Folding cartons

We supply custom folding cartons, sleeves, trays, carriers, multipacks, windowed cartons, paperboard inserts, and printed retail packaging in quantities from about 50 pieces through recurring high-volume orders.

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Open printed folding carton with paperboard dividers

What we supply

Carton types

Tuck-end and lock-bottom solid-paperboard folding-carton samples

Tuck-top, glued-end, and lock-bottom cartons

Reverse-tuck, straight-tuck, sealed-end, lock-bottom, crash-lock, and auto-bottom cartons for hand packing or automated packing lines, including modified ECMA cartons and original layouts for products that do not fit a catalog design.

Solid-paperboard sleeve, four-bottle carrier, and multipack samples

Trays, sleeves, carriers, and multipacks

Paperboard trays and covers, sleeves, wraps, bottle and tube packs, beverage carriers, and grouped product cartons.

Solid-paperboard folding carton with a clear window and fitted insert

Windows and inserts

Film windows, open cutouts, paperboard dividers, partitions, and fitted paperboard or foam inserts, with insert placement and hand assembly for product sets.

Hexagonal and handled solid-paperboard folding-carton samples

Unusual carton formats

Shaped cartons, custom closures, handles, hanging panels, reclosures, tear openings, dispensers, nested parts, and multi-piece paperboard packs outside the usual rectangular tuck-carton formats.

Common applications

Folding cartons used for

Retail shelf cartons

Printed tuck cartons for cosmetics, personal care, food, supplements, and hardware.

Product launches and multiple designs

Short digital runs for several products or artwork versions that share one cutting layout.

Windowed product cartons

Film-patched windows and open cutouts for cosmetics, dry goods, hardware, and promotional sets.

Cartons with fitted inserts

Paperboard or foam interiors that hold bottles, jars, devices, samples, or complete sets.

Carriers and multipacks

Paperboard carriers and grouped packs for bottles, tubes, cans, and other primary packs.

Cartons packed for retail displays

Finished cartons packed into counter displays, shelf-ready trays, and labeled master cases.

Printed folding cartons

Printing and finishing

Samples, small runs, and multiple designs

Digital production is available from about 50 to 5,000 cartons, on sheets up to 28 by 40 inches and paperboard approximately 0.008 to 0.030 inches thick. Multiple print designs that use the same cutting layout can run together without separate printing plates.

Large orders and detailed finishes

Offset production supports full-color and spot-color printing up to seven colors, inside printing, coatings, film lamination, foil, embossing, debossing, raised effects, specialty papers, and window patching. Quantities can reach the hundreds of thousands.

Printed folding carton with fitted paperboard dividers

Packing and distribution

Displays, shipping cases, and scheduled releases

Retail pack and master-case configuration

The display and distribution packs are planned together: cartons per display, displays per master case, pack orientation, case markings, cases per pallet, and destination requirements.

Assembly and release schedules

Packing work can include insert placement, literature or label insertion, hand assembly, and shrink wrapping. Completed inventory can be held against a release schedule and split by destination.

Folding cartons arranged in a corrugated countertop retail display

Specific requirements

Example orders

Example: product launch

Twelve package designs at 300 cartons each.

One approved tuck-carton layout runs with twelve separate print files. Digital printing removes the cost of twelve separate printing plate sets.

Example: decorated retail carton

25,000 cartons with matte coating, foil, and embossing.

A printed sample confirms the paperboard, color, coating, foil position, and embossing before tooling and production.

Example: automated packing line

A repeat carton made for a specific packing line.

Glue-seam position, paperboard grain, crease quality, loading direction, closure, and shipping-case count are set for the customer's packing equipment. A line trial checks the production sample before scheduled repeat orders begin.