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| Corrugated Board |
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Cardboard or corrugated - is there a difference? To most people, these two terms mean the exact same thing. However, in packaging engineering, they are distinctly different. In fact, most packaging engineers or
designers cringe when they hear the word cardboard used in the wrong
context.
Many people use the word "cardboard" to refer to any type of paper
packaging substrate. The truth is, most of the time, they should be
using "corrugated."
Corrugated material is easy to identify.
It is made up of three layers
of paper:
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an inside liner, an outside liner, and fluting which runs in
between. The material gets its name from the corrugated medium which
helps provide it's strength. The most typical applications of corrugated are in shipping boxes, retail displays, pizza boxes and retail packaging.
"Cardboard" typically refers to a thick paper stock known as paperboard or folding
carton material. Examples of those applications are cereal boxes and other
smaller consumer
goods packages.
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Understanding the difference between these materials helps speed up the process of estimating as we identify the proper product for you from the start!
