Custom Ashtrays Boxes
Custom ashtray boxes with an insert cut to the piece — glass, ceramic, metal — in a rigid presentation box or a corrugated shipper, from 100. Dieline and price the same working day.
A heavy, fragile object in a box that has to look expensive
- Board
- Wrapped grayboard 2–3 mm; corrugated shipper quoted alongside
- Builds
- Lift-off lid, hinged magnetic lid, two-piece with full-depth lid
- Inserts
- Foam (EVA/PU), die-cut board platform, multi-cavity for sets
Get a price for Ashtrays Boxes
Send the size and quantity — we reply the same working day with a price, a dieline and a date. Artwork optional at this stage.
- Free dielineThe flat drawing comes with the quote, before you commit.
- Proof before pressNothing is printed until you have seen it laid on the dieline.
- Die kept for reordersTooling is paid once. Every reorder skips straight to press.
- Quoted in four marketsUS, UK, Canada and Australia, in the delivery currency.
Rigid presentation box with an insert
A wrapped grayboard box with a lift-off or hinged lid, and a die-cut or foam insert that holds the ashtray by its rim or base with 3–5 mm of clearance all round. The insert carries the weight down to the box floor rather than to the walls, which is what stops the box bowing under a two-kilogram piece of crystal. Our rigid boxes for heavy and fragile goods are the construction used.
Inserts by material
| Glass and crystal | Foam (EVA or PU) cut to the outline; wrapped in tissue or a satin liner |
|---|---|
| Ceramic | Die-cut board platform with a cavity; corrugated cradle for shipping |
| Metal | Board or foam; a cloth liner to stop scratching a polished finish |
| Sets (ashtray plus lighter or cigar cutter) | Multi-cavity foam or board insert |
Board weight and the lid that has to fit
- 2–3 mm grayboard for the base, with the thickness chosen from the piece weight.
- A full-depth lid on a heavy piece, so the lid takes the stack rather than the base walls.
- Corner reinforcement on boxes over about 1.5 kg packed weight.
- A magnetic hinged lid for a box that is opened as part of the gift.
Wrap, print and branding
Ashtray boxes are mostly a single color wrap with a foil or deboss mark — a brand, a hotel, a cigar house. Full color is used for a retail version with a photograph of the piece on the lid. Soft-touch and linen-texture wraps suit the category; a gloss film does not. Inside, a colored liner or a satin platform finishes the opening.
A heavy piece in a rigid box needs a corrugated shipper around it for the post. We quote the outer with the box.
Who orders them
Cigar and tobacco brands, hotel and hospitality groups for branded amenities, glassware and homeware makers, and corporate gift buyers. The runs are 100 to 500 and repeat, so the insert die and the foil die on file are what make the second order easy.
Ashtrays Boxes — specification
The rows that are specific to this build first, then what applies to every job we run. Anything not listed is a question, not a limit — send the brief.
This build
- Board
- Wrapped grayboard 2–3 mm; corrugated shipper quoted alongside
- Builds
- Lift-off lid, hinged magnetic lid, two-piece with full-depth lid
- Inserts
- Foam (EVA/PU), die-cut board platform, multi-cavity for sets
- Liner
- Tissue, satin or cloth liner for glass and polished metal
- Finish
- Single-color wrap with foil or deboss; soft-touch or linen texture
- Supply
- Assembled, with the insert fitted
- Minimum
- 100 boxes
On every job
- Print process
- Digital below about a thousand, offset above it. One side or both, with spot colors where a match has to hold.
- Color
- CMYK as standard. Uncoated and kraft stocks print lighter and warmer; a spot color is the only exact match.
- Tolerance
- Cutting plus or minus 1 mm, creasing plus or minus 0.5 mm, confirmed on a plain sample before the run.
- Tooling
- A cutting die per size, made once and kept. Foil and emboss dies per artwork, also kept.
- Food contact
- Food-grade board and inks where the carton touches food, with the interior left plain.
- Sustainability
- Mono-material board wherever the product allows; recycled-content and FSC stocks; no claim printed the pack does not earn.
- Artwork
- Vector PDF or AI, 3 mm bleed, 4 mm safe area, fonts outlined. We check every file and send a proof before press.
- Dieline
- Supplied free with the quote, before you commit. Yours whether or not you order.
- Sample
- A plain unprinted sample at the finished size on request, for fit and construction.
- Reorders
- Skip the tooling and go straight to press at a lower unit price.
- Lead time
- Quoted with the price against your fill date rather than promised before we have seen the spec.
- Markets
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia — priced in the delivery currency, freight included.
Boards and films we build ashtrays boxes on
A folding carton is one sheet of board, so the board is the product. These are the stocks we run for cartons, what each is good at, and where it lets you down.
Natural kraft
Unbleached folding board. Warm, hides marks, costs least. Mutes color — one or two flat colors print well, photographs do not.
250–350gsm sleeves; 14–24pt cartonsWhite SBS
Solid bleached sulfate: bright, coated, the retail carton standard. Takes accurate color and every finish. Shows scuffs sooner than kraft.
14–24ptWhite lined chipboard
A recycled gray core under a white printing face. Cheaper than SBS and slightly duller; the back of the sheet stays gray.
16–24ptKraft-look coated
A kraft face over a coated inner. The natural look with a barrier behind it — the answer where oil, grease or moisture would mark plain kraft.
14–20ptRecycled-content board
Post-consumer fiber with a gray-brown cast. Right for outers and inner components; poor for bright whites and photography.
16–22ptMicro-flute E and F
A fine corrugated layer where a carton needs structure it cannot get from board — a large panel, a heavy product, a box that ships alone.
E 1.5 mm; F 0.8 mmUncoated and textured
No clay coat, or a linen or laid grain. Print reads softer and warmer; a deboss goes deeper. Photographs do not sit well on it.
280–350gsmMetallised and pearlescent
A metallic or pearl face for a shelf that needs to catch light. Costly, and it fights a photograph — a mark or a pattern suits it better.
16–20ptNot sure which? Say what goes in it and where it is sold — the material follows from that. Our notes on recycled, recyclable and compostable cover which claims each stock can honestly carry.
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Send what you have
A dimension, a photograph beside a ruler, or the product itself. No technical drawing needed — that part is ours.
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We quote and draw
A price, a dieline and a date come back together. If a different build would suit the product better, that is in the reply too.
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Approve the dieline
The flat drawing is yours to check: which panel is the front, where the folds fall, how deep the cavity really is.
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Artwork on the dieline
You place your design on the flat we sent, or we place it for you, and you see a proof before anything goes to press.
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A sample if you want one
A plain unprinted sample at the finished size shows fit and construction — the things a drawing cannot.
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Cut, printed, shipped
The die is cut once and kept, so every reorder skips the tooling and goes straight to press at a lower unit price.
Format
Vector PDF or AI where possible. Raster artwork at 300dpi at final size, in CMYK.
Bleed
3 mm past every trim line, so a fraction of drift on the cutter never leaves a white edge.
Safe area
Keep type and anything important 4 mm inside the cut and away from every fold.
Color
Convert to CMYK before sending. Uncoated stock prints lighter; a spot color is the only exact match.
Fonts
Outline them or supply the files. A missing font substitutes silently and the proof will not match.
Barcodes
On a light, matte, unvarnished patch with the quiet zone clear — a code on gloss fails the scanner.
Not set up that way? Send it anyway — fixing a file is a short conversation, and we check every one before press. Our guide to preparing print files covers each point.
Every finish here is a decision about light on a shelf, not about luxury.
Matte lamination
Reads considered, hides marks, takes a ballpoint.
Gloss lamination
Lifts color; glares under shop lighting.
Soft-touch
Velvet in the hand; shows fingerprints in a bag.
Hot foil
Real metal leaf — the most reliable premium signal.
Emboss / deboss
Shape with no ink; works in the dark.
Spot UV
Gloss shapes on a matte field.
Uncoated kraft
Warm, natural, mutes color.
Textured stock
Texture in the paper; cannot scuff off.
Not sure which suits the shelf it sells from? Say where the product is sold and we suggest one — our notes on specialty finishes show them on real boxes.
Sizing a folding carton so the die comes out right: ashtrays boxes
Measure the product, not the box it is in now. A carton is built around what has to fit inside it, assembled — cap on, lid fitted, folded if it folds — at its widest point in each direction. Send those three numbers and say which is which.
- Length x width x height
- Internal, always. External dimensions include the board and are what the carrier measures, not what the product needs.
- Clearance
- 2–3 mm a side for a snug fit; more where an insert or void fill goes in. A carton cut exactly to the product is slow to pack and transmits every knock.
- Board thickness
- Heavier board takes internal space from the product. It matters most on small boxes, where four walls of 24pt is a real share of the cavity.
- Varies between batches?
- Glass, textiles, molded parts and cured soap all do. Measure several and build to the largest.
- Cutting tolerance
- Plus or minus 1 mm on folding board. Confirmed on a plain sample before the run.
- Units
- Metric or imperial, as long as you say which. Mixing them in one spec is where mistakes happen.
Not sure your numbers are right? Send the product dimensions rather than the box dimensions and we work the box out — the full method is in our guide to measuring for a box.
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Build your Ashtrays Boxes in 3D
Pick a shape, type a size, choose a board and a finish. The preview on the left redraws as you go, and the spec lands with us exactly as you set it.
Frequently asked questions
Got a question about ashtrays boxes? The answers below cover what we get asked most. If yours is not here, send it with a brief, message us on WhatsApp, or call +1 503-461-4788 — we reply the same working day.
Can the insert be cut to my ashtray?
Yes. Send the piece or its dimensions and we cut a foam or board insert that holds it by the rim or base with a few millimeters of clearance.
Will the box hold a heavy glass ashtray?
Yes, with 2–3 mm grayboard and an insert that carries the weight to the floor rather than the walls. Corner reinforcement is added above about 1.5 kg.
Does it ship assembled?
Yes, with the insert fitted. Rigid boxes cannot be flattened.
Is it strong enough to post?
Inside a corrugated shipper, yes. We quote the outer box alongside the presentation box.
Can I have a foil logo on the lid?
Yes. Foil and deboss dies are made once and kept for reorders.
What is the minimum order?
100 boxes.
Can the box hold an ashtray and a lighter together?
Yes, with a multi-cavity insert cut for both.
Foam or board insert?
Foam for glass and crystal; a die-cut board platform for ceramic and metal, with a cloth liner for polished finishes.
Can the lid be magnetic?
Yes, a hinged lid with magnets, which suits a box opened as part of a gift.
What finish do you recommend?
A single-color soft-touch or linen-texture wrap with a foil or deboss mark. Gloss reads wrong in this category.
Do you send a dieline?
Yes, with the quote, including the insert layout.
Do you ship outside the US?
Yes, to the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, quoted in the delivery currency.
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