Specialist capability · 03 / 07
Print for
regulated packaging.
Folding cartons, insert leaflets, tamper-evident labels — where substrate, supplier QA and run-length economics all matter more than usual.
01 · The case
Why a broker fits pharma.
Pharma print asks different questions than ordinary FMCG packaging. Is the substrate migration-safe? Does the leaflet register correctly on the chosen fold geometry? Who handles the batch-code zone, the barcode readability test, the pharma-term spelling pass? Is the run small enough to hit digital pricing, or big enough to earn litho?
A printer answers those questions from inside one factory's strengths and constraints. A broker answers them with the whole market open. For regulated product, the latter is usually the difference between a job that goes smoothly and a job that gets rerun.
02 · Specs
What we produce.
Substrates we broker regularly
- Folding box-board
- 250–350gsm GCD / GCN, with or without pharma-grade spec
- Solid bleached board
- For direct-contact primary packaging
- Leaflet papers
- 40–90gsm Bible and Kraft leaflet stocks, pharma-registered
- Tamper-evident labels
- Destructible face-stocks, void-reveal adhesives
- Migration-safe inks
- Where primary-contact or sensitive-product spec requires
Finishes & extras
- Hot-foil, emboss, deboss
- Braille deboss (where artwork specifies)
- UV, matte and soft-touch varnishes
- Security features — microtext, UV-reactive inks
- Serialised batch and pallet manifest
03 · QA
Compliance, at the relevant moments.
Before print
- Artwork QA pass
- Batch-code zone verification
- Barcode readability test
- Regulatory & pharma-term spelling pass
- Substrate sign-off
On press
- Run-start approval
- Colour drawdown vs brand standards
- Scheduled in-run sampling
- Deboss & foil registration checks
Post-press
- Serialised pallet manifest where spec'd
- COA on request
- Reject-rate reporting
- Scrap & overrun reconciliation
04 · Track record
Work we've produced.
Client
ModHomCo
Homeopathic product packaging — folding cartons and labelling for a direct-to-pharmacy range. Smaller runs, tighter colour standards, run-by-run supplier selection based on quantity and finishing mix.
05 · Get started
How we start.
Email a spec or, honestly, just send an existing pack as reference — we can usually build the brief back from that. Target quantity, target lead-time, any substrate or compliance constraints we should work inside.
You'll have a production plan and a quote inside a working day. After that: proof, press-check, pack, ship.