At Steel City, we know that when you’re ordering paper bags for events or pack-outs, you need them to reflect the quality of your brand. We want to avoid common issues like late deliveries, lightweight paper, or logos that get lost in the folds.
Our approach is to guide you through choosing the right size, paper weight, and print area from the start. We’ll always provide a visual proof so you can approve the placement and be confident your logo looks great before anything goes to print.
- Clear lead times: We are transparent about lead times, typically quoting 5-20 working days from artwork approval. This ensures we can secure the production slots and courier times needed, so you aren’t rushed into choosing a thinner stock just to hit your handout date.
- Perfect print placement: Our team checks your artwork against the defined print areas (including 240 x 145mm and 375 x 270mm) to ensure the placement sits perfectly within the flat panel. This means your branding won’t get cut off by creases or hidden under handles when you are packing them or handing them out.
- Consultative printing advice: We will recommend 1-colour or full-colour digital (including full-colour digital to 1 side) based on what suits your logo best. This ensures solid fills don’t look patchy and small text remains readable, even when ordering in volume.
- Quality that stands up: We put forward paper weights from 80gsm up to 150gsm and 200gsm. This ensures the bag holds its shape when you drop in heavier inserts, and helps you pack faster without fighting creases.
- Sizes that fit your needs: We work from stated dimensions (for example 225 x 180 x 104mm, 360 x 260 x 110mm, and 406 x 305 x 154mm) so your kits sit on the base properly. This avoids that last-minute worry of box corners forcing the bag open.
- Genuine sustainability: We offer responsibly sourced paper statements, such as “certified responsibly sourced paper from sustainably managed forests,” plus UK manufacture where available. This allows you to have full confidence in the product’s credentials without relying on vague “eco” wording.
- Helping you decide: We take a consultative approach to help you narrow down the choice, focusing on the size, stock weight, and print route first. We then manage the proof approval and delivery so you aren’t just guessing from a catalogue and finding out the format isn’t right when it arrives.
The products listed above are our starting point benchmarks for stock, print areas, and lead times-but we can always go beyond this shortlist to source bespoke sizes and specifications when your quantity and schedule allow.
