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Cosmetic Packaging Boxes
Accurate Color for Cosmetic Boxes
For printed cosmetic boxes, SunTop Printing uses full-color (CMYK) printing to reproduce approved colors and matches specified Pantone colors on the actual material selected for the order.
A physical color sample on that material lets you approve the printed color before commercial production.
SunTop prints on metallic, dark-colored, pearlescent, and textured paperboard, including gold and silver metallic paperboard. Printed wrapping paper is also used where required.
For gold and silver metallic paperboard, SunTop uses the HEIDELBERG Speedmaster XL 106-7+L for UV printing.
Where the metallic sheen should not show through the printed color, an opaque white underprint is used. On gold and silver metallic paperboard and aluminum-foil paper, white ink opacity is 88%–92%, with a physical white-ink sample providing the opacity reference before commercial production.
For specified Pantone colors, spot-color inks use X-Rite IFS 100% spectral formulation, while 7-color ECG with CMYK+OGV covers more than 90% of Pantone spot colors when expanded-gamut printing is used.
During commercial production, color is measured against the approved reference in CIELAB (Lab) values, with a Delta-E batch tolerance of ≤ 1.0.
Color is checked against the same order reference during printing and again after box forming. HEIDELBERG Prinect Inpress Control 3 measures color on press, while X-Rite eXact 2 checks the formed cosmetic packaging box against the same reference.
In one commercial order of 420,000 cosmetic packaging boxes, CMYK printing and specified Pantone colors were produced to the approved color reference, and spot-check measurements across the commercial batch remained within the stated Delta-E control range.
Surface Finishes for Cosmetic Boxes
SunTop Printing produces specified foil, embossing, UV, and laminated finishes so the finished cosmetic packaging box retains the required finish position, edge definition, matte/gloss contrast, tactile feel, and abrasion resistance after the folding or wrapping process used for that box, and after opening.
Hot foil stamping, embossing, and debossing are produced on the BOBST NOVAFOIL 106, with their positions following the approved artwork.
When foil and 3D embossing are combined, embossing height is 0.3–0.8 mm and foil-to-emboss registration is maintained within ±0.1 mm, with clean edges on the combined detail.
Raised UV reaches 0.3–0.5 mm.
Contrast UV keeps a clear matte/gloss separation. Reverse UV / drip-off UV maintains at least 85% matte-to-gloss contrast, with varnish-edge tolerance controlled within ±0.1 mm.
A physical lamination sample provides the reference before commercial production.
After folding, wrapping, or opening, foil, embossing, and UV remain in their specified positions; foil combined with 3D embossing keeps clean edges; contrast UV and reverse UV / drip-off UV retain their matte/gloss contrast; lamination remains intact; soft-touch lamination keeps its even feel; and scratch-resistant lamination keeps its abrasion resistance.
In one commercial order of 160,000 cosmetic packaging boxes, soft-touch lamination, gold foil stamping, embossing, and spot UV were used together. The box manufacturing result matched the approved physical sample and the finish positions in the approved artwork.
Consistent Cosmetic Box Quality
SunTop Printing keeps required printed colors, white ink, and specified surface finishes consistent across the full commercial quantity of a cosmetic packaging order.
Each requirement is produced to its approved color reference, physical sample, or confirmed standard.
In one completed cosmetic packaging series project for a single client, nine cosmetic packaging boxes totaled 110,000 boxes. The boxes varied in size, artwork, color scheme, and surface-finish combination.
Specified colors included Pantone 032 C and Pantone 087 C. The project used soft-touch lamination, gold foil, and screen-printed spot UV. One box used silver metallic paperboard with UV printing and reverse UV.
After all 110,000 boxes were completed, the required printed colors, white ink, and specified surface finishes on the relevant boxes remained aligned with their respective approved references.
Where a cosmetic package also uses a separately printed label, SunTop supplies that label as a distinct printed component through custom label printing.
Cosmetic Box Manufacturer
SunTop Printing manufactures cosmetic packaging boxes in-house, alongside a wider range of custom printed boxes.
There is no fixed MOQ; order quantities can be matched to what each cosmetic packaging order actually needs.
In the 110,000-box commercial cosmetic packaging series project, SunTop internally completed the printing, specified surface finishing, and box manufacturing.
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