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Studio · Est. 2003

A packaging studio built around the press schedule.

Founded
2003 · Dongguan, China
Model
In-house studio, single owner
Headcount
~70 across 2 continents

Benchmark began as a creative partner to a large US retailer, embedded inside Asian print supply. Two decades later we still sit at that intersection — close enough to the press that we see proofs the same hour they come off, close enough to the brand to own the file that goes on it.

Our story

Two decades of  shelf-ready packaging.

Benchmark Design was founded in 2003 to solve a practical problem: retailer-side brands needed the cost advantage of Asian manufacturing without giving up the color discipline and turnaround of a North American studio. We put the studio where the presses are.

We've since grown into a network of offices and production floors across Dongguan, Ho Chi Minh City and Bentonville, Arkansas — along with extended operations into Cambodia, Indonesia and Myanmar. The work has evolved from pure artwork adaptation to a full production stack, but the original promise hasn't: be faster than the brief, be stricter than the spec, and don't invoice for the difference.

Benchmark team
Principles

How we work.

Four commitments
01 / Proximity

We sit next to the press.

Our studios are minutes from our printing partners. Approvals happen standing at a light booth, not on a Zoom call the next morning.

02 / Continuity

One file, one team, one owner.

The same team that adapts your artwork calibrates the press proof. Handoffs between disciplines don't exist here — they're the same person.

03 / Cadence

Twenty-four hours, six days.

Urgent requests processed in hours — not days — because our time zones already cover yours. No premium, no on-call fee.

Offices

Two continents. One studio.

USA · China · Vietnam
Operating map — China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, USA
US Office · Sales & Account

Bentonville, Arkansas

3103 S I Street, Unit 19
Bentonville, AR 72712
+1 (479) 366-5535
sales@benchmarkdesign.org
Asia HQ · Production & Creative

Dongguan, China

No. 11, Jinxia Road, ChangAn Town
Dongguan, Guangdong 523852
+86 769 85077650
Vietnam · Extended Operations

Ho Chi Minh City

Extended operations across Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and Myanmar.
By the numbers

Twenty-two years of continuous operation.

Scale
22+
Years operating
Founded 2003 through a US retail partnership.
5
Countries
CN · VN · KH · ID · MM, plus the US office.
~70
Team members
Designers, finishers, color scientists, photographers.
24/6
Operation
Two continents in rotation, no premium for urgency.

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