The tin box manufacturer tells you what factors affect the wholesale price of tin boxes.

Every company will have a cost budget before making product packaging tin boxes, which is also a manifestation of the company's charter system. Before knowing the price, how to make the best product packaging tin box with the least money? The tin box manufacturer tells you that the wholesale price of the tin box is based on the required material, specifications, and design. If you ask the wholesale price of tin boxes? We will consider your budget, and we will also determine the price based on the style, material, quantity and other factors you want.

1. The price of tin box raw materials

  The price of raw materials is the main factor that directly affects the price of tin boxes. It consists of tin-plated iron, ink, and special process raw materials. The prices of different batches and types of raw materials will be different. The better the material, the higher the price. The specific materials used need to be confirmed after communicating with you before the cost price can be calculated.

2. The customized quantity of tin box

   The customized quantity plays an important role in price accounting. If the quantity is in the tens or tens of thousands, the printing fee, start-up fee, and labor cost are fixed; no matter how many tin boxes are customized, the production process is the same. Molds and die-cutting plates are required to be opened. The average quantity is small. On the tin box, the price is very expensive, on the contrary, the order quantity is large, its consumption is also small, and the average unit price is cheaper.

3. Labor cost of tin box production

  Nowadays, the operation of fully automatic machines replaces manual work. Compared with labor costs, labor costs are much cheaper, but it also depends on what type of box is made, and the box type with complex structure (such as irregular shape tin box), but The meticulous craftsmanship of the irregular tin box also requires pure manual production, so the labor cost is high.

4. Printing cost of tin box

1) Printing ink price

   The surface of the tin box can be made with many different processes, such as hot stamping, hot silver, UV, embossing, etc., because of the different printing process costs. Because the quality of printing ink is different, the price of brand-name and other-brand ink is far away, so the price of tin box printed is also different; the tin box printed with low-quality and low-price ink has no gloss and odor, and the ink layer is easy to separate from the tin box. There is no sense of high-end quality, and even some printing factories choose to use waste recycled inks to professionally print those low-cost tin boxes. Secondly, the quality of the PS plate selected during the printing process also has a great relationship with the printing quality. Good plates can not only It can be used for a long time and can print out high-precision dots, so that the color of the printed matter is more accurate, the effect is better and the price is more expensive.

2) Printing process cost

   There are roughly two ways to express the desired tin box color with printing ink: (1) Use the basic four-color ink of printing color, mix dots and overlap overprinting, and make the desired color tone; (2) Mix printing ink, Use spot color printing, use solid colors or dots to express colors. The two methods are different in printing design, color designation or plate making method. There are many types of printing, with different methods, different operations, and different costs and effects. The currently used printing methods can be divided into four major categories: letterpress, gravure, offset and stencil printing: (1) letterpress printing, where the print is higher than non-print (2) gravure printing, where the print is recessed on the layout (3) The print is not raised or depressed (4) stencil printing, the ink is printed through the hole; so the printing cost is also different.

4. Transportation cost

After the tin box is completed, it needs to be shipped to the customer. Due to the different size and transportation distance, the transportation cost is also different. The cost price of the tin box is also affected by the transportation cost. Mastering these key price factors will allow you to make the best tin box packaging at the least cost.

  Customizing a tin box with a reasonable price according to the budget will make your product shine on the shelf. The exquisite tin box display will increase the value of the product, and it must not be randomly matched. The above factors directly affect the price of tin boxes; opinions are for reference only.