Packaging is essential to protecting products during shipment and storage, creating brand recognition, and increasing sales. Packaging may need to vary depending on the physical characteristics of a product – for instance, different forms may need to be utilized depending on its form factor.
Selecting the appropriate packaging methods depends on your customers’ requirements. If your audience is environmentally aware, for instance, biodegradable or recyclable packaging might be preferable.
Rigid Boxes
Rigid boxes provide extra protection and an eye-catching appearance, drawing in premium consumers. Typically used to build brand image and accelerate product sales. Their sturdy construction also makes them reusable as consumers often keep or repurpose them as storage containers.
A rigid box begins as a sheet of chipboard cut to size by machine or staff. Next comes wrapping in art paper that can either be plain or luxurious; lastly comes attaching its “box ribs” (sometimes known as strategy ) using glue.
Cylindrical rigid boxes with both telescopic and shoulder-neck openings make ideal containers for markers, bottles, and other circular objects. You can seal these cases using plastic or metal lids and include internal inserts or foils if necessary; additional printing and finishing options allow for a customized appearance.
Chipboard
Chipboard is an eco-friendly paper product used in various packaging applications. Made from waste wood from raw materials, chipboard repurposes material that would otherwise be wasted while decreasing demand for fresh timber.
Corrugated cardboard takes up less space in storage and transportation, thus leading to reduced shipping costs per square inch. This means lower delivery fees.
Packaging and retail display packaging frequently utilize chipboard due to its combination of aesthetics and durability. You can decorate it with vibrant graphics to attract consumers while its structure will remain sturdy in stores.
Jewelry packaging is another common use for chipboard. The material’s thin construction helps conserve shelf space while providing ample support and protection, as well as being easy to form into small boxes that open easily and close securely. Furthermore, chipboard pads can also be used as inserts within packages; their appearance being far cleaner than their corrugated counterparts – perfect for branding products!
Plastic
Plastics are synthetic or semi-synthetic materials used for moulding, extruding, or pressing into solid objects of various shapes. Most contain organic polymers while additional organic or inorganic compounds may also be added in to enhance performance or decrease production costs; such components are known as additives.
Petroleum is the primary source for plastic production worldwide. Plastics derived from petroleum are most often used to make bags, films, molded cases and containers (including bottles). Polyethylene is one of the most commonly used polymers; commonly found in detergent bottles and milk jugs as well as corrosion-resistant piping applications.
Linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plastic is a thinner form of plastic often used for primary packaging products like shrink wrap and stretch wrap, as well as secondary packaging such as grocery store green plastic bags for produce. LLDPE may also be mixed with additives to create Masterbatch Granules which can colorize or modify its host polymer.
Paper
Paper is an extremely useful material used for printing, packaging and recording transactions and events. Constructed of fibers sourced from wood pulp, cotton linters, flax stalks, jute cord and straw waste as well as recycled fibres, it can be reused multiple times without losing its integrity.
East Asia (probably China), around 105 CE, saw the birth of modern papermaking when Han court eunuch Cai Lun invented paper by mixing rags with wood pulp and shaping it into sheets. Since then, papermaking technology has advanced significantly with modern paper production using cellulose fibres from trees or plants as raw material, chemical additives to bleach or color its pulp before pressing large sheets into large sheets that can then be cut down into different types of products.
Writing and printer papers, cardstock paper for greeting cards, calculator and cash register receipt paper that prints receipts, wrapping papers for food products. Other forms of paper may also serve as substrates for various materials like paint and wallpaper applications or are used to create specialty products like sandpaper or litmus paper.