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ECMA F80.11.00.00

Five-Bottle Presentation Box with Integrated Platform

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Top highlights

  • Single-piece design with a built-in stepped platform
  • Manually folded and loaded for premium presentations
  • Often paired with an outer master carton for parcel shipping

About this product

This premium folding carton eliminates the need for a separate insert by rolling its extended front panel inward to form a stepped, die-cut platform. Designed to cradle five bottles or vials, it creates a high-end unboxing experience from a single piece of board.

Because the lid, base, and platform are arranged linearly, the flat blank is exceptionally long. This layout trades manufacturing material efficiency and automated packing speed for a striking, single-SKU retail presentation.

Common uses

  • Cosmetics sample kits
  • Craft beverage tasting sets
  • Pharmaceutical vials
  • Premium retail gifts

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Premium Retail and Sample Kit Applications

Retail Gift Sets and Tasting Flights

The integrated platform elevates the bottles, creating a tiered display as soon as the lid is opened. This makes it a good choice for craft beverage tasting flights or cosmetic gift sets where the unboxing experience justifies the manual assembly time.

Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Sample Kits

For high-value vials or serums, the die-cut apertures immobilize the products to prevent them from striking each other. The single-piece construction simplifies inventory by combining the outer box and the retention insert into one SKU.

High-End Promotional Mailers

When placed in a rigid outer shipper, this presentation box works well for influencer kits or high-value promotional mailings where the unboxing reveal is the primary goal.

Retail Counter Displays

The stepped platform can serve as a small counter display for individual vials or testers, keeping them organized and upright when the lid is folded back.

Industries Prioritizing Presentation

Premium Brand Managers

Brands looking to reduce packaging components without sacrificing luxury often choose this package. The continuous board allows for smooth graphic transitions from the outer lid to the inner platform deck.

Fulfillment and Kitting Teams

Operations teams should plan for manual setup. The platform relies on a specific sequence of folds to seat the deck and lock the webbed corners before the bottles can be loaded.

E-commerce Packaging Buyers

Teams shipping these directly to consumers should evaluate outer corrugated mailers, as the friction-fit tuck lid is designed for presentation rather than rough transit.

When to Consider a Separate Insert

High-Volume Automated Packing

If your packing line relies on automated folder-gluers and robotic insertion, this manually erected platform will create a bottleneck. Compare a standard auto-bottom carton paired with a separate drop-in insert.

Material-Sensitive Runs

The extreme length of this flat blank reduces the number of units that fit on a standard printing sheet, increasing material waste. If material efficiency is the primary driver, a two-piece design often yields better sheet utilization.

Board, Print, and Assembly Choices

Double-Sided Printing

Because the extended front panel rolls inward to form the platform, the unprinted side of the board becomes the visible deck. Specifying a double-sided coated board allows you to print premium graphics directly on the platform surface.

Board Caliper and Folding Endurance

The board should be thick enough to support the weight of five glass bottles without the platform legs buckling, yet flexible enough to handle the multiple 90-degree folds without cracking. Folding boxboard (FBB) is typically a good starting point.

Outer Shipping Protection

The friction-fit tuck tongue is designed for retail shelves, not rough courier transit. If these kits will be shipped individually via parcel networks, consider a corrugated outer mailer to protect the presentation box.

Platform Cutout Clearances

The die-cut apertures should be sized to cradle the bottles without forcing the board to stretch. If the fit is too tight, the board can tear during manual loading.

Adjusting for Bottle Size and Fit

Bottle Dimensions and Spacing

The overall length of the box is strictly driven by the width of your bottles and the gap needed between them. Adjusting the bottle profile automatically recalculates the platform cutouts and the outer box dimensions to ensure a precise fit.

Platform Height Adjustments

The height of the stepped deck can be modified to sit higher or lower within the base tray, depending on how much of the bottle neck or shoulder you want exposed.

Webbed Corner Modifications

While the base tray natively uses unglued webbed corners, converters sometimes modify these for spot-gluing to speed up the manual folding process.

Board and packing details

Webbed Corner Assembly

The base tray uses webbed (bellows-fold) corners that fold inward and are trapped by the platform deck. This creates a clean, unglued, self-squaring base.

Platform Clearance Variants

F80.11.00.00.a (Modified Clearances)

A variant that alters the internal parametric formulas for the platform leg and flap heights, often used to adjust how tightly the platform seats against the base panel.

Additional notes

Heavy glass versus plastic bottles

Heavy glass bottles place heavy downward stress on the folded platform legs. Physical drop testing is necessary to ensure the chosen board grade prevents the platform from buckling under the product weight.

Related Presentation Packaging

F80.12.00.00: Three-Bottle Diecut Platform

A similar integrated platform design configured specifically for three bottles, reducing the overall blank length.

ECMA Group A: Standard Tuck Box with Separate Insert

Separating the platform into a distinct drop-in insert improves nesting efficiency on the printing sheet and can simplify automated packing.

FAQs

Assembly and Packing

Can this box be set up on automated cartoning equipment?

The integrated platform and webbed corners rely on a specific sequence of manual folds to roll the deck inward and seat it properly before loading, making it difficult to automate on standard lines.

Material and Print

Why is double-sided printing recommended for this package?

The platform is formed by an extension of the front wall that rolls inward. This means the unprinted inside of the board becomes the highly visible top surface of the bottle display unless a double-sided coated and printed board is used.

Design and Fit

Can we change the number of bottles this box holds?

Changing the bottle count involves a redesign or moving to a different template, because the box length is mathematically tied to the specific number of cutouts.

Shipping and Route

Is this box secure enough to ship via parcel courier?

The friction-fit tuck lid is designed for retail presentation. For e-commerce or parcel delivery, this box should be placed inside a corrugated outer shipper.

Material Efficiency

Why might this single-piece design use more material than a two-piece box and insert?

The flat blank is exceptionally long because the lid, back, base, front, and platform are all connected in a single line. This long footprint creates poor nesting on standard printing sheets, leading to higher material waste.

Design and Fit

How tight should the die-cut apertures be around the bottles?

The cutouts should cradle the bottles securely without forcing the board to stretch. If the fit is too tight or the gap between bottles is too small, the board can tear during manual loading.

Material and Print

What board grade works well for this folding sequence?

Folding boxboard (FBB) is often a good starting point because it offers the folding endurance needed for the multiple 90-degree platform bends without cracking.

Assembly and Packing

How does the platform stay in place once folded?

The extended front panel rolls inward, and its final vertical leg rests against the bottom panel, trapping the front webbed corners to keep the deck elevated and secure.