Pergament is a printing house and cardboard packaging manufacturer in Chisinau, Moldova, since 1999. We make custom frozen food packaging: boxes for dumplings, ready meals and ice cream — with your logo, full-colour printing in food-safe inks and, where a barrier is needed, PE-coated board (a grease and moisture barrier). Runs from 500 pieces, usual lead time 3–5 days; smaller runs on quotation. Guide price — the general self-assembly range: from 8 MDL (Moldovan lei) per piece at 300–1,000 pcs and from 2.50 MDL at 1,000+ pcs (VAT included). Structure — from 3,000+ ready cutting dies, no tooling cost; prototype — plotter-cut, from 30 minutes. Boxes are glued on our servo-driven folder-gluer — the only one in Moldova — so every box in the run is identical, which matters most for automatic filling lines.
Prices and run sizes
| Product | Run | Price, MDL/pc, VAT included | Lead time | Printing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot batch | 50–100 pcs | on request | 1–2 days | digital + plotter |
| Self-assembly box (general range) | 300–1,000 pcs | from 8 | 3–5 days from 500 pcs, less on quotation | offset |
| Self-assembly box (general range) | 1,000+ pcs | from 2.50 | by production schedule | offset |
| Several models, one order | 500+ pcs | on quotation | 3–5 days from 500 pcs; 1,000+ — by production schedule | offset |
| Ice cream packaging | 500+ pcs | on quotation | 3–5 days from 500 pcs; 1,000+ — by production schedule | offset |
A guide from real 2025–2026 orders for a plain specification, not an offer; the general range — from the article How much does box printing cost in Chisinau. Within a category prices differ several-fold because of size, board and finishing. No separate range for frozen food and ice cream: costed operation by operation for your product within a couple of hours, 2–3 variants at once, and fixed in the invoice.
Structures and sizes
Material follows the product and how it is used; the structure comes from 3,000+ ready cutting dies or a custom CAD dieline. Examples from our work:
| Product | What for | Size, mm |
|---|---|---|
| Frozen food box | dumplings, ready meals | 135 × 90 × 90, 200 × 120 × 80, 250 × 150 × 58, 260 × 135 × 65, 335 × 68 |
| Ready meal packaging | frozen ready meals and desserts | 190 × 100 × 90, 402 × 85 |
| Ice cream packaging | ice cream | to product size |
| Self-assembly box, crash-lock bottom included | automatic filling lines | on an existing die or a CAD dieline |
Self-assembly boxes arrive flat, take very little space and pop open in one movement; crash-lock bottoms and boxes with four and six gluing points are assembled in series on the folder-gluer. Labels for the packaging: Stickers, labels for food.
Materials and finishing
- Board: white coated or kraft; for food packaging — Finnish coated multilayer GC1 cartonboard, 195–450 g/m², with its own sanitary approval.
- Barrier: 280 g/m² PE-coated board — a grease and moisture barrier; for wet and greasy products — a greaseproof insert, lamination or PE- or PET-coated board.
- Inks: food packaging runs use the hubergroup MGA NATURA 5250 offset series — mineral oil free and low-migration; printing is applied to the outer face, the inner face is left unprinted.
- Varnish: a water-based varnish from the same series provides rub resistance; the Heidelberg prints and coats in a single pass. Pilot batches — in the press-class Konica Minolta digital department.
As a rule, the material is already in stock. GC1 cartonboard 215–290 g/m² in several sheet sizes, 280 g/m² PE-coated board and lamination films (matte, gloss, soft-touch) — in our own warehouse, imported directly from mills in Europe and Asia. Your run does not wait for delivery, the board is the same run after run, no middleman's margin. More: About us.
Food safety: what the ANSP approval covers
ANSP sanitary approval no. P-23739/2026 of 04.08.2026 is valid until 04.08.2029 and was issued for our own product — cartonboard boxes for food contact, not just the board we buy; overall migration of the finished box — 4.3 mg/dm² against a limit of 10. The approval and the manufacturer's declaration cover dry and bulk goods, bakery and confectionery, fruit and vegetables. Wet and greasy products need a barrier — we decide this at the quotation stage. If the pack will be heated in a microwave or an oven, tell us at the start: that calls for a different substrate and ink series. Documents: Food packaging certification.
How we work
- Send the dimensions or the product itself, the quantity (ideally 2–3 options) and the purpose — especially whether the packaging will touch food. Artwork is optional: the technologist will propose the structural design and layout.
- Within a couple of hours — an operation-by-operation quote from our production system in 2–3 variants, with no discrepancies between quote and invoice: contract and invoice come from the same calculation.
- Prototype from 30 minutes: the engineer designs the dieline in CAD, the plotter cuts the sample — assemble it and place your product inside. Simple construction — €100, complex — €200, credited towards a run ordered within 60 days. With your design — a digital colour mini-run.
- Printing, die-cutting and gluing — at our own plant in Chisinau. Collect the run, we deliver across Moldova, or we store it and ship in batches on your schedule — a year's volume at a large-run price.
Questions and answers
What is the minimum run for frozen food packaging?
From 500 pieces — the usual food packaging run, 3–5 days. Smaller runs on quotation; a pilot batch of 50–100 pcs goes digital with plotter cutting in 1–2 days, without plates or a die.
Are the boxes suitable for automatic filling?
Yes. The servo-driven folder-gluer holds the geometry very precisely: complex constructions, crash-lock bottoms included, are produced in series and run reliably on the client's automatic filling lines.
Will you supply documents for a retail chain and a HACCP file?
Yes. On request we hand over the full package: the ANSP sanitary approval for our product, test report, declaration of conformity, product technical specification and raw material documents — prepared for the specific order, usually within one working day.
Can you repeat our run exactly a year later?
Yes. More than 36,800 orders since 2014 are in the system, each with its tech passport: board, inks, die, finishing, gluing. A repeat run is made from it, not from memory.
What happens if our manager changes — or yours?
Nothing. Order history, prices and remarks on past runs live in the system, not with a person.
How fast do you quote?
Operation-by-operation costing takes minutes; one reply gives 2–3 variants — by quantity, board or finishing.
How do I know what stage my order is at?
Operations are registered on shop-floor terminals in real time — the manager sees the stage without calling the shop floor.
See also
- Food and HoReCa
- For confectionery products
- Takeaway and delivery
- Stickers, labels for food
- Food packaging certification
- Box prototype from 30 minutes
- How much does box printing cost in Chisinau
- Production and technology
- Order process: from inquiry to dispatch
- About us
- Box 135×90×90 mm for dumplings and ready meals
- Box 250×150×58 mm for frozen food
- Box 335×68 mm for frozen food
- Packaging 190×100×90 mm for ready meals
- Packaging 402×85 mm for ready meals
- Packaging 200×120×80 mm for frozen food
- Packaging 260×135×65 mm for frozen food