Cardboard Sleeves are ideal for businesses looking for a premium, sustainable, packaging solution. 

Help your product stand out on the shelf and appeal to increasingly eco-conscious consumers with beautiful, custom cardboard sleeves. Sleeves can be designed in any shape, making them suitable for a large range of industries.

Ready Meals

Meat

Fresh Produce

Poultry

Seafood

Dairy

Are you Ready to Automate your Prodution Process?

Our high-speed Cardboard Sleeving Machine offers efficiency, precision, and reduced operating costs for your business. Sleeve up to 50 packs per minute (single lane), or 100 packs per minute with our dual lane sleever. Compatible with a large range of tray types, this machine seamlessly applies pre-folded and pre-glued cardboard sleeves to trays and containers. Get in touch today to find the best fit for your production process!

Premium Cardboard Sleeves

  • Customisable: unique shapes, vibrant images and premium finishes
  • Branding: ample space for product and branding information
  • Sustainable: recycable, FSC certified, made from 100% renewable resources, complies with 2025 packaging targets
  • Versatile: ideal for ready meals, fresh produce, meat, seafood and more
  • Secure: extra packaging layer makes it ideal for direct to consumer products 
  • Vibrant printing: long lasting vibrant inks make every deign pop
  • Luxury finishes: foil, varnishes and more, we can offer a range of solutions to make your product stand out on the shelf

Hand-Applied Cardboard Sleeves – A Flexible and

Cost-Effective Solution

Hand-applying premium cardboard sleeves is an excellent option for small-batch producers or businesses simply not ready to automate. Hand applying cardboard sleeves is professional and sustainable way to enhance your product presentation.

  • No Equipment Required: simply apply and secure sleeves by hand, perfect for smaller-scale operations
  • Flexible and Scalable: ideal for businesses with seasonal packaging needs
  • Works with Various Packaging Types: suitable for trays, containers, and flow-packed products.


Automate Production with our Cardboard Sleeving Machine

  • High-Speed Operation: single lane machine sleeves up to 50 packs per minute, dual lane sleeves up to 100 packs per minute

  • Quick Changeovers: sleeve changeovers in less than 5 minutes
  • Versatile: works with various packaging types, including top-sealed trays, skin packed and thermoformed trays
  • Compact and Hygienic Design: stainless steel construction for easy integration into your production line
  • Optional Printer and Labeller: fully integrated inkjet printer or labelling outfeed modules increase Sleever's functionality for an even more comprehensive packaging solution.

Single Lane Cardboard Sleever

Sleeve up to 50 packs per minute

Dual Lane Cardboard Sleever

Sleeve up to 100 packs per minute

Increase Efficiency and Streamline Production

Ideal for ready meals, fresh produce, meat, seafood, and more, this machine seamlessly applies pre-folded and pre-glued cardboard sleeves to trays and containers. With rapid changeover times and a compact design, this solution could easily be integrated into your existing production line. 

Compatible with a Range of Food Packaging Types

Our Sleeving Machines easily process a wide range of food packaging types and sizes. They can be skinpacked trays, thermoformed trays, trays or containers with topsealed lids and flowpacked produce. As long as the packaging is rigid enough, it can be made of most materials including; plastic, aluminium, cardboard and foam.

Skin-packed trays

Thermoformed trays

Trays with top-sealed lids

Flow-packed produce

Why Choose Wedderburn?

With over 125 years of industry expertise, Wedderburn is a trusted name in innovative packaging solutions. Our award-winning Label Division will deliver a high quality, Australian-made sleeve to ensure that your products stand out while meeting your sustainability goals. Whether you need custom designs, vibrant printing, or a cost-effective solution, we have you covered, whether through hand-applied or automated sleeving solutions.

Ready to Learn More?

Contact us on 1300 933 337 or fill out our form for more information. 

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