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Every stationery tin case in the library — 36 production runs in total, 24 to a page, each one carrying the mould it was made from. Most are long and shallow, so the shape on each card is a faster way in than scrolling by capacity.
Sized to the Longest Item
As stationery tin manufacturers, a stationery build is specified against the longest item in the pack-out before it is specified against the artwork — a pen that does not fit is the single most common reason one of these gets returned. Four things get settled before one goes back on the line.
Give us the longest item and the internal length is drawn to it with clearance, not to a stock size. These stationery tin moulds are re-run for that length, which is why a metal pencil box holds a full-size pen instead of a stub.
Pens, pencils, an eraser and a sharpener in one compartment end up as noise in a bag. A divider or a recessed tray is cut to the pack-out so each item has a slot, which is what separates a stationery tidy box from an empty metal pencil case.
Bodies here are curled rather than raw, so there is no sharp edge. A stationery tin with lid seats under compression and keeps its grip through a full school term instead of loosening after a week.
A tin can pencil holder gets dropped, scraped and shoved into a bag, so the print is specified with an abrasion-resistant overprint rather than a bare ink film. A pencil box with handle gets the same treatment at the contact points.
Built for Daily Use
A stationery tin box gets opened several times a day, dropped into a bag and slid across a desk. Three things decide whether it survives a school year, and on every case above all three were fixed before printing started.
Applications
A stationery tin box is bought in four recognisable patterns, and they divide on one question: what is the longest thing that has to fit inside. A round stationery tin, a square stationery tin and a long slim stationery tin all appear above, and each one carries a different divider.
Back-to-school pencil tin box and crayon builds, where a safe curled edge and a closure that survives a term matter more than print complexity.
Desktop pen holder tin and desk-tidy builds — often a long slim or rectangular body that sits open on a desk rather than closing.
Stationery gift tin sets for Christmas and graduation, usually a small tin with a notebook, pens and an insert tray in one outer carton.
Promotional stationery tin runs for events and education brands, where a stock mould keeps a short run affordable inside a campaign window.
Mould Register
Every size below comes from a live mould record rather than a typical figure. Any of them can be sampled before you commit to a bespoke die.
| Mould Ref. | Shape | Capacity | Cases | View case |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIN-DGGM-00017 | Square Tin | 184008ml | 1 | View case |
| TIN-DGGM-00013 | Square Tin | 130ml | 1 | View case |
| TIN_DWGY_00204 | Square Tin | 324ml | 2 | View case |
| TIN_DWGY_00234 | Square Tin | 339.15ml | 4 | View case |
| TIN_DWGY_00162 | Tin | 2000ml | 8 | View case |
| TIN_DWGY_00210 | Round Tin | 321.08ml | 2 | View case |
| TIN_DWGY_00209 | Square Tin | 1543.5ml | 2 | View case |
| TIN_DWGY_00126 | Square Tin | 244.8ml | 2 | View case |
Material: food-grade tinplate, internal lacquer where the fill needs one. stationery tin MOQ 1,000 pcs per design, pre-production sample 7 days, new mould tooling adds 20–25 days. FOB Ningbo / Shanghai / Shenzhen.
Design Reference
Stationery tins are used rather than displayed, so the brief is durability first and print second.
A pencil tin box is opened and closed daily and thrown into a bag. Edges are curled rather than left raw, the print sits under varnish, and the hinge is specified before the artwork so the lid does not crack at the fold.
A metal pencil case gives a flat, uninterrupted print area, which is why fine linework, grids and small type all reproduce cleanly. We set the smallest type at final size and proof it on the formed body.
Buying Guide
Four decisions turn one of the cases on this page into your order. On stationery, the first one is the longest item rather than the tin.
A metal pencil case gets returned because a pen does not fit, not because the tin is wrong. Give us the longest item in the pack-out and the internal length is specified against it before tooling starts.
A school pencil case, a desk pen and pencil case and a promo giveaway are three different specs. Daily carrying needs a curled edge and a compression lid; a desk tin does not.
A tin can pencil holder lives on a desk and gets sold on the print. One sold as a filled pack-out gets the divider and the shrink band. Which it is sets the interior budget.
Six coloured pencils and a twenty-four piece set need different trays, and the tray decides the internal height. empty pencil tins are quoted on the body alone, so send the count with the size.
Related Ranges
Stationery Tins share a production line with the rest of the tinplate range. The categories below all have live case galleries, so the same construction and the same mould register carry across.
FAQs
The questions that come up most often when buyers spec a stationery tin.
Send your artwork or just a rough sketch and we will come back with shape options, an indicative price and a lead time — usually within one working day. WhatsApp and email both work.
