Since I stopped ACDSleeve in 2018 I’ve had some awful jobs (one of which I walked out of after one day) but in between the awful jobs I found a great job where I learned a huge amount about structural packaging design, print and manufacture, taking what I had self taught myself from ACDSleeve and increasing my knowledge and skills. This is the basis of where ACDSleeve v2 will start from.

Also, Brexit, Covid, Trump…perhaps not the best time to be resetting up a once failed business.

As of August 2025, not yet unfortunately. I’m really hoping I’ll be taking orders before the end of the year but a lot of things need to fall in place for that to happen.

Things are taking a lot longer than expected to set up, I want to try and make sure I can hit the ground running as best as possible when I sign a lease on a works unit and invest heavily in machinery. A lot of research and stumbling blocks are getting in the way.

At the moment it’s not looking good. The first time I did this the UK was still part of the EU, making international postage an expensive, but possible, now it’s looking to be a lot of work and much more expensive. It’s something I’ll have to look into once I’m more set up.

It will be a similar range of products, but a much more extensive range. Some products may not come back with the introduction of other products, but it’s hard to say at the moment.

I can’t say for sure yet, but all being well there will be options for vinyl packaging this time. The size of it has always been restrictive for short run packaging, but, In theory it’ll be possible with a few work arounds to make what should be a really nice looking product…