Custom Glass Pack Boxes
Custom glass pack boxes from 100 — kraft corrugated boxes with partitions or die-cut cradles that keep jars, tumblers and drinking glasses from touching, for retail sets of two to twelve and for shipping.
Every glass in its own cell, so none of them touch
- Board
- B flute corrugated kraft or white; double wall for heavy filled sets
- Partitions
- Slotted corrugated or chipboard grids; die-cut cradles; fold-up cell inserts
- Cells
- 2 to 24, sized to each glass at its widest point
Order online
Order glass pack boxes
Starting from $2.50 per unit
Printed to your artwork or plain, sold in runs of 100 up to 5,000 units per product online. Freight to the US, UK, Canada and Australia is inside the price.
How an online order runs
- Add the units you needThen check out with your delivery address. Add other products to the same order on the way.
- A digital proof comes backLaid on the dieline, before anything prints. Change it as often as you need.
- Pay once you approve itPay by PayPal invoice or bank transfer after you approve your digital proof, or cash on delivery in the US and Canada.
- We make it and ship it deliveredYour delivery date is confirmed with the proof, against the spec and your fill date. Freight and customs are handled on the way to you.
Another size, board or finish, or more than 5,000 units? Send the spec for a price instead. Freight by market and our terms cover delivery and remakes.
Get a price for Glass Pack 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.
Partition styles by what is being packed
| Slotted grid | Interlocking corrugated or chipboard strips; 4, 6, 9, 12 or 24 cells |
|---|---|
| Die-cut cradle | A flat sheet with round holes that holds jars at the neck or the base |
| Fold-up cell insert | One piece folded into compartments; for two- and four-glass gift sets |
| Top and bottom pads | Corrugated pads above and below the grid, for tall tumblers |
Sizing the cells to the glass
Each cell is cut to the widest point of the piece plus a small allowance, usually a few millimeters, so the glass drops in without forcing and does not rattle. A tapered tumbler is measured at the rim, a jar at its shoulder. The partition should reach close to the top of the glass, because a grid that stops halfway lets the tops lean together.
Send one of each piece, or the height and widest diameter of each, and say whether lids are on when they go in.
Who packs glass this way
- Candle makers shipping empty vessels or finished candles in sets.
- Food brands selling jam, honey, sauce or spice jars as gift sets.
- Housewares shops selling tumblers, mugs and drinking glasses by the four or six.
- Kitchen brands sending glass storage jars and canisters.
Board for weight and drops
A set of six filled jars is heavier than it looks. Single-wall B flute corrugated suits most sets; double wall is used for twelve filled jars or anything over about 8 kg. The partitions are cut from lighter corrugated or chipboard, which is enough to separate the pieces because the outer box carries the load. Compare the wider range of kitchenware boxes for other houseware formats.
Glass sets sent by parcel post should be drop-tested with the real product before a full run.
Plain shipper or printed retail set
The same build works two ways. As a shipper it stays plain kraft with a label and a "fragile" mark. As a retail set it is printed on the outside, sometimes with a window or a cut-out that shows the glasses, and goes on a shelf as it is. A printed set box often needs a plain outer carton when it is sent through a parcel network; our corrugated shipping boxes for parcels fill that role.
Glass Pack 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
- B flute corrugated kraft or white; double wall for heavy filled sets
- Partitions
- Slotted corrugated or chipboard grids; die-cut cradles; fold-up cell inserts
- Cells
- 2 to 24, sized to each glass at its widest point
- Plain kraft with fragile marks, or full color retail print outside
- Options
- Display window, carry handle, top and bottom pads
- 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 glass pack 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.
280–350gsmMetalized 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: glass pack 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 Glass Pack 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 glass pack 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.
What is a glass pack box?
A corrugated box with partitions or a die-cut cradle that keeps each jar or glass in its own space, so the pieces do not knock together.
How many glasses can a glass pack box hold?
Anywhere from two to twenty-four. Common sets are 4, 6 and 12 cells.
How are the cells in a glass pack box sized?
To the widest point of the glass with a small allowance, so it drops in easily and does not rattle.
Can a glass pack box ship filled jars?
Yes. Filled jar sets use B flute single wall or double wall for heavier loads, with the partitions reaching near the top of the jars.
Are the dividers in a glass pack box corrugated or chipboard?
Either. Corrugated dividers add cushioning; chipboard is thinner and suits lighter glasses where space is tight.
Can a glass pack box be printed for retail?
Yes. The outside can be printed in full color with an optional window, so it goes on a shelf as a gift set.
Does a printed glass pack box need an outer carton for shipping?
For parcel delivery it is safer to put a printed set inside a plain shipper; a plain kraft glass pack box can ship on its own.
Can a glass pack box hold candle vessels?
Yes. Candle makers use them for empty vessels and finished candles, with a grid sized to the jar.
What do I send to get a glass pack box made?
One sample of each piece, or its height and widest diameter, the number per box and whether lids are fitted.
Can a glass pack box have a handle?
Yes. A die-cut handle in the top panel works for lighter sets carried home from a shop.
Will a glass pack box stop tall tumblers from tipping?
Yes, with a partition that reaches close to the rim and a corrugated pad on top to stop them lifting.
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