Essentra manufactures cartons for a variety of industries, incorporating a wide range of styles, designs and print finishes. From cardboard to plastic, we print on a huge variety of materials to create innovative, practical and stand-out packaging for your products. We develop, design and make structural prototypes in-house to ensure a seamless, rapid service – even for short-run orders.

Solutions include intricate die cutting and blanking, offset printing with both UV and conventional inks, offline proofing facilities, computer-to-plate and processing technologies, specialist gluing solutions, printing on both sides of board, window-patched and wrap-around windows and specialist barrier packaging where a long shelf life is required.

CARTON CAPABILITIES
- Designs and prototypes developed in-house
- Computer-to-plate and processing technologies
- Specialist gluing solutions - side seam, crash lock, four corner, flat (unglued)
- Conventional and metallised board with double-side printing
- Carton and label/leaflet combination
- Micro-perforations
- 6-colour press printing, possible on cartons with a thickness of 0.08mm–1.1mm
- Ability to service short runs
- Supply of specialist packaging and filling machines, either new or refurbished
- Offset print process with both UV and conventional inks; UV and water-based coatings are also available

FEATURES AND OPTIONS
- Window-patched and wrap-around windows registered to creases
- Varnish finishes including matt, gloss, pearl, satin, soft touch, reticulated and blister
- Hot / cold foiling and foil blocking
- Cartons with braille
- Embossing and debossing
- Specialist barrier packaging where a long shelf life is necessary
- Ability to print, glue and block on plastic substrate
- Boxes, sleeves, 5th panel, straight and reverse tuck
- Die cutting and blanking in different sizes

ADDITIONAL SECURITY FEATURES
- Anti-counterfeiting and authentication technology
- Anti-theft labelling