Packaging
Product packaging plays a crucial role in shaping a buyer’s decision-making process. Shawmut stands ready to assist in designing, engineering, and manufacturing your packaging – all under one roof.
With experience in creating and delivering custom packaging, we ensure that every aspect of your packaging needs are met. Offering custom packaging tailored to your product, we handle every stage of the printing process internally, from die-cutting to gluing, ensuring the highest quality for all your packaging and folding cartons. In addition we offer digital printed samples for trade shows, sales meetings or pitching new products to your customers.
Markets we are proud to serve!
Beverage (beer, spirits, soft drinks), Food & Grocery, Confectionery, Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Goods, Health & Beauty, CBD, Sporting Goods, and Hardware.
We’re also proud to announce that Shawmut is GMI Certified! This certification holds us accountable to strict global standards, ensuring consistent packaging quality worldwide.
When you work with Shawmut, these value-added services are included:
- Creative design and layout to create a lasting impression
- Structural design and advice on package structure and materials best suited for the job
- Dozens of substrates and materials to choose from
- Premium finishing and embellishments that make your package stand out. Such as foil stamping, embossing and strike through just to name a few
- A dedicated sales representative and customer service team
- Access to our client dashboard, Shawmut Insight, where you can upload files, review proofs, view job status, manage storefronts and more
- The ability to create a full-scale, color-matched prototype before production
- Packages are made in a fully sustainable, SGP certified facility with recycled and recyclable print materials available
Inventory Management & Quick Turns
Shawmut’s Inventory Management and Quick Turns are essential components of efficient supply chain management in the packaging industry. With inventory management you can take responsibility for monitoring and replenishing inventory levels, ensuring seamless availability of packaging materials. This proactive approach minimizes stockouts and reduces inventory carrying costs. Shawmut’s quick turns ensure the production and delivery of packaging products to meet tight deadlines and
Go to market is so important in the packaging industry. We can help with eye-catching graphics that have a shelf presence. Whether you’re in the food and beverage, healthcare, beauty, nutraceuticals, medical, sporting, or hardware sector, count on us to assist in getting your products into the hands of consumers.
Style Cartons Types
Shawmut specializes in these types of packaging:
Straight Tuck
Straight tuck boxes have a straightforward design with both the top and bottom flaps tucking in the same direction. This style prevents the contents from snagging on the flap, making it suitable for packaged goods with fine surfaces. Straight tuck cartons are commonly utilized for tech products, skincare items, and other premium goods.
Reverse Tuck
Reverse tuck boxes are characterized by their top and bottom flaps that tuck back, usually in opposite directions. This design offers a secure closure and is particularly cost-effective due to minimal material use. These boxes are easy to assemble and are commonly used for lightweight items such as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and small consumer goods.
Auto-lock Bottom
Auto-lock bottom boxes are designed for quick assembly with a bottom that locks automatically into place for added security. This type of carton is perfect for heavier items as it provides strong support and durability. They are frequently used for packaging products that require a sturdy base and fast packing, such as bottled goods or larger cosmetic items.
4 and 6 Corner Beers Boxes
4-Corner and 6-Corner Beers Boxes are types of folding carton styles commonly used in packaging, particularly for food, beverage, and retail products. They are known for their structural integrity and ease of assembly. Both the 4-corner and 6-corner Beers boxes are popular choices for brands needing durable, efficient packaging solutions that are easy to store, transport, and assemble.
Pizza Style
A pizza style box is hinged for easy closure and is perfect as a postal box or a subscription box. Pizza Style is a folding box usually made of corrugated cardboard.
123 bottom Boxes
Also known as snap-lock or crash bottom boxes offer a convenient setup with a bottom that folds into place and locks securely. These boxes are ideal for heavier items needing robust support, such as packaged foods, beverages, and bulkier consumer products.
Straight Tuck with Inner Partitions
A straight tuck box has tuck-in flaps on both the top and bottom of the box. The flaps tuck into the same direction (either both to the front or both to the back). This design creates a clean, seamless appearance on the front panel and allows for easy opening and closing of the carton. Inner partitions are additional dividers inside the carton that create separate compartments within the box. These partitions are usually made from the same material as the carton itself and are folded into place. They are designed to protect or organize the contents by keeping individual items separated from each other, preventing them from shifting during transport.
Hanger Tabs
Hanger boxes include an additional panel with a hang tab, making them ideal for display in retail environments where vertical space is used efficiently. These boxes are typically used for small, lightweight items that are to be hung, such as hardware or health and beauty products, providing both functionality and visibility.
Sealed End Style Cartons
Sealed End Style Cartons are suitable for food items and are seal end boxes. These can deal with delicate and lightweight objects, and the rich quality cardboard stock prevents the product from damages. It contains full overlap top and bottom panels and are designed for automated equipment as well.
Substrates We Convert
SBS, CCNB, Brown Kraft, Wet Strength Beverage Board, E Flute, and Specialty Boards
Benefits of Working With Shawmut
There are many advantages to working with Shawmut, but these top the list:
Print what you need
From quantities of 1 to 100,000, we can help.
Access to structural design software
Create a package that’s strong yet stunning.
Storefronts aid in supply-chain management
Know what you’ve used, what you have on hand, and what you need.
Quick Completion of Packaging
2.5 Weeks from Proof Approval