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-Folding boxes
+Materials for folding boxes
-Structure
> Crash lock base
> ECMA catalogue
> Tuck in flaps
> Safety catch
> Dust caps
> Snap lock base
+Folding carton production
+Sustainability of folding boxes
+Flexible packaging

Construction of folding boxes

Folding boxes are three-dimensional packaging that varies in design depending on the industry, product and application. The most common folding boxes have four sides and are suitable for use as standard product packaging, e.g. for medicines, food or cosmetics. A folding box consists of several components, such as a base, a lid, a body, adhesive surfaces and, for example, additional viewing windows or perforations.

These folding box components are virtually unlimited, and their composition is described across all industries in the ECMA catalogue. This catalogue alone lists over 200 box types and over 45 different closures and auxiliary devices.

Special box types are available for the following products, for example:

  • Counter display for the point of sale
  • Cushion box as gift packaging
  • Folding box with Euro slot hanger
  • Folding box full overlap (for gluing in automatic packaging machines)
  • Wrap-around packaging for bottles, tins, cups and jars, for example
The most common and popular type of folding box is the folding box with tuck-in flaps. Depending on the product, product weight and desired packaging, it is available with various closures – with tuck-in flaps, with a tuck-in base, with an automatic base or an open flap closure. For particularly heavy products, we recommend folding boxes made of corrugated cardboard. However, these assemblies are not defined in the ECMA catalogue, but in the FEFCO catalogue.

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