Promotional packaging: kits, gifts and launch mailers
We work with our clients to send promotional merchandise through the mail to thousands of potential clients: we create the packaging, kit and insert the product, and ship it on your schedule.
- Product insertion
- Manual and automated
- Premier USPS Customer
- Plant
- 200,000 sq ft, Gurnee, Illinois
- Exit
- To the Shelf
Promotional merchandise packaging
Packaging that makes the first impression.
For 60 years, the people at MGA Innovation have been helping our customers make great and lasting impressions on their clientele. No matter what kind of product or service your company is trying to promote, you can count on our team to create quality packaging that will thrill your recipients.
Over the years, MGA has worked with businesses of every size, and we are ready to bring the same quality and reliability to your company.
Use cases
What we have packaged
Here are just some of the types of promotional boxes and packaging we have produced for our customers over the years.
Monthly mailers
Promotional boxes mailed on a recurring schedule.
Gifts
Client and occasion gifts, where the box is part of the gift.
Sales kits
Samples, literature and leave-behinds assembled into one kit for a sales team.
College acceptances
Acceptance packages that arrive as an occasion rather than an envelope.
Invitations
Invitations packaged and mailed to your list.
Media kits
Product, printed material and packaging assembled into one kit for the press.
New employees
Welcome kits for new hires.
Product launches
Launch kits for buyers or customers.
Reward programs
Reward items packaged for program members.
Company swag
Branded merchandise for your team or customers, packaged and shipped.
Much more
If the promotion needs a box, an insert and a delivery list, ask us about it.
Custom promotional packaging products
MGA is your single source for custom promotional packaging. We have decades of experience helping our customers create attractive and effective packaging that makes a promotion stand out in the crowd. We believe that a promotional product’s packaging is just as crucial to a campaign’s success as the product itself. Let our team help you present your brand or product exactly as you envision it.
Production capabilities to suit your project
MGA has earned a reputation for flexibility in meeting the production needs of our customers. Whether your company wants to distribute promotional products on a large scale or you are just starting out with a new idea, MGA can handle the entire process from start to finish, in one building, from packaging through kitting to the mail.
Beyond the box
Complete fulfillment services
The packaging is only the start. The same team kits it, inserts the product, labels it and ships it.
Kitting and product insertion
In addition to creating effective packaging for your promotional items, our team offers full-service kitting, assembly and product placement within our packaging. We offer both manual and automated product insertion, chosen for the specific needs of each project.
Timely, cost-effective shipping
When it comes to promoting a product or service, timing is everything. We make sure your promotional products or service materials go out consistently, on a schedule built around your business. And as a Premier USPS Customer, we can arrange the most competitive shipping rates.
Packaging label and design services
Happy with your product’s labels and branding? We are experts at affixing your designs to our packaging. If you want to reinvent your brand or label messaging, we are happy to help coordinate that as well.
On the line
The processes behind a promotional program
| Zone | Process | Equipment | Food-grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production area | KittingSeparate items combined into one unit under one SKU: subscription boxes, promotional kits, sample packs. | Portable custom-built assembly lines | |
| Production area | Inserting and lettershopData processing, personalization, folding, assembly, inserting, packaging and mailing. Hand assembly for what the machines cannot run. | Automatic insertion machines | No |
| Production area | Affixing and gluingCards, samples and promotional items attached to mailers and inserts; tipping and gluing lines. | Hot-melt glue systems · Gluing lines with mobile units | No |
| Isolated production area | Hand assemblyGlue gunning, ribbons, price tags, glass and porcelain, gift packs and oversized display pieces — work too intricate for machines. | Hand-assembly stations in the isolated production area |
We've been working with the team at MGA for the last 28 years… and from my POV, no one works with a company that long unless it's ultimately a 'partnership' relationship vs a 'vendor' relationship. MGA has earned a partnership relationship with Brandshare, as they consistently deliver unique solutions to our creative ideas, helping to bring these ideas to life for our key clients… and they are not a 9:01am to 4:59pm partner… they make it happen based on our clients' timeline, not theirs.
Co-Founder and Director of Strategic Development, Brandshare
Proof
A launch, packed and mailed
Several mailer formats developed for the client to choose from, samples co-packed, and a whole metro area mailed ahead of a retail launch.
Sampling a whole metro area ahead of a retail launch
Energy bag samples and educational material, mailed across the entire Atlanta, Georgia area to support a retail launch — inside the requested window.
- Client
- Reynolds
- Exit
- To the Mailbox
- Market
- Atlanta, Georgia metro
- Processes
- Mailer development, co-packing, targeting, distribution
Related capabilities
- Bespoke packaging
Custom-designed boxes that promote the brand the moment they are opened.
- Kitting
Separate items combined into one unit under one SKU.
- Hand assembly
Ribbons, glue gunning, gift packs and fragile pieces, assembled by hand.
- Affixing
Cards, samples and labels attached to mailers and packaging.
- USPS mail operations
Optional Procedure, commingling and presort: how the postage comes down.
- To the Shelf
Branded kits and promotional programs, alongside retail packing and displays.
- What we need to quote
What to send with a promotional brief so the quote comes back complete.
Promotional packaging experts
For 60 years, MGA’s team has helped customers in nearly every industry reach their goals with promotional packaging, kitting, assembly and mailing. Tell us about your promotion and we will show you how to make it stand out to your customers as something truly unique.