Ordering and Capabilities
Can Utah PaperBox make custom boxes? Yes. Utah PaperBox specializes in full service custom boxes, inserts, and packaging manufacturing. From sheeting the paperboard to delivering or shipping the completed boxes to your fulfillment center, UPB's experts will guide you in each step of the process. Please contact us to get started.
Is there a minimum order quantity? While quantity impacts price, Utah PaperBox has equipment including a digital printing press that is perfectly paired for small jobs. Generally speaking, 500 pieces is a good starting quantity for custom packaging. Please contact us to find out more information if you have a smaller job in mind.
What is the turnaround time on my order? The complexity of the box, availability of materials, and our current production demand can impact the lead time. Typically, we run between 3-6 weeks from a signed sample to when your boxes would be delivered. Contact us to find out a more specific current lead time.
What is Cold Foil and can Utah PaperBox produce it? Cold Foil is a new embellishment method that applies shiny silver foil under the print, opening up a vast array of colors and effects that can really make your box stand out. Utah PaperBox is proud to be able to print cold foil as well as many other embellishments, coatings, embossing, and windowing that will make your boxes shine.
Does Utah PaperBox sell shipping boxes? Unfortunately, we do not sell standard corrugated shipping boxes. We do produce litho lam boxes with high resolution graphics that we commonly see in upper end mailers. See corrugated boxes below for more information. For standard corrugated shipping boxes, we’d recommend contacting another local business, Box Essentials, to see if they have what you are looking for.
What packaging products can I order from Utah Paperbox? We offer folding cartons, Rigid boxes, litho laminated corrugated boxes, and custom inserts. Please see our portfolio for examples of our work.
Can I get an instant quote for my order? Because every package is custom made to your preferences, we will need basic information from a consultation to ensure the estimate matches the specifications and details of your box. Pricing can be quickly calculated once the initial consultation has been completed.
Can you print inside of the boxes? Definitely! We are here to help your box shine in whatever ways you see fit.
How much freedom do I have in customizing each packaging product? Every project is different, but there are many options you can pick from. Examples are; different types of material, 4 color process, up to 7 “inks” per job, coatings (providing different tactile feels to the box), and embellishments like hot stamping, embossing, or cold foil. The larger quantity of the same package you order impacts the price.
What are over/unders and why do they matter? Typically on a purchase order or invoice you’ll see an over/under clause; for example, over/under 10%. This means that the supplier can deliver and bill up to over or under 10% of the order.
Can we print corrugated boxes? UPB is a leader in litho laminated boxes. These types of boxes generally contain high resolution images and graphics creating a premium corrugated box. Our offset printing presses apply your graphics to a thin paperboard which is then laminated to the desired corrugated substrate, making a premium print paired with the rugged and durable corrugated characteristic. Contact us for more information.
What sizes of boxes can you produce? UPB can create very small packaging such as ring boxes, as well as larger sized cartons like mailers. Our vast equipment portfolio allows us to pair the right size machine to your packaging needs. Our maximum sheet size is approximately 40x56 inches.
Sending your digital files to UPB
What are the guidelines for digital files? If you are ready to begin designing the artwork for your packaging project, or even if your artwork is completed, it is recommended that you check with our digital art guidelines in order to make your packaging project run more smoothly.
Click below to view or download our “Digital Art Guidelines” PDF:
How do I set up things like Coatings, Cold Foil, Hot Foil Stamping and Embossing or De-bossing? If you need guidance in setting up special effects in your digital artwork, you can click below to view or download PDF instructions - “Digital Art Special Effects for Printing.”
Where and how do I send my files? If you are ready to send your digital art files to UPB, you should already be in contact with a UPB sales representative. They will give you the appropriate email address to use to send in your art.
If your files are too large to email, you can use a file transfer service like Dropbox or We Transfer.
Be sure to include a direct link to the folder or files you are sending and not a link to a shared folder that would require a password or an invitation to access.
Can I talk to someone about setting up my files? We are always ready and willing to answer your questions about setting up your digital artwork for your packaging project. Please contact us if you need help.
Proposition 65
What is Proposition 65? Prop 65 is a piece of legislation approved by ballot initiative by California voters in November of 1986. Also known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, the original purpose of the law was to prevent the dumping of toxic chemicals in waterways. You may have seen Prop 65 warnings on UPB master shipping cartons. UPB manufactures a wide variety of paper-board and plastic cartons and many of them may be sold into California.
Proposition 65 requires businesses to warn Californians before exposing them to chemicals in the consumer products they buy and use. Proposition 65 requires the State to publish a list of chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm, known as the “Prop 65 List”. The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) administers the Proposition 65 program and maintains the Prop 65 List, which is updated at least once annually. The list presently contains about 1,000 chemicals.
Which chemicals are on the Proposition 65 List? There is a range of naturally occurring and synthetic chemicals on the Prop 65 List. These chemicals include ones you expect, such as lead, asbestos and tobacco smoke, but also chemicals that may come as a surprise, such as aspirin. Certain chemicals on the list, such as styrene, carbon black and titanium dioxide are commonly found in consumer products. The updated Prop 65 List can be found at: https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65/proposition-65-list.
Are chemicals that may be found in UPB products harmful to the health of my employees and customers? While components used to manufacture various UPB packaging products may contain Proposition 65 listed chemicals, the types and quantities of chemicals are expected to present very little, if any, actual threat to you or your customers.
For example:
All black inks, regardless of who the ink maker or printer is, contain carbon black, a Prop 65 listed chemical. The state of California has identified carbon black to cause cancer only when in it’s respirable form, or dry powder form. When UPB applies black ink to a substrate, that ink is cured into a plastic film which binds the carbon black to the substrate making it impossible to inhale it, if the carton is used as intended. Titanium dioxide, a pigment used to create opaque white, is also known to cause cancer, but only in respirable form.
Some of our adhesives contain very small amounts (typically less than 1% or 2%) of toluene or other solvents that may be Prop 65 listed. All of these solvents are quite volatile so they dissipate rapidly once applied to the carton. Hence, the actual amount of these solvents in a finished carton are expected to be close to 0%.
Benzophenone is a chemical used in UV coatings as a photo-initiator. When UV coating is applied to a substrate it is then subjected to UV lamps to cure the coating. Energy from UV light cleaves the molecules of benzophenone to initiate the reaction required to convert the liquid coating into a solid plastic film. After that molecule of benzophenone has been cleaved it is no longer actually benzophenone, and therefore is technically no longer a Prop 65 listed substance.
These three examples are common types of listed chemicals found components required to manufacture packaging products, regardless of who that manufacturer may be. While the likelihood that these chemicals can cause harm is expected to be essentially nonexistent, it is UPB’s responsibility to inform our customers that these chemicals may, nonetheless, be present in the final product. In reality, the substances may no longer even be present by the time the product is delivered.
What is the warning requirement for businesses? Businesses are required to provide a “clear and reasonable” warning before knowingly and intentionally exposing anyone to a chemical on the Prop 65 List. UPB is responsible for notifying our customers of any listed chemical that is, or may be, present in the packaging products that it produces. UPB may put a warning label on the shipping case label, but will never alter the graphics of the actual product carton without direction, and proof approval, from our customers.
After August 30, 2018, new Prop 65 regulations took effect. These revisions changed the wording of the required warning. For products manufactured after August 30, 2018, the warning must identify one or more chemicals on the Proposition 65 List, must add a symbol (as depicted below but which also may be printed in black and white for packaging or labels that do not contain the color yellow), and the new warning language will be as follows (either the long form or short form warning is okay):
For cancer:
For reproductive harm:
For cancer and reproductive harm:
Where can I get more information on Proposition 65? For general information on the Prop 65 list of chemicals and list of safe harbor levels, you may contact OEHHA's Prop 65 program at (916) 445-6900, or visit: