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Save money on postal tariffs with our Royal Mail Small Parcel Mailers

Lil E5-SP parcel box is our most efficiently sized cardboard boxes in the whole of our Lil range. Need more sizes? Buy more parcel boxes here! When it comes to getting the most ‘contained’ product through Royal Mail’s small parcel size limit (packages not exceeding: Length: 45cm Width: 35cm Depth: 16cm Weight limit: 2kg), the E5-SP parcel box range is the best value option you’ll find. With measurements of 445 x 345 x 155mm (17.5 x 13.5 x 6.1″ ) the E5-SP parcel box is perfectly proportioned to contain and ship multiple products where your objective is to fit as much as possible into the Royal Mail ‘small parcel tariff’ . It’s not just a good fit, after some extensive research we are able to boast that our E5-SP parcel box is also BCT stamped to prove it is over 20% stronger than industry standard* (material strength Box Compression Tested) and FSC™ certified as environmentally sustainable. So to keep your postal costs as low as possible this, while having the a...

IRX2018 – internet retailing expo IRX

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We’re exhibiting at IRX2018 (IRX18) Lil Packaging will be exhibiting at the Internet Retailing Expo 2018  on the 21st & 22nd of March , on stand E33 . One of our premier events of the year, we have attended IRX several times before and always found it to deliver incredibly high value on so many levels. Here’s the brief from their website: Internet Retailing Events was born 11 years ago and has a large portfolio of leading events including our award winning InternetRetailing Expo. Other events in the brand include: eDelivery Expo, InternetRetailing Conference, eDelivery Conference, InternetRetailing Awards, InternetRetailing Summit and our Chatham House Rule Events. We take pride in being leaders in hosting multichannel events, for all retailers and suppliers. Having good relationships with many of the leading retailers from Europe and abroad, makes it possible for us to deliver the best events year after year. We work in partnership with the leading InternetRe...

How to ship Vinyl Records – a Video guide

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Looking for ways to safely package and mail out vinyl records? Read our informative how-to-guide here  which is jam packed with the do’s and don’ts of safely shipping out vinyl records in the post, or alternatively watch our video below for more information on our best seller, the Lil FLP flatpack vinyl record mailers. View the full range of mailers designed for posting out vinyl records (LP and EP) as well as CDs and DVDs here. The post How to ship Vinyl Records – a Video guide appeared first on Lil Packaging . How to ship Vinyl Records – a Video guide published first on https://www.lilpackaging.com/ How to ship Vinyl Records – a Video guide posted first on https://www.lilpackaging.com/

Custom Packaging Sleeves – manufactured in the UK

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We  manufacture custom packaging sleeves in-house, in the UK… We have experience of producing custom packaging sleeves for a large number of household brands. Using our state-of-the-art high speed cutting and gluing machines as well as an array of printing presses including ultra high spec lithographic, digital and flexographic presses – we can produce custom packaging sleeves for your retail, shelf ready boxed or food item in ultra high volumes with virtually limitless scalability. If you’re looking for a branded custom printed sleeves for your product look no further than Lil Packaging – contact us today.   We also specialise in white overprinted onto kraft cardboard – which gives your custom packaging sleeves a natural eco-friendly and high-end luxury look and feel, especially when combined with our FSC® certified sustainably sourced cardboard for added eco friendly credentials. Discovery Our first phase is all about asking questions. With decades of experience, we kno...

Hachette Partworks Case Study

The Challenge Hachette is one of Europe’s largest publishing groups employing 7,000 people with high volume postal sales via mail-order and online. There are many problems associated with the packaging of a book as mentioned in our Ultimate Book Packaging Guide .  With Hachette’s books being no exception, they were looking for a packaging solution that ticked all the boxes.  Most importantly, they needed packaging products that were able to withstand the impact of the postal system.  Hachette wrap both single books and book collections, however, their former packaging method did not take into account the differing sizes in terms of postal tariffs.  They were therefore looking for a reduction in their postal costs as well. The Problems Their Marvel book range is hard backed, and as many of our customers have found, one of the most common problems with hard backed book postage, is damage to the corners of the books during shipping. Hachette were being charged by t...