Cosmetic, perfume and personal-care packaging dies
Cosmetic and perfume box cutting dies
On a cosmetic or perfume box, the shelf look lives in the details: sharp corners, precise creasing, the window opening and how the sleeve sits. For these jobs the tooling plan aims for clean folding of thin board with no visible crushing.
Which cosmetic packaging is it for?
Cream and serum cartons, perfume boxes, window boxes, sleeves/belly-bands and dropper or ampoule boxes are prepared with attention to blade and creasing balance. Here we make the die for the box, not the box itself; clean folding of thin board and a tidy corner come first.
From a sample box, a vector dieline or a measured drawing, the outer form, the window opening, the crease lines and the sleeve fit are each read separately.
- Cream, serum and cosmetic folding cartons
- Perfume boxes and window boxes
- Sleeve, belly-band and banderole forms
- Rigid (set-up) box wrap rules
What we check before production
On thin coated or laminated board, a small crease-allowance error breaks the closing or leaves cracking at the corner. So creasing, the window opening and the sleeve fit are reviewed together.
- Crease allowance and clean folding on thin board
- Corner radius of the window opening
- Tight/loose fit allowance for the sleeve
- Lock, closing and corner form
Quote information
Box type and board weight are the main quote inputs. If no vector dieline exists, an open layout can be drawn from a good sample box.
- Sample box or vector dieline
- Board weight and type
- Box type (folding, sleeve, rigid)
- Window/sleeve note and quantity
Common questions
1Is a window box (with acetate) cut with a single die?
The carton outline and the window opening are drawn on a single die. The acetate window itself is a separate cutting/insertion step; the die cuts the window opening and the outer form of the board.
2Do you make rigid (set-up) box wrap dies?
Yes. For rigid boxes a separate rule/die is planned for the wrap paper and the greyboard; corner allowances and wrap tolerance are set together.
3Can a small serum or perfume box keep sharp corners?
Corner radius, board weight and crease allowance are tuned together. For a small box, the right crease and rule form are chosen so the corners stay clean.