Selective Gloss Finishing

Make Your Brand Stand Out: Custom Spot UV Mylar Bags & Packaging

Add clear gloss to selected logos, patterns or product details while keeping the rest of your pouch quieter. Custom spot UV creates a visible contrast when the bag catches the light. Choose the base surface, coverage and pouch construction together, then review a sample before confirming the finish.

Free design · Unlimited revisions · Free layered print-ready files

No finished artwork needed. Start with the product details or design idea you have.

Front and back of a printed chocolate pouch from a project listing Spot UV
Published chocolate project: Spot UV is explicitly listed in Key Features. Coating height is not documented.

Four Commitments for Your Packaging Order

Guaranteed Delivery

Production within 7–12 calendar days from your deposit payment. Shipping within 7–10 calendar days from your balance payment.

Eco-Friendly Packaging Options

Choose from a variety of packaging materials to support your product needs and environmental goals.

Free Samples

Samples of similar materials are free. Custom sample fees are refunded when you place your order.

Door-to-Door Delivery, Taxes Included

We deliver your packaging to your door, with taxes included.

Artwork & Prepress Support

Free Packaging Design, from Your Ideas to Print

No finished artwork? Share your ideas, logo, images, wording, preferred fonts or reference styles. A dedicated designer will work with you to create your custom packaging artwork, with unlimited revisions at no design charge.

Once you approve the design, we prepare layered, print-ready files for your agreed bag dimensions, printing method and production requirements, also free of charge.

Free Packaging Design · Unlimited Revisions · Free Layered Print Files
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Start with What You Have

An initial idea, logo or reference image is enough to begin. Tell us what you want to pack and how you want your brand to look.

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Work with Your Dedicated Designer

Your dedicated designer develops the print artwork and a separate finish map where needed. Review logos, color areas, white ink, windows and the product wording you approve. Unlimited revisions are free. After approval, receive free layered, print-ready files for the agreed pouch dimensions, printing method and finishing requirements.

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Receive Free Layered Print-Ready Files

After you approve the artwork, we prepare the layered production files to match the agreed size, printing method and production specifications. Preparing these files is free.

From your first idea to layered files ready for printing, our design service is free.

Start My Free Packaging Design

Tell us what you have in mind. No finished artwork needed.

Process Characteristics

What Spot UV Adds to Your Pouch

Understanding the distinction between selective gloss, whole-pouch finishes, and tactile heights.

Clear gloss in selected areas

Spot UV is a clear coating applied to chosen areas and cured with ultraviolet light. The printed color remains underneath; the finish changes how those areas reflect light.

Contrast rather than full-bag gloss

A matte background can make glossy logos or patterns easier to distinguish as the pouch moves. Full gloss lamination changes the whole surface, so it creates a different effect.

Confirm whether you want a raised effect

A selective gloss coating is not automatically a thick, raised finish. Tell us if tactile height matters so the available process and sample can be reviewed.

Substrate Compatibility

Choose the Base Surface Before the Gloss Map

Spot UV relies on the contrast between the base film and the gloss coating. Select and confirm your outer surface before preparing final production files.

Matte film or matte coating
Direction: Quiet background with clear gloss accents
Confirm: Coating adhesion, contrast and flexing
Soft-touch surface
Direction: Velvet-like feel with selected reflective detail
Confirm: Exact film grade and compatible coating
Paper-look construction
Direction: Contrast with printed or paper areas
Confirm: Actual outer surface; absorbency and laminate
Clear-window pouch
Direction: Separate clear product window from decorative gloss
Confirm: The real window construction and finish boundaries

A glossy printed shape is not a transparent product window. The barrier and seal layers remain separate parts of the complete pouch specification.

Real Project Records

Spot UV in Published Packaging Projects

These project records explicitly identify Spot UV. Use them to discuss the artwork and pouch format; photos do not establish coating height, gloss measurements or food-contact approval.

Front and back of a printed chocolate pouch from a project listing Spot UV
Gravure printing · Three-side-seal chocolate pouch · BOPP / PMP822 / CPP

Chocolate Pouch with Recorded Spot UV

The published Key Features list Spot UV on a BOPP / PMP822 / CPP, gravure-printed flat pouch. It provides a real reference for selective gloss on chocolate packaging. The record does not establish a raised coating or universal recycling acceptance.

Published chocolate project: Spot UV is explicitly listed in Key Features. Coating height is not documented.
Printed cocktail and mocktail pouches with straw holes from a published Spot UV project
Gravure printing · Stand-up drink pouch with straw hole · PET / AL / NY / PE

Drink Pouch Published as a Spot UV Project

The project title identifies Spot UV and the Key Features list PET / AL / NY / PE with gravure printing. The photographed format has a straw hole. This is a format and finish reference, not a screw-spout refill pouch or a measured barrier report.

Published Spot UV drink project. Straw-hole format; measured gloss and coating height are not provided.
Prepress & Artwork Mapping

Build a Clear Spot UV Artwork Map

Precise alignment between printed graphics and selective gloss layers ensures sharp edges and high production yields.

Separate the printed artwork and finish

Identify the elements that should receive gloss on a distinct, clearly named finish layer aligned with the approved artwork. Keep barcodes, essential product text and the visual hierarchy readable.

Review detail and working areas

Discuss small text, narrow lines, gaps, folds, seals, zippers, valves and windows on the actual dieline. Suitable limits depend on the coating and pouch construction; one universal line width or margin is not sufficient.

Let your designer prepare the files

You can start with an idea or logo. Your dedicated designer develops the print and finish layers with unlimited free revisions, then supplies free layered, print-ready files after approval.

Sampling & Proofing Checklist

What to Confirm with Your Spot UV Sample

Physical packaging proofing allows your team to verify visual contrast, mechanical handling, and barrier integrity before full-scale manufacturing.

Appearance
Tilt the sample under your retail lighting; compare gloss boundaries and printed color
Handling
Review flexing, rub marks and the pouch after your filling and sealing process
Product protection
Agree the full laminate, closure and storage requirements separately
Printing and finishing
Share quantity, variants and coverage; confirm both methods, setup and quoted MOQ
Food and environmental use
Include product contact, destination and environmental goal for relevant documents

Select the sample around the details that matter to your project. A coating name alone does not establish scratch resistance, shelf life or food-contact suitability.

Manufacturing & Quality Assurance

The Factory Behind Your Custom Packaging

Dalian Boxmaker International Trading Co., Ltd. brings years of packaging industry experience to your custom pouch project. The production-floor and printing-equipment photographs shown here come from our factory.

Flexible packaging production floor at the Mylarbag factory
Flexible packaging production floor in our factory.

Digital and Gravure Printing

Share your artwork variants, quantity per design and reorder plans. We discuss the printing method with your material, finish and order specification. Digital printing does not use engraved printing cylinders; gravure printing uses engraved cylinders. The applicable production and setup costs are included in your quotation.

Digital printing equipment at the Mylarbag factory
Digital printing equipment in our factory.
Gravure printing equipment at the Mylarbag factory
Gravure printing equipment in our factory.

Review the outer surface, complete material structure, finish coverage and filling conditions together. Agree the artwork, sample and production specification before manufacturing. A machine photograph is not evidence of a specific finishing machine, measured tolerance or finished-pouch test result.

Food Packaging Certifications, Available on Request

Our factory holds relevant food packaging certifications. Request the certificates in your enquiry, and we’ll share them with you privately. Include your intended packaging use and destination market so we can provide the documents relevant to your project.

From Your Brief to Delivery

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Share your details

Share the product and packaging details you already know.

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Develop design & approve

Develop your free design, review samples and agree the production specification.

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Deposit & production

Pay your deposit: production within 7–12 calendar days from your deposit payment.

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Balance & door-to-door delivery

Pay your balance: shipping within 7–10 calendar days from your balance payment. We deliver your packaging to your door, with taxes included.

Common Procurement Inquiries

Spot UV Packaging Questions

Practical answers to technical dielines, substrate compatibility, minimum runs, and production planning.

No. Spot UV describes a selectively applied UV-cured coating. It can create a thin gloss contrast; a thicker tactile effect requires a suitable separate specification. If you want a raised finish, ask us to review the available process and sample.

Spot UV adds gloss to selected design areas. Gloss lamination provides a broadly glossy film surface. Choose selective contrast for logos or patterns, or a full glossy surface for an overall reflective look.

Inquiry & Custom Quotation

Plan Your Custom Spot UV Pouch

Tell us your product, pouch style, preferred base finish and the elements you want to highlight. Include quantity, design variants, filling conditions and destination if known. An idea or logo is enough to start; these details are optional guidance for your message.

No finished artwork needed. Free packaging design includes unlimited revisions and free layered print-ready files for the agreed production specification.

✦ Need samples? Samples of similar materials are free. Custom sample fees are refunded when you place your order.✦ Need certification documents? Mention this in your enquiry. Include your intended packaging use and destination market if known, and we’ll share the relevant documents privately.
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