A selection of the brands we have walked the journey with. Every pack here was planned with care and delivered with certainty.
The stories behind the packs
Craftsmanship
Chivas Regal 18
Every exceptional pack begins as an idea.
Every exceptional package begins long before the first sheet is printed. For Chivas Regal 18-year-old, it started with a white blank prototype. No graphics, no finishes, just the working idea. That gave us and our client space to shape the experience together.
From there, every detail was chosen with purpose: materials, foiling, embossing, colour, assembly. The result is a pack that feels as considered as the whisky itself.
Planned with care, delivered with certainty, and built in close partnership from first sketch to final delivery.
The white blank prototype: A working structure before any graphics or finishes are added.
Craftsmanship
Amarula Gold
A launch pack you open and pour from.
Amarula Gold needed a launch pack that showed how it differs from Amarula Cream. It is double-distilled and aged for 24 months in oak.
The concept was built around four cocktail recipes, so you can open the pack and pour on the spot. It holds the bottle, three highball glasses and the instructions.
The design is a high-rise building, with matt black walls and gold foil windows that evoke a New York night. The four walls open down to reveal the bottle and the cocktail visuals.
Inside, an insert with precision cut-outs and dark foam secures the heavy 750ml bottle and the glasses.
Innovation
Royal Flush
A pack that keeps its hand hidden.
Royal Flush is a short-run, limited-edition gin, and the brief was a luxury keepsake box crafted in line with what is in the bottle. The gin is distilled five times from hand-selected French wheat and blended with pure water.
The boxes fan out from a simple rectangle into an angular, architectural shape that shields what is hidden inside. Turn them around and they reveal the bottle and the gift, a play on a hidden poker hand: the royal flush.
The materials follow the simplicity of the ingredients. Crisp white paper for the pure water, a slight texture for the wheat, and only the name printed, in black ink.
Innovation
JC Le Roux Scintilla
A pack that became part of the gift.
We proposed a pack that would become part of the gift itself: an ice bucket with a second life. It answered two trends of the time. One was the move to environmentally sustainable packaging. The other was a way of living that was on the go and about sharing experiences with friends, under the theme “celebrate anywhere”.
Buy the bottle, fill the pack with ice and serve straight from the box. It stays watertight for 12 hours.
The curved, flowing shape takes its cue from what defines Scintilla: persistent, gentle bubbles.
The first edition was made in a black material flecked with gold, a nod to the bottle and its bubbles. It was so successful that it returned for the anniversary in this second edition. This one is wrapped in a leather-like material with a floral design that brings out the feeling of nature and the outdoors.
Gold Pack Awards, Best in Paper and Gold for Promotional Packaging, 2015. AfriStar Awards, Best in Beverage, 2016.
The first edition: black material flecked with gold, a nod to the bottle and its bubbles
Sustainability
Bell's Special Reserve
A frame for the colour of the whisky.
Bell's Special Reserve is richer than standard Bell's, with notes of honeyed fruit, malted cereal and soft vanilla. The challenge was to showcase the colour of the liquid while staying true to the brand.
Windows on both sides let the light through. The bottle is suspended in a frame, held at the cap and the base, and the insert liner is gold metallic foil board.
The whisky is aged in oak for at least eight years, so the outer is made from wood shavings, pressed and laminated to a baseboard, with a real wood grain.
The result is dark blue with gold foil, a natural wooden outer and a framed bottle.
Sustainability
Bushmills
A festive pack without the metal.
Bushmills asked for two festive gift packs, one for a single bottle and one for a bottle with two tumblers, that would stand out while keeping the Bushmills feel.
The standard Bushmills box is a rounded-corner square held by a metal base and top cap. For a once-off promotion, the mould cost made those metal closures too costly.
Our answer was a carton that folds flat with no end caps. The rounded front corners are held in shape by the top and bottom flaps.
A high-gloss mirror finish gives the board its golden look, with a subtly embossed bottle and a strongly embossed logo.
Quality
How we work
Everything under one roof, no outsourcing.
Quality is built in at five points, from artwork to packing: camera inspection on every sheet, then human QC.
01Artwork verifiedEvery project begins by confirming your files to an approved spec.
02Digital colour proofProofs are checked against agreed standards, so everyone is aligned.
Planned with care, checked at every step, delivered with certainty.
No surprises, just precision.
03On-press colour managementOperators dial in colour from first sheet to last.
04Camera inspection on every sheetOur Focusight system examines colour, registration and finishing tolerances.
05Human QC before packingExperienced eyes give every order a final look before it leaves.
Carton construction
The craft packaging buyers look for.
01Structural design
02Artwork design
03Digital 3D proofing before press
04Pre‑press, all‑digital workflow
05Prototyping on various substrates
06Digital printing
07Litho UV printing
08UV matt and gloss varnishing
09Aqueous matt and gloss varnishing
10Pearlescent, glitter and iridescent varnishing
11Scented varnishing
12Blister varnishing
13Matt, gloss and soft-touch film lamination
14Embossing
15Multi-level embossing
16Debossing
17Combination stamping
18Hot stamp foiling, including Unifraxion foiling
19Cold foiling
20Die cutting
21Machine window patching
22Gluing
23Machine lining
24Automatic box making
Certifications
Traceable board, better materials.
FSC certified, FSC-C084370. An FSC substrate can be traced back to the plantation.
ISO 9001:2015 Certificate CNS 10084.
B-BBEE Level 8
Cold foil. A 100% recyclable alternative to laminated foilboard, which cannot be recycled or reclaimed.
Biodegradable film. Matt, gloss or soft-touch finishes with the same strength as conventional plastic; recyclable, and degrades in managed landfill.
Compostable PLA film. Made from renewable plants such as corn, cassava and sugar cane, 100% compostable.
More of our work
24 packs
Absolut Elyx
Cold foiling
Yardley Exquisite
Fragrance carton, gold foil
Clarins Precious
Carton with gold foil
Clinique
Carrier bag with rope handles
Martell
Variable data printing. GAPP Awards Silver, 2022
Scottish Leader
A New Perspective gift pack. GAPP Awards Gold, 2016
Klein Constantia
The Bees Knees honey gift box
Woolworths Infiniti
Fragrance cartons
Clinique
Gift set box
12 Gins
Advent calendar gift box
Coco Safar
Embossed carton
Glen Grant
Major's Reserve gift pack. Gold Pack Awards Finalist, 2017
Splendid
Embossed carton
Durbanville Hills
Gift pack
Richelieu
Eiffel Tower gift pack. Gold Pack Awards Finalist, 2015
President
GAPP Awards Achiever, Sustainability, 2022
Bain's
18 Year Old whisky cartons
Elizabeth Arden White Diamonds
Gift pack. Gold Pack Awards, 2007
Rémy Martin
Gift pack
The Glenlivet Nàdurra
Wooden tube gift pack
Chivas Regal 18 x Fabiani
Gift box with silk tie
Pongrácz
Gold gift box
Boland Kelder
Single Vineyard wine carton
Inverroche
Tube with copper foil
Awards
Nearly four decades of recognition.
Gold Pack, GAPP, AfriStar and AIMCAL awards, and supplier of the year recognition from our clients, from 1987 to 2022.
Year
Project (client)
Award
2022
Martell Gift Pack (Pernod Ricard)
GAPP Awards Silver, Variable Data Printing
2022
President Cheese (Lactalis)
GAPP Awards Achiever, Sustainability
2018
Scottish Leader Gift Pack (Distell)
GAPP Awards Gold, Best in Packaging, Sheetfed Litho
2017
Three Ships (Distell); Bushmills and Glen Grant Major's Reserve (Edward Snell & Co); Boschendal Chardonnay Pinot Noir Brut (DGB)
Gold Pack Awards, Quadruple Finalist, Beverages
2017
President Cheese (Parmalat)
AfriStar Gold, Best in Carton
2016
JC Le Roux Scintilla (Distell)
AfriStar Awards, Best in Beverage
2016
Scottish Leader New Perspective Gift Pack (Distell)
GAPP Awards Gold, Best in Packaging Paper/Board/Kraft
2015
JC Le Roux Scintilla (Distell)
Gold Pack Awards, Best in Paper, and Gold for Promotional Packaging
2015
Pongracz and Richelieu (Distell); Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds (Elizabeth Arden)
Gold Pack Awards, Triple Finalist
2013
Pretty, Prevage and 5th Avenue (Elizabeth Arden)
AIMCAL Award for Excellence (Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators)
2012
Forbidden Lace (Indigo Cosmetics)
Fairlady Awards Finalist, Best of Beauty
2011
Lesel Research
Certificate of Excellence, Supplier Performance
2009
Indigo Cosmetics
Supplier of the Year
2007
Eyes for You and Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds (Elizabeth Arden)
Gold Pack Awards, Double Award Winner
2005
Angelica (Coty)
Gold Pack Awards Silver, Family of Packs
1996
Yardley of London
Supplier of the Year
1993
Paper and board
Gold Pack Awards Merit
1991
Presentation packs
Gold Pack Awards Gold and Silver
1987
Limited edition packs; family of packs
Gold Pack Awards Silver (limited edition packs) and Merit (family of packs)