Cylindrical & 360° Printing in Dubai
Sun Studio prints 360° around bottles, cans, tumblers, jars and cups at our studio in Al Quoz, Dubai, for beverage, fragrance, cosmetics, hospitality and gifting brands across the UAE. This is custom bottle printing on bottles you supply: send the containers and we print them, from one sample to a production run, with no minimum order.
Cylindrical bottle printing, also called 360° or round bottle printing, works the same way on bottles, cans, tumblers and jars: each container is mounted and rotated under the printheads, so the artwork is laid down as it turns and wraps the whole body with no seam, no join and no label edge. Full-wrap 360° UV printing is how a round container gets decorated when a label will not do: the shape is awkward, the design has to run continuously, or the run is too short to justify sleeves or screens.
Send a photo from the front and the side so we can see the profile.
What we can print
Anything that turns cleanly on its own axis is a candidate. In practice that means:
- Glass bottles: beverage, water, spirits and fragrance.
- Aluminium cans and bottles: body spray and aerosol cans, which have their own page on aluminium can printing in Dubai.
- PET and plastic bottles: where the plastic type decides whether pre-treatment is needed.
- Tumblers and drinkware: stainless, glass and coated water bottles, tumblers and flasks. See our guide to custom water bottles, tumblers and flasks.
- Gahwa cups and glass cups: small items printed in batches, once one cup has been checked for diameter and flare. For cups in daily hotel, cafe or majlis service, see how printed gahwa cups hold up to dishwashing.
- Jars and candle vessels: straight-sided containers.
- Short runs and samples: single pieces printed before a run is committed.
Printing capabilities
What is available depends on the profile and the material:
- Full 360° wrap A continuous band around the body with no seam and no start-stop line.
- Partial wraps and panels Where only one face or a band is printed.
- White ink Printed under the artwork so colour holds on clear, coloured or metallic bodies.
- Full colour Photographic artwork, gradients and fine Arabic calligraphy in one pass.
- Raised and textured effects On suitable geometry.
- Varnish Gloss or matte over selected areas.
- Batch production Items jigged and run consistently, with personalisation where each piece differs.
Sizes and shapes that fit
Two things decide whether a container can be printed: its size and its profile. The profile decides more than the material does, and it is the first thing we look at in a photograph.
We run two LSINC presses, the PeriQ360 and the PeriOne. LSINC gives the PeriQ360, which carries four items at a time, a container diameter of 38 to 114 mm, a length of up to 406 mm and a taper of plus 10 to minus 2 degrees. It gives the single-spindle PeriOne up to 152 mm in diameter and 457 mm in length, with the same minimum diameter and taper. The length is the length of the container, not the height of the artwork. These are the manufacturer’s published limits, not our promise for every container inside them: the shoulder, the neck, the base and any coating also decide the result. That is why the rule is to send one sample first.
Sun Studio belongs to the same Dubai group as PRO TECHnology, which distributes LSINC equipment in the Middle East, so read our view of the machines with that in mind.
Straight-sided
A true cylinder keeps a constant distance from the printhead all the way round and all the way up, which is the ideal case. The printable band can run the full height of the straight section.
Cans, straight bottles, tumblers and most jars fall here.
Tapered, shouldered and oval
As soon as the body tapers, flares at the shoulder or is oval rather than round, the surface no longer holds a constant distance from the head as it turns.
That does not rule it out, and a great deal of fragrance work is shaped. It does mean the printable band has to be defined deliberately, usually over the straightest part of the body, and the artwork planned to fit it. Send a side-on photograph and we will tell you where the band falls. A flat-sided or oval bottle may belong on the flatbed instead: see flat or cylindrical perfume bottles and which press prints them.
Who this is for
We print for customers in all seven emirates, from our studio in Al Quoz, Dubai. Bottle, can and tumbler work comes from:
- Beverage brands: water, juice, coffee and speciality drinks.
- Fragrance and oud houses: bottles and body spray cans.
- Cosmetics and personal care: jars, mists and containers.
- Corporate gifting buyers: branded drinkware and bottles for events and giveaways.
- Hospitality: hotels and restaurants branding their own glassware and bottles.
- Private-label manufacturers: decorating the same stock container differently for several brands.
What to send before we can quote
One sample container tells us the most. Failing that, a photograph from the side is worth more than a paragraph of description:
- One sample container, if you can spare it: a coating, a taper or a mould seam only shows on the real item.
- Photos: front and side, so we can see the profile and the shoulder.
- Diameter and height in millimetres, and the capacity.
- The material: glass, aluminium, PET, stainless, coated.
- Whether it is straight-sided or tapered.
- The print area: full wrap, a band, or one face.
- Quantity, and whether this is a sample or a production run.
- Artwork, with a note on which elements must stay opaque.
- Whether the items are filled or empty: empty is easier and usually cleaner.
- The date you need them, so we can tell you what fits.
Not sure which file to send? Our artwork preparation guide covers file formats, vector conversion and what each surface needs.
How it works
One sample container or photos, with dimensions, material, quantity and artwork.
We work out the printable band from the profile and tell you how the artwork should be set out.
We print your actual item so you can see the wrap and the colour before a run.
The batch is jigged, printed, checked and packed.
Bottles, cups and cans printed 360°
Glass, PET and aluminium, printed direct onto the container with no label applied. Named Sun Studio projects follow further down the page.
Technical considerations
Printing a bottle, can or tumbler adds a variable that flat work does not have: the object is moving. Everything else follows from keeping that rotation true and the surface at a constant distance from the head. Our guide to how 360° bottle printing works explains the shapes, the artwork strip and the white base in more depth.
What decides the result:
Circumference is the artwork width
Obstructions
The material
Coatings and lacquer
Contents and use
Common questions
Is there a minimum order for bottle printing?
Do you supply the bottles, or do we send our own?
How long does a bottle printing run take?
What do you need from us to quote?
Can you print on tapered bottles?
Can you print on plastic bottles?
Will the print survive a dishwasher?
Can you personalise each piece with a different name?
Can you print mugs with handles?
Should the items be full or empty?
How much does bottle printing cost in Dubai?
Have a bottle, can or tumbler to print?
Send us one sample container, or photographs from the front and the side with the diameter and height, the material and the artwork. We will tell you where the printable band falls, whether it needs testing, and what a sample would look like.
Cylindrical & 360° Printing projects
Real Sun Studio work on this service, from aerosol cans to glass bottle printing in Dubai. See the full portfolio.
Technology used
360 degree bottle printing at Sun Studio runs on two presses made in the USA. The LSINC PeriQ360 carries four items at a time. The single-spindle LSINC PeriOne accepts larger containers. Where the surface needs it, containers are pre-treated first on Modico equipment supplied by PRO TECHnology, using treatments that include plasma and Pyrosil. Read how the LSINC PeriQ360 prints 360° on glass bottles, or see the full printer fleet.