communication.
What Is Sleeve Packaging?
A packaging sleeve is a printed or unprinted outer layer that wraps around a box, tray, or product. Depending on its design, it may slide over the pack, wrap around it, or be secured using a tab or adhesive.
Unlike a complete box, a sleeve does not necessarily enclose the product on its own. It is often used with an existing package to add branding, product information, or a distinctive presentation.
A sleeve-and-tray box is a different format: it includes an inner tray and a separate outer sleeve that slides around it.
Custom Box Sleeves Made to Fit
The fit of a sleeve is important to its appearance and function. Custom box sleeves should be designed around the outer dimensions of the box, tray, or product pack they will cover.
When specifying a sleeve, consider:
- The outer length, width, and height of the pack
- The amount of coverage required
- The sleeve’s opening and closing method
- The material thickness
- Any folds, tabs, or adhesive areas
- The position of artwork and product information
Accurate measurements help the sleeve fit neatly around the packaging. A physical sample or confirmed dimensions can be useful when developing a new sleeve design.
Printed Cardboard Sleeves for Brand Presentation
Custom printed cardboard sleeves create a surface for logos, brand colours, product descriptions, graphics, and other relevant information. The design can be developed to complement the existing packaging and maintain a consistent brand appearance.
Depending on the selected material and print method, sleeves may support full-colour artwork or more restrained designs. Artwork should be prepared using the approved dieline so that important text and graphics remain correctly positioned around folds, joins, and closures.
Choose a Suitable Sleeve Material
The appropriate sleeve material depends on the size of the pack, the required appearance, and how the packaging will be handled.
Paperboard and cardboard may suit many product presentation and retail applications. Kraft-style materials can provide a natural visual appearance, while other board options may be selected for print quality or structural requirements.
Material thickness should be considered alongside the sleeve dimensions and fit. A larger sleeve may require a different specification from a smaller wrap.
Where Can Sleeve Packaging Be Used?
Custom sleeves can be considered for a range of packaging applications, including:
- Retail packaging: Add branding to plain or existing product boxes.
- Product presentation: Create a coordinated look for products and collections.
- Gift packaging: Add a printed outer wrap to gift boxes or product sets.
- Food packaging outer sleeves: Present suitable food containers or trays, subject to food-contact and material requirements.
- Promotional packaging: Use branded sleeves for launches, campaigns, or seasonal products.
- E-commerce packaging: Add product information or branding to an existing pack.
The right sleeve format depends on the dimensions of the inner pack, the coverage required, and the purpose of the packaging.
How to Order Custom Sleeve Packaging
To develop a suitable sleeve specification:
- Measure the inner pack: Confirm its external dimensions.
- Choose the sleeve coverage: Decide how much of the box or product should be covered.
- Select the material: Consider the dimensions, handling, and desired appearance.
- Prepare the artwork: Use the approved sleeve dieline.
- Confirm the fit: Review the dimensions and, where appropriate, check a sample before production.
Share your packaging dimensions, quantity, artwork, and intended application to request a custom sleeve packaging quote.
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Product Name | Sleeve |
| Product Category | Boxes by Style |
| Packaging Style | Sleeve / box wrap |
| Structure | Printed outer sleeve designed to fit around a box, tray, or product pack |
| Material | Paperboard, cardboard, or other suitable sleeve stock, subject to requirements |
| Dimensions | Custom dimensions based on the outer pack |
| Printing | Custom printing, subject to material and production method |
| Artwork | Custom branding, graphics, and product information |
| Finishing | Options to be confirmed according to the material and print specification |
| Fit | Designed around the dimensions of the inner box, tray, or product |
| Applications | Retail, product presentation, gifting, food packaging outer wraps, and promotional packaging |
| Order Quantity | Confirmed according to the required specification |
Artwork Guide
What is Lorem Ipsum?
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since 1966, when designers at Letraset and James Mosley, the librarian at St Bride Printing Library in London, took a 1914 Cicero translation and scrambled it to make dummy text for Letraset’s Body Type sheets. It has survived not only many decades, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised thanks to these sheets and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker and Microsoft Word including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
Why do we use it?
It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using ‘Content here, content here’, making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for ‘lorem ipsum’ will uncover many web sites still in their infancy. Various versions have evolved over the years, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose (injected humour and the like).
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What is Lorem Ipsum?
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since 1966, when designers at Letraset and James Mosley, the librarian at St Bride Printing Library in London, took a 1914 Cicero translation and scrambled it to make dummy text for Letraset’s Body Type sheets. It has survived not only many decades, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised thanks to these sheets and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker and Microsoft Word including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
Why do we use it?
It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using ‘Content here, content here’, making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for ‘lorem ipsum’ will uncover many web sites still in their infancy. Various versions have evolved over the years, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose (injected humour and the like).
What is Lorem Ipsum?
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since 1966, when designers at Letraset and James Mosley, the librarian at St Bride Printing Library in London, took a 1914 Cicero translation and scrambled it to make dummy text for Letraset’s Body Type sheets. It has survived not only many decades, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised thanks to these sheets and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker and Microsoft Word including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
Why do we use it?
It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using ‘Content here, content here’, making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for ‘lorem ipsum’ will uncover many web sites still in their infancy. Various versions have evolved over the years, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose (injected humour and the like).
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