There are many packaging manufacturers in the UK that specialise in cardboard packaging and in the manufacture of cardboard & foam packaging and are able to supply bespoke size cardboard cartons as well as bespoke composite packs. They will often stock a very wide range of packaging supplies in both cardboard and foam and will also supply both cardboard and foam in sheet form in a very wide range of sizes & densities. However, these sorts of companies are not limited to cardboard and will often supply and manufacture wooden crates, bespoke size wooden pallets & solidboard tubes.
Surprisingly, there is a wide range of corrugated cardboard box packaging from standard B flutes through to export grade material. Specialists in cardboard packaging are always able to advise on the type of cardboard best suited to a customer's needs and cardboard materials range from 1.5mm thick up to 9mm thick. These grades cater for small delicate presentation based packaging to standard B flute materials through to CA double wall materials suitable for very heavy weight items. As standard brown board, other colours are used in a range of materials including both white & oyster coloured cardboard.
Black conductive cardboard can also be used to manufacture static sensitive cardboard packaging for the electronics industry. Further to this one or two colour printing can be used for the personalisation of your cardboard packaging.
Often cardboard packaging companies can also manufacture a complete range of FEFCO styles from standard 0201s and 0427 (pizza box style) die cut cartons through to the more complex die cut styles. As well as the outer packaging, cardboard fittings can be designed & developed to support and protect items within the outer packaging. This can range from simple buffers to complex die cut fittings and can be made for a wide range of shapes and sizes.
Cardboard is a simple invention that has literally carried the name of heavy-duty transport for decades. It is a generic term for heavy-duty paper-based products sometimes made by pasting together two or more layers of paper. However it is seldom used in the industry itself because it does not denote a specific material.
It is manufactured on large high-precision machinery lines called corrugators, usually running at 500 lineal feet per minute or faster. These machines over time have become very complex with the objective of avoiding some common problems in corrugated board production, such as warp and washboarding.
