3P Direct Ltd

3P Direct Ltd: commercial printing and packaging from Mansfield

3P Direct Ltd is a British company founded in 2004 and based at Fountain Court, Mansfield (Nottinghamshire), in the East Midlands region. It presents itself as a specialist in printing and packaging and operates with two distinct divisions: the Print Media Division and the Packaging Division. The company states it has been trading for over 22 years and serves customers across a wide range of sectors.

Two divisions with complementary approaches

The Print Media Division focuses on commercial print management, promotional products and consumer printed gifts. The Packaging Division supplies a wide range of transit packaging, both locally via its own fleet and nationally through its online store. The company is supported by three digital sales channels: UKPrinting.com, UKPackaging.com and BoutiqueGifts.com.

Catalogue, logistics and global sourcing

3P Direct Ltd's catalogue contains over 10,000 print and packaging related products, distributed through its three websites, with nationwide delivery. The company states that it sources products from suppliers around the world and has storage, fulfilment and distribution capacity. It holds stock and delivers both standard packaging consumables and bespoke solutions, with a just-in-time supply approach that, according to the company, reduces the cost of the product and the associated storage for the customer.

Bespoke solutions and account management

In addition to standard supply, 3P Direct Ltd offers solutions tailored to specific needs: improving brand image or packaging presentation, advice on ecommerce packaging, reducing environmental impact, optimising return on marketing investment and reducing costs, the number of suppliers or stock held. Customer service is organised through fifteen internal account managers and three external sales managers. The company states it has experience in digital and lithographic printing, direct mail and promotional products, while its packaging team specialises in industrial transit packaging, flexo printing and e-commerce packaging.

Sales channels and online capabilities

Digital activity is structured around three sites updated daily. UKPrinting.com supplies printed promotional products to businesses nationwide; UKPackaging.com distributes industrial packaging on a national scale; and BoutiqueGifts.com, aimed at end consumers, designs and manufactures in-house personalised and photo based gifts that it ships directly to the customer. The company has invested in personalisation software, in a new photo gifts website for consumers, in improving its mobile journeys and in an online box calculator for UKPackaging.com.

Operational scale and recent activity

Figures published by the company put its activity at 78,876 customers, 10,152 products and 2,598 pallet storage positions. Among the news highlighted on its blog are online growth, investment in mobile web technologies, the appointment of a new warehouse manager, the expansion of storage space and GiftPup being a finalist at the Wembley awards.

Location and contact

Fountain Court, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG19 7DW · Phone: 01623 633301 · Email: sales@3pdirect.co.uk