Chipboard Boxes

Walk into any Wal-Mart, Costco, or Target and look around. You will find printed chipboard boxes everywhere. Chances are, some of those chipboard folding cartons were designed right here in North County San Diego at Peek Packaging. There are four different aspects to a chipboard box: material, thickness, style, and printing.

 

TTABTM (Tuck Top Auto Bottom)

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Tuck top auto bottom is one of the more popular styles of chipboard boxes because it allows for easy printing and quick assembly on the production line. Just like the name says, the top of the chipboard box tucks in and the bottom is automatically popped into place quickly and easily. Common uses are food packaging, retail packaging, biotech packaging, coffee packaging, tea packaging, and sporting goods packaging.

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STE (Same side Tuck End)

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Common box glued with each end folding and locking on the same side. The STE can give you a better graphic presentation if the tucks are on the back of the box. A fifth panel can be added for hanging on pegs and giving additional space for graphics. Common packaging uses for this chipboard box include vitamin packaging, pharmaceutical packaging, perfume boxes, soap boxes, and food packaging.

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RETT (Rolled End Tuck Top)

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Simple unglued box that needs to be folded when assembled. The sides are 3 layers of chipboard for added strength and the top opens and closes with a tuck to the inside of the box. Common uses for this chipboard box are vitamin packaging, retail packaging, coffee packaging, tea packaging, Costco packaging, and pharmaceutical packaging.

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RTE (Reverse Tuck End)

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Same as a STE but the ends tuck and lock on opposite panels. The RTE is a more cost effective chipboard box than an STE due to the fact that you can have more boxes print on a sheet. Common packaging uses for this chipboard box include vitamin packaging, pharmaceutical packaging, candy packaging, perfume boxes, soap boxes and software packaging.

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RTE with Hang Panel – Reverse-Side Tuck End

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Same as the standard RTE but the hang panel provides more space for advertising as well as a hole which can be used for hanging the product from pegs and clip strips. Common packaging uses for this chipboard box include vitamin packaging, pharmaceutical packaging, software packaging, and food packaging.

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Set Up Boxes

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Rigid boxes that come already assembled. Fast to load, strong construction but take up a lot of room because they are shipped assembled. We have many different sizes of plain set up boxes ready to ship within 24-72 hours depending on availability. These styles include: deluxe gift boxes, 2 piece telescoping gift boxes, tie boxes, ring boxes, jewelry boxes, and holiday mailers. We also specialize in designing a custom rigid box to fit your product perfectly. Examples of industries using custom printed rigid boxes are board game boxes, candy boxes, chocolate packaging, cosmetics packaging, jewelry packaging, and specialty food packaging.

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Dispenser Box

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These dispenser type chipboard boxes can be used to dispense a multitude of products. This box can also come in a bottom opening tray format in which the product is gravity fed into the tray, typical applications including medicine packaging, candy bar packaging, retail packaging, tea packaging, and food packaging.

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Blister Card / Clamshell

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Blister cards and clamshells are one of the most popular packaging solutions in which the customer needs to be able to see the product. With the proper design of the blister or clamshell, significant amounts of room can be saved when properly packaged in a corrugated master shipper case. For both the card and the plastic blister, the design possibilities are endless. You will find blister packaging used in cosmetics packaging, tool and hardware packaging, toy packaging, food packaging, and sporting goods packaging. Clamshells are often used in electronics, cosmetics, and specialty products.

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TTSNLBTM (Tuck Top Snap Lock Bottom)

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Same as a tuck top auto bottom but the bottom is not pre glued. It has four flaps that are folded and locked to form the bottom. It has a stronger bottom vs. the auto bottom, less expensive to manufacture, but takes longer to assemble. Common uses are food packaging, retail packaging, biotech packaging, coffee packaging, tea packaging, and sporting goods packaging.

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About Our Chipboard Boxes

Material:
Chipboard is primarily made of SBS (solid bleached sulphate), CCNB (clay coat news back), CCKB (clay coat kraft back), or Kraft. Each material has it’s own uses, benefits, and capabilities. When deciding which material should be used, you need to take into consideration the print quality needed, the strength of the box, the cost, and environmental impacts of making the particular paper used to make the chipboard folding carton. To understand this process more in depth and to get a free design consultation or price quote, please contact us.

Thickness:
Part of deciding what paper to use for a chipboard box, is deciding what point or thickness of paper to use for your packaging. Most paper is bought in increments of 2 points (the standard unit of measurement), usually starting with 10 point for a chipboard box, going all the way up to 24 point for printing applications. The most commonly ordered boxes are between 16-24 point.

Styles:
Just like the material of a chipboard folding carton; there are many different styles of chipboard boxes to choose from and each has its own uses, benefits, and drawbacks. We will highlight a few of the common styles here.

Printing on a chipboard box:
If you really desire to make your graphic design stand out on your printed chipboard box, we recommend using SBS material. The inks tend to absorb much nicer on the SBS material and provide the crisp colors you will need to make your box stand out from your competition. If you are more concerned with the structural integrity of the box, we recommend using the CCKB chipboard material. Finally, if you are after a more cost effective option, the CCNB is the way to go. We do not recommend printing directly onto a kraft box.

After you have decided the material of paper you would like to use, you will need to consider the following:

  1. How many colors do you want your box to be? Most companies use the standard 4 color CMYK process to print on their box. However, if your graphic design requires that your chipboard folding carton have very specific colors, you may use a PMS book to call out a specific color(s). We also have green packaging options which use soy based inks.
  2. What type of coating does your chipboard box require? In order to seal the inks and keep them from running and bleeding, a chipboard box manufacturer needs to seal the ink. An aqueous coating is always used unless otherwise specified. However, if you would like your custom printing to really shine, you may want to consider using a high gloss UV coating to highlight different printed areas of your chipboard box or the entire box.
  3. Do I want any accents to the printing? We offer a full selection of embossing, debossing, foil stamping, and spot UV services.

Our chipboard manufacturers:
We represent chipboard manufacturers and printers located in Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego, Las Vegas, Seattle, Fresno, Salt Lake City, San Jose, and San Francisco with warehousing available in most cities.