Guides

What makes packaging child-resistant

What child-resistant actually means, how the closures work, and why a pass belongs to one package rather than to a company.

Press and turn

How a press-and-turn tin lid works, why turning alone does nothing, and what the closure suits.

Slider tins

The three ways a slider tin holds its tray shut, and which suits pre-rolls, cartridges and edibles.

Flip tins

The four ways a hinged flip tin locks shut, and why the hinge changes how the pack gets used.

Choosing a closure

How to pick between press-and-turn, slider and flip closures based on how the pack actually gets used.

Inserts

The seven insert types that go inside a child-resistant tin, what each one holds, and where each stops working.

Pantone or CMYK

The difference between spot colour and process colour on tinplate, and which your artwork needs.

Emboss and deboss

What raised and recessed detail does on tinplate, what it costs you in artwork, and when it is worth it.

Foil and varnish

What hot foil, spot UV and matte varnish each do on a metal tin, and how to combine them without muddying the pack.

Artwork for metal

What to send, what changes when artwork is printed on a sheet and then formed into a tin, and how to keep type readable.

Proofing

The step between approved artwork and a production run, what you actually receive, and what to check when it arrives.

Tooling

What tooling is, why it costs what it does, and why holding it is the reason you do not have to commission a shape.

Choosing a size

How to pick a tin size when you know your product but not your millimetres, and why interior volume is the wrong thing to ask for.

Minimum orders

Why packaging minimums exist, what drives the number, and what per size actually means.

Case packs and pallets

How packaging is counted and shipped, why the pallet number matters more than the unit price, and what to ask for.

Sample kits

What arrives when you ask for samples, why holding one settles decisions faster than a spec sheet, and what to do with it.