Folding Boxes

Why buy the corrugated folding carton? It is multifaceted in its structure as well as in its field of application

The name corrugated folding carton unmistakably describes that this product is an industrially prefabricated as well as need-based foldable carton, consisting of corrugated cardboard. This can be made of different materials and is used for packing goods and products. The common materials for folding cartons are waste paper, groundwood pulp as well as cellulose. It is used in transportation and logistics, as a smaller container in retail or for a present.

Nowadays, trade, commerce and logistics work with a literally colorful variety of cardboard types. They are classified according to a standardized key used by the cardboard industry, based on criteria such as material content, surface treatment and code number. For their part, folding carton grades are differentiated according to the type of fiber.

In terms of surface treatment, a distinction is made between three variants: uncoated, pigment-coated and cast-coated. The transport carton is uncoated throughout.

For cartons, and thus also for the corrugated board folding carton, five stock entries are used. C stands for wood pulp, D for recycled pulp with a gray reverse side, N for chemically unbleached virgin fibers, T for recycled pulp with a white, yellow or brown reverse side, and Z for chemically bleached virgin fibers. Recyclates are products of the recycling process with materials and articles consisting wholly or partly of recycled materials.

Cardboard boxes are color-coded by code number - KZ 1 for white, KZ 2 for light, and KZ 4 for brown. The KZ reference refers only to the color; the cardboard box itself can be either coated or uncoated.

The folding box as such is industrially produced in several hundred sizes and dimensions. The uniform basis by which the cardboard industry is guided is the FEFCO-ESBO code, or FEFCO for short. The International fiberboard case code defines all packaging materials made of corrugated board and solid board. Since its adoption by the International Corrugated Case Association ICCA, the code has been used worldwide.

FEFCO is short for Fédération Européenne des Fabricants de Carton Ondule, which translates as European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers. While the FEFCO acronym has been retained, the Brussels-based association will trade as the European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers in the early 2020s.

The FEFCO code is four-digit, with the first two digits defining the basic type of packaging material in question. FEFCO 02 stands for folding boxes or folding cartons and FEFCO 07 for folding bottom cartons as well as erecting cartons or cartons as finished glued cardboard boxes. They are provided with a self-adhesive closure and can be erected by hand. For this reason, they are technically referred to as automatic bottom or flash bottom cartons. The currently valid FEFCO-ESBO code contains approximately 200 digits for the various packaging materials.

Folding cartons and folding cartons made of solid board have always had a special status within cartonboard packaging. Against this background, a second classification is used with the ECMA code. ECMA stands for the European Carton Makers Association, founded in 1960. The ECMA code is used for standardized folding cartons and folding boxes as well as for die-cut packaging - it is the basis for the development of almost all types and shapes of folding cartons.

ECMA-A is the designation for the rectangular folding boxes with longitudinal seam gluing and ECMA-B for those without the longitudinal seam gluing. ECMA-C stands for the non-rectangular folding carton with longitudinal seam gluing and ECMA-D for the non-rectangular folding carton without longitudinal seam gluing. ECMA-E is the code for folding cartons with product integration and ECMA-F applies to all other folding cartons with closures as well as auxiliary devices. The decimal ECMA categories are divided into three parts. A10 stands for folding cartons with tuck-in closures, A2420 for those with opposing flaps and A2220 for those with offset flaps.

Deutsche Post AG, through its logistics subsidiary DHL, offers a significantly cheaper, i.e. less expensive, goods shipment service compared to parcel shipping. The goods shipped with this offer are not insured and cannot be tracked online as a merchandise shipment. Such a DHL consignment may be a maximum of 35.3 x 25 x 5 cm in size and weigh up to one kilogram. For a number of reasons, the single-wall folding carton is ideally suited and sufficient for this type of shipment.

The different types of cardboard boxes according to FEFCO standard

The FEFCO type 02 - folding carton, folding box or the folding box is a one-piece box consisting of a base and a lid, each formed by four closing flaps. The folding box is delivered flat and ready for use. The factory edge is joined either by wire stitching, flap gluing or adhesive strips. Normally, the bottom flaps and lid flaps are closed by wire stitching, gluing, adhesive strips, strapping or strapping.

FEFCO type 04 - folded cover consists of a single blank. Two or all side panels and the lid are hinged to the bottom. Locking devices, handles as well as sales stands can be easily included in this type of design.

FEFCO types 03, 05, 06 and 07 are overhead, sliding, upright and rigid boxes. According to FEFCO type 09, the interior fittings of all boxes include, for example, partitions, inserts, ring or web inserts.

H2: The differences between single wall, double wall and multiwall folding cartons.
The differences between single wall, double wall and multiwall folding cartons

The folding carton commonly used in retail and logistics is mainly made of solid board as well as corrugated board. The difference between the two is serious and easily explained.

Solid board is the collective term for all solid board that is single- or multi-layered and glued, respectively. The basis weight is between about 500 and 3000 grams per m². Solid board is the term for the density and homogeneous structure of this cardboard material. Solid board is usually made of several layers and consists entirely of recycled fiber mass as secondary material, i.e. recycled paper.

Corrugated board, also known as corrugated cardboard, is a pulp product that is light and extraordinarily stable in relation to its weight. The corrugated folding carton is one of the most widely used packaging materials - with a market share in Germany of around 70 percent. The industrial production of corrugated board with paper as the main raw material is extremely complex.

Corrugated board is produced by gluing together at least one smooth and one corrugated paper web. This is the one-sided glued, one-sided or in other words single wall corrugated board. In the cardboard industry, several, in some cases up to nine, paper webs are usually used for corrugated board production. This then results in the two-flute, three-flute or even multi-flute folding carton. The decisive factor is the flute. Even lightweight paper generally gains a high degree of strength when it is corrugated and glued to a smooth paper web to form hollow volume. This then results in an extremely stable transport and packaging material as a lightweight paper construction.

Folding board consists of raw and secondary materials such as recovered paper as well as wood, cellulose and semi-cellulose. The name cardboard is derived from the Latin word pappare, which means porridge. Folding board as a cardboard material has been virtually irreplaceable for a long time. The name has its origin - also - in the word pappen as a gluing together of paper and other materials.

Single-flute, double-flute and triple-flute folding boxes are commercially available and suitable for transport. When transporting and shipping packages, pressure, moisture and impact are among the most common sources of damage and danger. The following applies here: the stronger and more stable the carton, the better the carton contents are protected.

Single wall folding cartons offer sufficient quality and stability for storage use or for the rather low stress of transport and logistics. Double wall folding cartons are suitable for medium to high transport stress. Three flute is the heavy corrugated board for all other transport demands.

Quality of corrugated board and type of corrugation are defined in a three-digit numerical code - with one digit before and two after the dot. The digit before the dot indicates the number of corrugated board layers. The two-digit number following the dot indicates the load-bearing or load-bearing capacity of the corrugated board.

Here is an example

The folding carton in corrugated board quality 1.10 to 1.50 or 2.20 to 2.70 is single or double wall respectively and suitable for storage as well as for medium to high transport stress.

Corrugated board grades 2.90 to 2.95 are double wall and belong to the heavy-duty corrugated board category. Its quality is characterized by extremely high transport load. It has an effective resistance to edge crush and also withstands high puncture forces. In our store you can buy the folding carton cheaply, regardless of whether it is single or double wall.

The folding carton made of corrugated board allows optimal storage and ensures safe shipping of your goods.

The folding carton made of corrugated board has become an indispensable part of today's everyday life. Online and mail order companies ship their goods exclusively in cardboard boxes. Experience has shown that these have to withstand a lot on the way from the sender to the recipient. Every retailer needs special dimensions of folding and shipping cartons for his goods and their shipment. At best, the cartons must be stackable so that they can be transported on pallets. At this point, we calculate backwards. The dimensions for the carton, with length, width and height, are designed so that stacked transport is possible according to Euro pallet dimensions.

Another aspect is the stocking of folding cartons. It is done in large quantities and, accordingly, should occupy little storage space. This is possible without or in other words exclusively with the folding carton. With us you can order in different sizes exactly these folding cartons.

These cartons are used in every business relationship - B2B, B2C or even B2D, i.e. Business to Distributor. In addition, the carton should or must also be so stable that it can be used multiple times - for example, for the return of received goods back to the sender. In this respect, the most important characteristic of folding cartons is their resistance to pressure and impact.

For this purpose, manufacturers have the following rule of thumb ready: shipping goods and goods with a weight of up to five kilograms can be packed in single-wall cartons. For all goods above this weight limit, double-wall cardboard packaging is recommended. The shipper is on the safe side if he generally and without exception opts for double wall folding cartons.

There is a comparable basic rule for shipping with Euro pallets. For a stacking height of up to 1.50 meters, the single-wall folding carton is ideal, provided that the weight of the goods does not exceed four kilograms. Above the stacking height of 1.50 meters, the double-wall folding box is a must, regardless of the weight of the goods.

At Verpacking.com you can order folding cartons cheaply and use them as representative packaging for your company.

Shipping goods is not always the same as shipping goods in a folding carton!
Shipping with such a cardboard box as packaging does not always have to be the same!

From gift with company logo to shipping to moving - for the right occasion you can buy the folding cartons cheap, directly on Verpacking.com.
The usual folding cardboard box that the parcel carrier delivers to the front door is brown or drab gray. This does not have to be so at all. Because the folding box can do much more. With a colorful digital print, the plain cardboard box becomes a real eye-catcher as a transportable cardboard box.

To explain - with digital printing, the print motif in word, font and image is transferred directly to the carrier material without a printing form, i.e. printed on; in this case on the folding cartons. There are no limits to the wealth of ideas here.

Here is an example

Whether it's a large company, a start-up or a regional craftsman - sending a good wine to loyal customers at Christmas is still a good custom nowadays. Everyone receives their gift in the same folding carton, albeit with different to individually selected contents. The cardboard boxes needed for this purpose are printed with the motif chosen by the customer, such as the company logo. Whether it is a consignment of goods, single or double wall cardboard - every cardboard box can be printed and thus becomes unique for the recipient.

The exact opposite is the folding carton as a moving box. Here, it is not the design that counts, but properties such as load-bearing capacity and impact resistance. Depending on the goods to be moved, the single-wall cardboard is sufficient, or it must necessarily be the double-wall folding cardboard. Books and paper are heavy - quite unlike porcelain and other household goods.

In this context, a short detour to the small but fine folding box. It often and gladly serves as a container for a small gift from jewelry to sweets from the world-famous café in the city on the Trave. Folding boxes are also used for many other goods - from candles to photos to playing cards or food. In their own way, they serve the same purpose as the folding carton - just for different reasons and not for sending, but for giving and storing. In our store you can order both the small folding box and the folding carton.

The folding carton as reliable, indispensable cardboard packaging in an environmentally conscious future

The end consumer as an uninitiated layman will say somewhat groaning - the folding carton is a science in itself! The online retailer, however, who has mastered the subject of corrugated board folding cartons by heart at best, is quite different when it comes to shipping his goods. He knows and is aware of the advantages that he can influence with pinpoint accuracy by selecting the right folding cartons for his goods.

Folding cartons have developed into a universal cardboard packaging. Every day, millions of small, large and large, light and heavy folding cartons are sent from A to B. They are transported by air and sea. They are transported by air and sea, by rail and road. The last stage to the recipient is the responsibility of the logistics company, or to put it more simply, the letter carrier. He has to deliver each carton in the same size and weight as it was packed with goods days before at the sender's and prepared for shipment.

Folding carton packaging as such has a decidedly crisis-proof future - if only due to the continuous increase in the shipment of goods in online retailing. In this respect, mail order companies can rest assured that the cardboard and cardboard packaging industry is constantly working to modify the folding carton and make it even more suitable for shipping or storage than it already is.

This cardboard can be a real eco-product - made from eco-grass fibers, you can buy the folding cardboard boxes as an ideal eco-protective packaging. Ultimately, recycling the cardboard material makes each folding carton a sustainable and safe container for shipping goods and merchandise.