Automotive

Automotive packaging is custom-printed paperboard cartons for parts brands, accessory sellers, and aftermarket retailers who need branded boxes for small components and kits. Each carton is folded from sturdy paperboard and printed in full color to carry your part numbers and brand cleanly.

A straight-tuck or auto-bottom carton gives a clean retail face for shelf and e-commerce sales, while inside-print lets you add fitment notes or install steps where the customer sees them on opening. For accessory lines and replacement parts, a printed carton makes a loose component look like a finished retail product and cuts the cost of separate inserts and labels.

Materials & Specifications

Material: SBS white or kraft paperboard folding carton

Weight: 300-400gsm paperboard

Carton style: straight-tuck, reverse-tuck-end, or auto-bottom

Printing: full-color CMYK, inside and outside

Finishing: matte or gloss lamination, spot UV, foil, emboss

Sustainability: FSC-certified paper available

Best Used For

Aftermarket parts and component retail packaging

Car care, detailing, and accessory product lines

Replacement-part kits sold online and in stores

Branded boxes for small hardware and fitment items

Printing & Finishing

Upgrade your Automotive packaging with matte, gloss, or soft-touch velvet lamination, then add spot UV, foil stamping, or emboss to highlight a logo or part name. Printing inside the carton lets you place specs, barcodes, or install notes where they help the buyer.

Why Order from Teal

Teal is a US-based packaging supplier with a 50-unit minimum on standard cartons, free design help, and free US shipping. Printing is full-color CMYK, FSC paper is available, and a rush service (from about 4 to 7 business days after proof approval on qualified ready-to-print jobs) is ready when you need stock ahead of the standard production from about 7 business days after proof approval. The sample kit is $50, credited to your first order, and quotes come back within 4 business hours.

FAQ

What’s the minimum order quantity? Standard cartons start at 50 units; specialty rigid boxes require 100 or more.

How long is production? Standard production runs from about 7 business days, with a rush option (from about 4 to 7 business days after proof approval on qualified ready-to-print jobs).

Can I get a sample? Yes – a sample kit is $50, credited to your first order.

Request a free quote and we’ll get back to you within 4 business hours.

Parts Packaging Specification by Program Size

Automotive parts packaging is a weight and abrasion problem. Metal components chafe against plain board, so a liner, a bag or a die cut fitment is usually needed. Part weight sets the board grade and the closure, and anything shipped through a distribution network needs a stack rating rather than just a size. Barcode placement should be agreed with your receiving system early.

Cartons ordered

Board grade and fitment guidance

50

Prototype quantity for a single part number.

500

One carton size with a die cut fitment.

1,000

A small family of part numbers on shared board.

5,000

Stack rated board with printed part identification.

10,000+

Aftermarket programs from about $0.44 per unit at volume.

Set expectations at about 7 business days for in-house eligible carton work and around about 12 weeks for specialty imported builds. Supplier onboarding usually consumes the difference. Free dieline design covers fitment geometry drawn from your part drawings.

Send part dimensions, weight, finish sensitivity, stack requirement, barcode format and annual volume.

How to Order Automotive

Ordering custom automotive is simple:

Submit a quote request with your dimensions, quantity, and design references

Receive quote guidance within one business day

Send your artwork or work with our design team (free dieline + 2 revision rounds)

Approve the digital proof and production begins

Standard production runs from about 7 business days after proof approval; complex or high-volume orders take longer