Custom pencil tin Box
Bespoke high quality tins with affordable price for pencil metal tin case. 100% Enviromental Firendly Custom Food grade Metal Tin Box. We support customization on printing and logo embossing to make your brand stand out.
- Tinplate box are lightweight, durable widely used for pencil & colouring pencils, pen, art supplies, puzzles, magnetics and other small accessories
- Premium tinplate 100% eco-friendly and recycable material
- Customize CMYK offset printing, distinctive embossing, debossing, add-on
Create custom pencil tin box, and keep your favorite pens, pencils and more in tip-top condition. Pencil box comes in different sizes, and they are perfect for work, school or home. Made from strong, rust-proof and fully recyclable tin, this traditional piece of stationery is given a contemporary edge, thanks to custom designs and artwork. We print your designs on tinplate and then shaping, creating a permanent print, that won’t fade or rub away.
Tinspkg is the leading custom metal tinplate products manufacturer. A wide range of pencil tins feature a hinge lid, slip lid, window lid and versatile shapes. The pencil tin packaging is made by premium tin plate which is durable, eco-friendly and highly customizable packaging material. You can customize deeply from shape, size, closure type, printing, embossing and more with affordable cost compared with other plastic or fabric packaging.
Custom colouring pencil tin box features:
- Light weight, durable, price affordable, deeply customizable
- Lid feature: you can choose slip lid, window lid, hinge lid, etc
- Shape: you can choose round, rectangular, square or other customized special shapes
- Printing: you can customize both inside and outside of the box, gloss or matte, metallic or others
- Embossing: top lid and body
TinsPkg have over 11 years OEM and ODM metal tin packaging production experience, we are certified with ISO9001, BSCI, SGS. Contact us to find the best sustainable packaging for your business.
Why metal tins for Pencil?
Design and Customization options
Tinplate support full-color printing(CMYK+Pantone), spot UV, embossed or debossed logos and branding. This flexibility allows your pencil brands to align packaging with both function and marketing strategy
Sustainable and reusable packaging
Tins are 100% recyclable, durable and long-lasting for brands that focus on sustainability
Unlike disposable paper packaging, colouring pencil tins are compact, reusable to keep pencils organized and protected, convenient for home, school, or travel use.
Common size and customized sizes
Pencil tins vary based on intented use (single pencils vs sets).
They can be customized to fit specific pencil counts (6, 12, 18, 24, 48 pencil sets) and other unique sizes.
Pencil tin Box types
Pen holder tin
Pen holder tin is designed to be used vertically on desks and hold pens, pencils, markers, scissors, rulers to keep desk organized for easy acess during work or study.
The popular size from dia70-90mm and Height 90-120mm, and special size can be customized as well.
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rectangular or square pencil tins
These rectangular or square pencil tins are standard shapes with slip lid, hinged lid that easy open and close. Often used for art sets or student stationery to keep pencils organized.
Art sets – colouring pencils (6,12, 18, 24, 48 colors), tinplate thickness vary from 0.18-0.28mm
Student stationery – student pencil tin focus on daily use and must be durable, drop resistant and safe for kids, standard tinplate thickness 0.23mm
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watercolour paint tin pallette
Watercolour paint tin pallette is easy to use, clean and organize. They are durable and professional.
Watercolour paint tin box protects paint pans from cracking, dust and pressure that is ideal for travel and outdoor painting.
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Pencil tin Box Wholesale and Customization
Explore our range of pencil and art sets tin packaging products, customizing the good quality tin packaging in various sizes and styles. Whether you are running a business and need a cost-effective packaging option, or you simply want to use an eco-friendly packaging, TinsPkg’s tins are an excellent choice.
Each tin we sell meets strict quality standards, Whether you are looking for vintage charm or modern minimalism, our custom tin service creates and tailors the ultimate packaging for your brand.
Pantone /CMYK Printing
You can customize tin box and tinplate products’ color according to the Pantone book, as well as create design by CMYK colors. The tinplate’s original color is silver. We can print any color without limitation; full colorful printing, solid Pantone /CMYK color, metallic Pantone /CMYK color and get them by glossy(shiny) finish, matte finish or combine matte with glossy finish to meet your diversity needs.
Tinspkg proceed tinplate sheets offset printing by advanced printing machines, Japan PRIMEX-P453. It helps to realize high-quality and stable printing quality.
Customized Tins Size
Tinspkg have more than 2000 sets of various molds. You can choose our available molds from size and shape to customize your project which shall save your time and mold cost.
We can produce hermetic cans, airtight screw top tin can with one-way degassing valve, decorative coffee cans with latch lid or slip lid. Regular capacity for coffee range from 100g-500g, capacity of tins can be modified to meet different occassion.
We have more than 500 sets of molds for rectangular tins, over 480 sets of molds for round tins, 280 sets of molds for square tins, 30 sets of molds for oval shape tins, 23sets of molds for heart shape tins, 145 sets of molds for irregular shape tins, and 600 sets of molds for other tinplate products such as tin bucket, metal tin sign, tin tray, tin toy etc.
Logo Embossing & Debossing
Dongguan Tinspkg Co.,Ltd helps companies create custom logo or pattern with embossed or debossed effect on tins to make your brand stand out. Embossing adds another level of texture and dimension to the box, giving it a truly luxurious feel. We can make flat embossing, 3D relief, debossing to elevate brand.
3D relief
3D relief adds phycial dimension, allowing custtomers to see and feel the embossed patterns 5-10mm height (logos, intricate designs, or textures on the surface of tinplate. Can be combined with printing designs and finishes for unique branding.
Flat embossing
Also called level embossing that creates a smooth, raised effect on tinplate surfaces without sharp edges or deep contours. It works seeamlessly with printing and coatings. Flat embossing produces a gentle elevation, maintaining a sleek, modern look while adding tactile inerest. Raised height would be 2-3mm generally.
Debossing
Debossing on tinplate to press a design into the tinplate surface, creating a recessed(indented) 3D effect. Unlike embossing, debossing adds subtle depth(2-3mm generally) and sophistication, often used for logos, text or intricate patterns.
Product Shapes
TinsPkg produce spice tins with an extensive array of customization options, including double-lidded spice tins, twist-off lug caps, transparent clear lids, plastic lids, magnetic bases, and more.
Accessories
There are versatile solutions for custom metal tin packaging, including not only printing, embossing, window features but also decorative add-on or accessories like clasp, beaded handle, plastic handle with latch lock, ball handle, metal clip lock etc. These make bespoke tin packaging absolutely adorable for storage and gift giving, perfect for carrying lunches, snacks, small toys, treasures, storing small accessories, makeup and stationery. Check below to find your customization preference
1. Beaded carry handle
Oval tote tin with beaded handle
Handle clasp and hinge
Beaded handle design great for carrying on-the-go items, snacks or toyscustomization preference
Beaded handle color customization
Other shape and size tins can be customized with beaded handle as well
2. Metal latch lock
Tins with an easy-to-use latch lock and an air-tight plastic seal is perfect storage solution for tea, coffee or dry products.
Versatility of reusable container with latch
Latch lock can be customized to match round or square tin container
Latch lock color can be silver or gold to meet your demand
3. Plastic lid with latch lock
Tins with an easy-to-use latch lock and an air-tight plastic seal is perfect storage solution for tea, coffee or Metal latch lock tin with plastic lid comes with an easy-to use latch and an air-tight rubber seal
Plastic lid shape, size and color can be customized to match your brand. It can be clear window lid as well.
4. Tin box with plastic handle and clasp
Tin box with plastic handle and clasp is widely regarded as lunch tin box or carry storage box.
Bespoke plastic handle color and size to match different tin box
Silver metal clasp popular choice
5. Ball handle
Ball handle is a decoration widely applied for round tin containers. It makes tin box lovely and attractive.
Ball handle can be customized into different material metal or plastic.
Ball handle color can be customized as well
6. Metal clip lock
Metal clip lock used for square or rectangular tin box
High quality metal click lock made by stainless steel
Size and thickness customized
Custom Design Printing Quality Control Inspection
We strictly follow custom proof or pantone color on printing process to make sure your brand consistency.
The tinplate material Tinspkg use – All electrolytic tinplate coated steel sheet (including base plate) with SGS reports(REACH, RoHS)
Printing ink -JIANGMEN TOYO INK CO., LTD with EN71-3, PFAS, REACH SVHC REPORTS
The Process of Custom pencil Pencil Tin Containers
Before the customization of your pencil tin containers with Tinspkg, please kindly provide some essential informations below in order to provide our valuable and effecient feedback for you.
We shall provide a solution based on above information:
Recommend our similar existing mold for you to choose and customize
Except for #1 solution, we can customize new mold for you as per your special requirement
If this is your first time to customize metal tin packaging and no much experience on size or shapes, please contact our professional team and we shall provide you one-stop and workable solutions
Based on existing available mold, for custom project, we shall provide below suggestion and solutions:
- we would provide die line of tin box to customer in AI or PDF format. Client’s designer finish artwork and put them into die line and shared to us.
- We shall double check the artwork if words , pattern are correctly positioned.
- After that, we would check with client to confirm the printing effect -if need white base or partial metallic , full metallic printing, any spot color, glossy or matte finish request and suggestions
- Before proof, we can provide 3D mock up with artwork for quick check and approval
Above is based on existing available mold. If you’d like to customize a new mold, we shall provide below suggestions and solutions:
- Making 3D mock up as per size specification or your product information and structure details for confirmation
- Making 3D mock up with client’s artwork for you to have a clear presentation
- After above approval, we would proceed plastic proof. Gerenerally it takes 3-7days to complete
- Once plastic proof ready , we shall ship to you. And you can test size and check the structure
- If plastic proof confirmed, we would proceed mold customization. It would takes about 15-25days which mainly depends on the size and structure of tin box
The raw materials used for custom tinplate cans are usually tinplate, sandy tinplate, galvanized iron. Tin plate and sandy tin plate are with tin layer that is non-toxic and tasteless, with a bright surface. They are meeting food grade, eco-friendly and recyclable requirements which are perfect for food and liquid storage.
A tin layer on the surface of tinplate cans, which can effectively prevent corrosion and protect the quality of food.
Good quality tinplate materials play an important role on the following printing and production process.
- Tinplate material: premium tinplate, high purity aluminum plate
- Tin plate thickness: 0.21, 0.23mm(regular), 0.25mm, 0.28mm, 0.3mm
- Aluminum plate thickness: 0.28mm(regular)
To make custom printed tin product samples take 7-12days generally, and we need to proceed custom tin plate printing by offset printing method first then stamping into shapes and assembly. After sample ready, we would provide pictures from different side for you to check. Then ship out to your company by express shipping and shipping time one week.
If you have any special request for custom sample, we would check all possibilities to meet your demand. In addition, Tinspkg can promise the same quality standard for both sample and bulk cargo.
After sample approval and order placed, we shall proceed mass production as per following procedures:
- Firstly Print tinplate sheet with customer’s printing artwork and take the proof for color check
- Cutting tinplate into pieces
- Fix, modify and test mold
- Shaping by stamping machines and assemble
After custom tin sample approval and place order, we shall proceed printing tinplate for order.
Printing tinplate sheet MOQ1500 pieces( tinplate sheet size varies but basically around 960*1080mm).
For small quantity orders, we need to set up different orders together on the same template to print in order to cut down client’s cost
Most tin can supplier use two-color printing machines and unable for finish CMYK process at same time which may cause some color difference and tin plate material loss. Tinspkg use Fuji 4-color printing marchines and one line we can finish all CMYK colors to make sure printing quality.
After color printing process finished, there is an essential step- coating that is greatly helpful for ink adhesion and visual quality. Good quality printing attract more attention for your brand.
Tinplate can be coated differently as per drawings; partly or completely; matte or glossy
Before printed tinplate sheets cutting, QC person need to check materials surface correct.
Cutting process, we need to cut tinplate into correct size and without scratches to make sure the following production go smoothly
Shearing machines cut large-sized tinplate sheets into small sizes. A tin box is constructed by tinplate lid, tinplate body or tinplate bottom. If there are some errors in the size of tin sheet, it would affect tin can size and artwork position and lid tightness etc. Therefore, cutting correctly is the basis of tin can production.
The thickness of metal tin plate should be less than 0.3mm cutted by shearing machine, or it would affect cutting quality and cause shearing machine damage. Tin plate would have irregular burrs that would affect production as well.
Tinspkg use a fully automatic shearing machine to complet this process and an engineer keep an eye on the shearing machine status.
One tin box completed requests many different processing molds. Therefore, fixing and modify each stamping machines with every mold and test is very important. These make sure good quality tin box with correct size, embossing accurateness, proper tightness, screw lid works, no scratches and no quality issues.
Quality represents everything of the company. To find a reliable manufacturer, you should know something about tin production quality control.
From the beginning of tinplate printing to cutting and mass production, every step we have rich experienced staff to check and control.
Quality Control
We must focus on and avoid below main quality issues happened during production:
Scratch 
Deformation 
Dirty Mark 
Embossing Deviation 
Poor Painting 
Rust
Corret assembly and packing is the last but important process.
Regarding to assembly job with accessories, there are two conditions:
- Accessories purchased and assembled by Tinspkg
- Accessories supplied by clients and assembled by Tinspkg
we have strict packing process manual to show every details how and how many accessories filled into tin box and in which direction displayed in tins,etc.
Furthermore, packing is greatly vital as it would affect cargo transportation safety and affect freight much. International shipping cost is very high and we need to consider and help for client.
popular pencil tins Bulk
Tinspkg is a leading China custom tin pencil cases manufacturer. Tinplates have been produced and used widely for stationer industry, custom school pencil tin cases, car-shape tin pencil box, colored pencils metal tin box, coin bank tin can, oil drum gift tin containers, watercolor paint tin box, crayon tin containers and more thanks to it’s eco-friendly, recyclable and food grade, attractive custom printing features. We offer high quality, customizable pencil tins catering to your needs no matter for company brand promotion or enhancing your product line.
What is pencil tin box?
Pencil tin box is a metal tinplate box designed to store, protect, and organize pencils and small stationery items, mainly used by students, artists, and office people. Student pencil tins are regularly in rectangular shapes with proper size and with attractive designs. Customized size pencil tins are for colouring pencils, crayons, watercolour paint packaging etc.
What is pencil tins made of?
Pencil tins are made of 0.18-0.28 mm thickness tinplate (depending on size and load) with custom decorative printing and food-safe coating for packaging. Tinplate is a low-carbon steel sheet coated with a thin layer of tin. Tinplate is strong & impact-resistant, lightweight, easy to form & hinge, excllent printability and 100% recyclable.
Pencil tins can be decorated with PVC/PET window, plastic inner tray, EVA foam, paper insert to organize items inside.
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Why you should use Pencil tin box?
Compared to plastic pencil box or fabric pencil bag, pencil tin box have below advantages:
- Long lifespan
- Premium feel
- Strong branding surface
- Easier to clean
- Eco-friendly image
How do you use Pencil tin box?
Choose the correct pencil tin box for your product line. Tinspkg have 4 kinds of pencil tins: student pencil tin box, colouring pencil tin box, watercolour pain tin box and pen holder tin. You can find any of them and customize them with your brand design and printing to promote your business.
Tin Container Solutions To Your Industry
TINSPKG is a one-stop custom metal tin product supplier. We have produced thousands of types of tin container in different colors and capacities. We can provide customers with the best price and quality tin container.
- Area: 6000 Square Meters
- R&D engineers: 3 Staffs
- Tin Molds: 3000+ Sets
- Production Worker: 60+ Staffs
- QC Team: 7 Staffs
- Production Capacity: 2,000,000 PCS Per Month
- Machines：
- 110 Stamping Machines
- 5 Automatic Cutting Machines
- 6 Automatic Production Line
- 3 Packing Line
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