Paper packaging commonly used material tips

10/04/2021
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           White cardboard

  • Ivory grey board with one side grey and other white.
  • 250GSM-300GSM is often used for corrugated boxes and tags.
  • 350GSM-550GSM is often used for paper boxes and tags.

       

         C1S(Art card/One-side coated art paper)

  • Commonly used paper box materials, paper thickness from 80gsm to 400gsm of various  thickness for different paper products.
  • It's smooth on one side and rough on the other, only smooth surface can be printed.
  • Unlimited printing color.

         

         C2S(Glossy art paper/Copper paper/Glossy coated paper)

  • Commonly used paper box materials, paper thickness from 80gsm to 400gsm of various  thickness for different paper products.
  • Both sides are smooth, can be double-sided printing.
  • The biggest difference with C1S is that it can be printed on both sides.

         Corrugated paper

  • Light weight, good structural performance, strong load-bearing capacity, moisture-proof.
  • It can print in various colors, but the effect is not as good as C1S and C2S.


 

        Duplex grey paper(Chipboard/Grey cardboard)

  • It is often used to make gift box ,mounted with a layer of C1S or special paper on the surface.
  • If it is mounted with C1S, the printing process is the same as the C1S; if it is special paper, most of them can only be hot stamped, and some can be simply printed.


 

         Kraft paper (White kraft paper and brown kraft paper)

  • Kraft paper has high tensile strength and high burst resistance, with single light, double light, stripes, no lines, etc.
  • Brown kraft paper is brown on both sides.The white kraft paper is white on both sides.
  • Food grade kraft paper can be used as food packaging bags.
  • Often used to make corrugated paper and shopping bags.
  • 175GSM-250GSM can be used to make corrugated box or thicker paper cards.