Beer & beverage packaging
Multi-packs and carriers that go straight onto the shelf or into the truck.
The problem in this trade
A beverage multi-pack is picked up, dropped, stacked and loaded before anyone reads the print on it. It has to carry the full weight of a sealed pack, survive a pallet stack without the bottom row deforming, and still be the obvious thing to grab by the handle. Packaging that is designed for a trade show rather than a pallet is what fails here.
Box styles we build for Beer & beverage
Materials & compliance
| Pack weight | Sets the board grade and the corrugated flute, so the carrier holds a loaded pack |
|---|---|
| Stacking | Built to take the weight of the rows stacked above it without deforming |
| Carry handle | Die-cut into the carton, so the pack carries itself off the shelf |
| Windows | Die-cut so the product shows through, or a solid face for full print coverage |
| Printed directly on the board — no wrap joins to line up | |
| Board | Corrugated board, printed and die-cut as one piece |
| Minimum order | 1,000 pcs, in tiers of 1,000–4,999, 5,000–9,999 and 10,000+ pcs |
| Lead time | 15–30 days production · 7 days for a sample · sample cost on request |
At beverage volumes the packaging is a logistics decision before it is a design decision. A carrier has to take the weight of a full pack, stack without crushing the row underneath, and still be the thing a customer grabs by. That is usually a printed folding carton rather than a rigid box.
Carry handles, die-cut windows and a printed inside face all come off the same die line, so adding them costs artwork rather than a second product. Send us the pack format — how many, what size, what has to show through — and we will come back with a dieline.
Common questions
- Carton or rigid box for a multi-pack?
- A carton, almost always. It is printed and die-cut as one piece, carries the pack's own weight, and takes a handle — a rigid box does none of those things at beverage quantities.
- Can the pack have a window?
- Yes. Die-cut windows are cut on the same die line, so the bottles show through without a second component.
- Will it take a carry handle?
- Yes — the handle is part of the die line.
- Can we print the inside?
- Yes, though most beverage carriers are printed on the outside face only.
- What is the minimum order?
- 1,000 pcs, in tiers of 1,000–4,999, 5,000–9,999 and 10,000+ pcs.
Want this built for your brand?
Send the product, the quantity and the market you are selling into. We reply with a specification and a quotation.
