How to write a custom gift-box RFQ to a Longgang converter

Fields that let the plant quote

Wenzhou Taishan Printing Co., Ltd. quotes custom converting, not a warehouse SKU list. We manufacture at No. 187–239 Cendong Road, Longgang, since 2000. Write inner L×W×H, whether that size is inner or outer, box family, core, wrap or SBS, print and finish, insert, quantity band, and ship-to market.

Portfolio photos on this site are structure references. Cyan, orange, navy, or kraft looks on a folding gift box are not stock items you can reorder by colour name. If you only have a retail photo, say so. We will propose a close structure, not clone unknown tooling.

• Structure first: folding rigid, book-style, lid-and-base, drawer, carton, corrugated, tube, or PVC.
• Core second: grey board 1.5–3 mm, MDF 1.5–7 mm, SBS caliper, flute, or PVC gauge.
• Finish third: CMYK, spot, foil, UV, gloss/matte lamination.
• Documents fourth: FSC if needed, food-contact if needed — request current scans, do not paste catalog marks as a contract.

What we will not guess

Inner versus outer, magnet versus ribbon, and whether an insert exists. Missing fields delay the quote more than a hard price target. A nickname such as “perfume box” or “Mooncake box” is not a dieline.

We also will not guess window film, hang-tab, handle type, lid snug versus extra-loose for tissue, or drawer travel. Those choices change steel, jig, and pack method. Put them on the RFQ even if artwork is not ready.

• Every millimetre labelled inner or outer.
• Closure: magnet, ribbon, tuck, or none.
• Insert: EVA, paper tray, flocked wrap, or empty cavity.
• Window, handle, hang-tab, drawer travel or door catch: yes/no and position if yes.

Sample versus production lot

Say if you need a structure sample before a sea lot. Lead times differ. A white structure sample, a printed wrap sample, and a production booking do not sit on the same clock. See the Longgang sample article on this site.

Do not treat a sample date as a vessel date. Board lots, destination, and approval of the sheet all move the production calendar. Confirm dates on the RFQ reply — this article does not publish day counts as a guarantee.

Where to send it

Use the contact form on taishanprint.com (EN/ZH/ES) or [email protected]. WhatsApp +86 138 6598 7984. We reply as Wenzhou Taishan Printing — manufacturer at Cendong Road, Longgang, since 2000, not a trading desk.

Send the structure first. A complete RFQ is faster than a photo and a target price. Plant equipment and area sit on the factory page; quoting still starts from family and cavity.

How the Longgang plant reads an RFQ

Estimating starts with family and cavity, then board and wrap, then print map. Heidelberg 8-open 4/5-color, XL-75 4/5-color, and CDX102 4/5/6-color lines print cartons and wrap sheets in-house. Kodak CTP plates the job. Die-cut and folder-gluer follow the locked dieline.

If the RFQ mixes three families in one paragraph, the quote splits or stalls. One program, one structure, one finish map. Related SKUs can be listed as variants after the first structure is clear.

• One box family per line item.
• Quantity as a band, not a website MOQ — we do not publish a stock minimum here.
• Destination country and whether sea or air is expected.
• Whether a physical sample already exists that we can measure.

What fails when the family or millimetres are wrong

A retail JPEG without a ruler is a mood board. We can name a close family and propose millimetres after product size or a sample. We cannot promise the cavity of an unknown brand’s die. Colour names on photographed wraps are not Pantone contracts.

• Nickname only (“perfume box”, “tea gift”): no knife. Name folding rigid, lid-and-base, book-style, drawer, carton, corrugated, tube, or PVC.
• One size, no inner/outer label: lid fights the base, or a drawer scrapes the sleeve.
• Drawer as “lid-and-base”: missing travel, layer count, and sleeve inner.
• Fold-flat cube on a drawer or MDF program: freight is wrong.
• Finish as a JPEG glow: no foil plate, no UV pass.
• Fan, star, round, heptagon without a path: “make it look like the photo” is not steel.

After you send the first RFQ

Expect questions back on inner versus outer, insert, and finish map if those lines were empty. That is converting, not delay for its own sake. Answer in the same thread so the quote stays on one structure.

When you approve a structure sample, say whether print, foil, and lamination may proceed, or whether only the cavity is locked. Production does not start from a photo of a competitor’s box.

• Reply with labelled millimetres, not a new nickname.
• Request current certificate scans if FSC or food-contact will appear on the carton.
• Keep artwork and dieline as separate files when both exist.