Packaging Articles
Printed Cardboard Containers
Printed Cardboard Containers
What is Cartonboard?
Cartonboard is a multilayered material, typically incorporating three or more layers or plies, derived from wood. The main variants of printed cardboard containers are solid bleached board, solid unbleached board, folding boxboard and white lined chipboard. Cartonboard usually has a white, pigmented coating on one or both surfaces.
Product Specifications
Product specifications vary with respect to the pulp composition of the various layers and by the grammage (weight per sq. metre in grammes) and thickness. It can be combined with other materials to vary the visual appearance and to extend the protective properties. Typical additions would include laminations, coatings and impregnations. The various layers of the printed cardboard containers are combined in a wet state on the board making machine, and might consist of one or several different types of pulp. The top layer of the board generally has a smooth white pigmented coating based on china clay or calcium carbonate. The reverse side may also be coated or it may be white, brown, cream or gray in colour depending on the grade of fibre used.
Papers and cardboards are classified by their fibre composition, the processing, manufacture and treatment at the mill,...
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Make Effective Impression With Quality Product Packaging
Packaging is essential for storage, sale and shipping supplies. The demand of packaging increases with increase in industries. In contemporary world, packaging has become a complete science that study all features of product to be packaged such as air, moisture, sensitivity of light, chemical reaction, degree of fragility and many more. It also tries to search the solution to increase protection and decrease cost. The role of packaging goods has changed with the time. There are numerous types of packaging that includes industrial packaging, hazardous material packaging, transport packaging, etc. Packaging helps to protect your products from damages during transportation. Today, packaging is expression at its finest, shapes, colors, etc.
Packaging mainly used in telecom, automobiles, ware houses, factories or any other industry. There are lots of packaging companies that offer reliable packaging services as per the needs of customer. They offer lightweight, collapsible and customizable packaging services for all sorts of products. Packaging is the requirement of every business to export their products from one place to another.
There are lots of benefits of packaging:
1) Save products from damages
2) Suitable for almost every type of products
3) Increase protection and decrease cost
4) For long duration
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Packaging Articles
Cake Box Packaging
Here is a list of some of the different cake packaging options. Self-assemble cake boxes, swedish trays and corrugated cake boxes. Plain White Cake Box with Window *NEW* Attractive white cake box with round film window Transparent polypropylene film window for display and easy identification of product Made from renewable materials Quick and easy assembly Self Assemble Cake Box Hand-erect plain white cake box with fold and tuck assembly. Come flat packed for easy storage 100% recyclable and biodegradable Easy Erect Cake Box Quick-erect plain white cake box with 'pop-up' assembly. 100% recyclable and 99% biodegradable Corrugated Cake Box Corrugated cardboard cake box with a white paper outer finish. These cake boxes are constructed from 100% food-safe recycled paper and are sturdy enough to be stacked, palletised or for sending items via the post. Regent Style Window Boxes Gateaux box with clear round polypropylene window in an attractive regency style printed design. Select Style Window Boxes Cake box with window lid - ideal for cakes, mince pies and pastries. Transparent polypropylene window in lid for display and easy identification of product Attractive print design Range of shapes and sizes....
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Green Print and Packaging Materials
What green printing really all about? When we think 'green printing' the terms 'recycled', FSC Certified, and 'soy inks' come to mind, but is that all there is? Are these things really enough? One ton of recycled paper still consumes up to four trees, 18,000 BTU's of energy, creates up to two tons of solid waste, and creates thousands of gallons of contaminated waste-water? Certainly FSC, SFI, and PEFC are important designations and diverting pulp production from irresponsibly managed forests is critical, but at what point will we begin to tip the balance of FSC paper production versus FSC forestry growth toward the negative? Many packaging designers turn to soy inks to tell their story. Soy inks have been used by offset printers for years but are they really beneficial for use on labels, tags, and packaging? (contact me for more info on the real truth behind soy inks for labels and flexible packaging.) The point here is that print buyers, green marketers and brand owners have gotten lazy. It’s commonplace these days to market a package with recycled paper, and include the ‘please recycle this package’ . Most consumers simply assume that today’s packaging IS recyclable. Brands focus on...
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