Just imagine when you have two same products in hands, their only difference is packed with or without folding carton boxes. How was your feeling will be?
Which product will you feel is more royal and newer?
As global environmental protection and branding emphasis continues increasing, the advantages of paper packaging are increasingly prominent. Folding cartons based on their low cost and wide usage range becomes the favorite paper box packaging by Brand Owner.
Frankly speaking, folding cartons is a paper packaging box that can be folded. It is under flat status from producing to delivery.
Viewing from the material, folding cartons have 3 types.
It is made of single copper paper, kraft paper, silver, or gold card paper. Most people in the printing market also called it folding cartons.
The production processes are Paper cutting -Printing-Lamination-Die Cut-Bonding.
It is made of art paper + Micro Pit Paper, People sometimes called them cardboard boxes.
The production processes are Paper cutting -Printing-Lamination-Mounting-Die Cut-Bonding.
It is made of art paper or specialty paper + grey board
The production processes are Papercutting -Printing-Lamination-Die Cut- Mounting-Bonding
Folding cartons and corrugated boxes are easy to be confused by people, we will clear it out from the next topic.
A folding carton is not the same as a corrugated box, as a corrugated box is just one type of folding carton.
Why we are easy to confuse folding cartons with corrugated box?
Firstly, mostly time, people called folding carton means paperboard box.
Secondly, the paperboard box and corrugated box’s usage range are very similar.
Thirdly, the paperboard box and corrugated box’s commonly used box types are the same, like tuck boxes. Consumers almost are not easy to distinguish them from the first view.
1.From size
Folding cartons usually are small paper boxes
A corrugated box can be small to a lip balm packaging box, can be big to a delivery box.
2. From structure
The folding carton is a single layer box, the corrugated box is a multi-layer box
3. From Advantage
Folding carton’s product cost is lower, and processes are simpler
Corrugated boxes have better cushioning, can protect the product better.
We mainly produce 4 types of folding cartons:
Reserve Tuck End Box, Straight End Box, Lock Bottom End Box, and customized folding cartons.
Reserve Tuck End Box is the most popular product for its reasonable cost.
When quantity is not too big, choose Reserve Tuck End Box or Straight End Box just based on the customer’s favorite. While if the quantity is raised, Reserve Tuck End Box’s cost will lower, as it will use less paper to save more cost when arranging typeset.
Lock bottom end box was been purchased less relatively because the production processes is a little bit complicated than tuck end box, the cost will be a little bit higher.
While for the fragile or heavier product, Lock Bottom End Box is the best choice.
Once the bottom was locked, it will not be opened anymore, except the consumer put product out first.
Lock bottom carton is a box that has an auto-lock bottom instead of folding by hand.
To make a folding carton, we will collect the below information from the customer
1. Your product / your required box type and size
2.The gross weight of your product
3.Packaging printing and decoration requirements
4.Your special requirements
5.Estimated purchase Qty
Then we will according to our workflow start box manufacturing.
Folding cartons have large applications in various industries is caused:
1.Low manufacturing cost
2.100% customized based on every unique product
3.Package with flap status to save delivery space and storage space and save cost.
4.Suitable for plenty of decoration way
5.Suitable for display
6.Recyclable, it’s friendly to the environment.
1.Low-cost input with high branding effect
2.Protect your product
3.Supplement the part that the primary package cannot be expressed
“The tailor makes the man”, Your product also needs one, don’t hesitate to contact us to arrange a 100% customized paper box!
Wrote by Floworld Pack – Sabrina Wong
An expert packaging solution provider since 2009, I help customers choose the right packaging with efficient communication and affordable price.
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