Yes, most Morbi factories will pack your order in boxes printed with your brand. Private-label packing is a routine request for export orders, and the cluster has its own carton printers who supply the plants.
What takes care is the detail: the artwork, the markings your market requires, the box minimum and a written promise that your boxes are used only for you.
What a private-label box usually carries
Your box replaces the factory's own carton. It should carry everything your warehouse, your customers and your customs broker need.
- Your brand name and logo, and your design name for the tile rather than the factory's code.
- The tile size, the number of pieces per box, the area covered per box and the gross weight.
- Blank fields or printed panels for shade, calibre and batch, which the factory stamps when it packs.
- The country of origin, normally "Made in India", which most markets require.
- Any conformity marks your market needs, such as the CE mark for tiles sold in the EU.
- A barcode if your retailers ask for one.
Shade, calibre and batch still matter
Private labelling must not hide the production marks. Every box needs its shade, calibre and batch, because that is how your customers match tiles on a job. One order should be one batch, one shade and one calibre per design.
Check that the factory's packing line stamps these marks clearly on your box, in the same place on every carton. A box with no shade mark is a complaint waiting to happen. Our article on avoiding mixed grades in a tile shipment covers this in more depth.
Artwork, minimums and timing
You send the artwork for each box size. The factory or its carton printer sends back a proof. Check the proof against the actual box dimensions, not just the look, because a tile size change means a new box size.
Carton printers have their own minimum runs, and printed boxes take time to make. Order them with the tile order, not after it, so the boxes are ready when the line runs. On a first order, allow for one round of proof corrections.
If you want your logo on the back of each tile as well, that is a different job. The back pattern is pressed by the mould, so a logo there needs a new mould part. Many buyers settle for the box and a printed label on the pallet.
Pallet labels and corner boards can also carry your brand. Ask for the pallet label layout to include your order number and design name, which makes receiving much faster.
Put the brand terms in writing
Your boxes are your identity in your market. Agree in writing that the factory will use your printed boxes only for your orders, will not sell surplus boxes or tiles in them to anyone else, and will destroy or return leftover stock on request.
Keep the factory name off the box if you prefer. That is normal, and it stops your customers going direct. The exporter's name will still appear on the commercial invoice and the bill of lading, which your broker needs; see the document pack your broker will ask for.
Check the rules on labelling in your own market before you sign off the artwork. Origin marking, language and conformity marks differ by country, and your customs broker or a local trade adviser can confirm them.
How we help
We check your box artwork against the tile sizes, chase the carton proofs, confirm the shade and batch stamping on the packing line and put the brand terms into the written order. We also check the boxes at loading. To plan your own label, book a free sourcing review.