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Corrugated Cardbord Packaging Supply Benefits

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

While corrugated cardboard isn’t usually perceived to be a pinnacle of high technology, the material is one of the most specially engineered based on an arched paper design known as fluting. This is the if you rip off the topmost piece of paper you can clearly see the fluting in cardboard. This fluting provides increased compression strength making the material extremely durable, easily producible, space-effective due to it’s folding design. There are three benefits to using corrugated cardboard as your packaging supply of choice.

Protective Qualities
In addition to the compression strength, fluting provides the contents of any box with superior cushioning. During shipping if objects inside move around, the fluting compresses slightly to absorb the impact. Corrugated boxes can vary in sizes, thickness, and layers of fluting for greater cushioning and durability. Finally corrugated material has tear resistant properties to keep the packaging pristine and protect products during the shipping cycle.

Custom Packaging
Machines used to make corrugated cardboard can be calibrated fairly easily to produce boxes of different dimensions. There are many different cardboard types, weights, adhesives and treatments. You can pick and choose among these qualities depending on the design of your packaging. Options range for simple inexpensive solutions to complex packaging for ample protection or visual appeal. You can also choose to have cardboard printed with your company logo, and even treated with flame resistant chemicals. Pretty much anything you can imagine you can achieve through all of the options corrugated cardboard provides.

Cost-Effective
Cardboard boxes usually rank on the bottom in terms of shipping packaging prices. This is because cardboard is easy to produce and lightweight, reducing shipping costs to a minimum. Cardboard can be used to achieve multiple purposes such as shipping, storage, and even advertising and brand-building.

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Protect Your Goods During Shipment by Using the Right Packaging Products

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

Packing and shipping products is a necessary department to many businesses, and protecting these goods are just as important. Choosing the right mailing box or envelope ensures the goods inside are snug during shipment, but what about fragile items and electronics? You can never be too careful when packing your shipping containers, and you certainly don’t want to rely on the shipping company to replace any damaged items. Before closing your packaged boxes, make sure everything is where it needs to be.

Fill any negative space with packing peanuts or crumpled paper in order to completely secure the contents of your shipping container. Because your mailing boxes can travel great distances before arriving at the final destination, you want to make sure nothing is damaged along the way. If you want to add extra stability to your packaging, include custom poly-foam material built for the specific product. Electronic products especially need to be stabilized during shipment, as the slightest knocking around can easily damage the item.

Check the contents of your mailing box or envelope before sealing. Is everything properly secured? Move the box around a bit and see how much each of the items inside move and whether or not they rub against each other. Make sure you’ve included everything needed for this particular shipment and that everything is well protected.

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Starting a New Products-Based Business Involves Thinking About Packaging Needs

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

When starting a new product-based business, it’s important to make sure every aspect of your company is professionally treated. A shipping and receiving department handles all packaging of your company’s products. While some products may be shipped in standard envelopes or small boxes, others require custom-shaped material in order to properly mail. As a product gets more valuable and fragile in physical form, the detail in packaging material should increase for protection.

Consider the distance and procedures involved with shipping a package from your home or office address to the customer’s door. More often than not, that boxed product is sent out for processing at the shipping center, placed on a truck and possibly an airplane and sent to its final destination. Shipping companies process thousands, even millions, of mailed items a day, therefore the handling must be quick and sometimes abusive.

The protection needed for each product before shipping might start to make sense now. With this item security in mind, carefully plan how each of your company’s products should be arranged for mailing. Electronic devices can be easily damaged if moved around too much during transportation, therefore packing peanuts, a foam-like material, fill empty space for security. Your product is what drives your company and maintains your image, therefore mindful packaging techniques minimizes any problems when each item leaves home base.

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Create Fun Crafts Using Corrugated Cardboard Boxes

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

If you thought you couldn’t use corrugated cardboard boxes to create fun arts and crafts, think again.

1. Charming Totes – If you have some small cardboard boxes, you can recycle and alter them into cardboard totes. Recycling not only saves money, but it also helps keep our environment stay green and healthy.

To create a design for your tote, you can use scrapbook paper, magazine clippings, stamps or a combination of paper products to create the look and feel you desire. Print out a template to help make the process easy for you!

Items you’ll need:

  • Small box such as a cereal box, or other box
  • Choice of paper pieces, or postage stamps to decorate the box
  • Fine permanent marking pen
  • Scissors, glue

Easy instructions:

A. Cut the top flap of your box, leaving it completely open.

B. Start tearing your papers, and glue them onto your box. Apply only one layer of glue over the papers.

C. Once your box is covered on all sides and dry, take your handle template and lay it below the top of the box where you would like to have it and trace the template on both sides. Carefully cut the holes out with scissors.

Fairytale Lands are Easy to Create with Cardboard Boxes

2. Make a Fairyland town, village – Kids love creating their own Fairytale land. Using cardboard boxes help make it easy for children to build their own enchanting town.

Get started:

A. Get a firm corrugated cardboard box. Fill the box with Earth up to 1 1/2 inches from the top. Don’t level off the Earth flat. Pat it into little hills, making it look like a countryside.

B. Spread some moss, real or artificial, over the brown Earth. For trees, you can use leafy twigs and branches.

C. Use tiny boxes to create little houses and barns. To make a slanting roof for your tiny house, cut out a piece of cardboard a little larger than the top of the box.

D. To make a chimney, cut a little hole in the peak of the roof with a razor-blade. Then, cut a tiny piece of cardboard into a rectangle shape, and fold it into four sections.

As you continue creating and building, new ideas will continue popping up in your head. The possibilities are never-ending when it comes to creating your tiny town using cardboard boxes.

Get more instructions on how to build your own fairytale cardboard box town on AHC Arts and Crafts.org. You’ll find tons of neat craft ideas using corrugated cardboard boxes.

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