Corrugated cardboard is a trusted and versatile packaging material widely used across industries. Its strength, adaptability, and eco-friendly nature make it an ideal choice for brands seeking durable, cost-effective, and sustainable packaging solutions.
At SK Packages, we offer a wide range of stock and custom corrugated boxes designed to protect your products throughout transit. Using the latest equipment and technology, we ensure every box meets the highest standards of quality and durability. From regular slotted containers to die-cut boxes, we create packaging tailored to your needs, with options in flute sizes, board weights, styles, and colors to match your specifications perfectly.
Understanding Corrugated Cardboard
Corrugated cardboard is a durable, lightweight, and versatile packaging material widely used for shipping, storage, and more. It is made from a special type of heavy paper called containerboard and consists of two main components: the liner and the medium.
A standard corrugated cardboard box features three layers of fiberboard:
Outer liner: The smooth exterior layer that provides strength and printability.
Inner liner: The interior layer that supports the structure and protects contents.
Flute: The wavy middle layer that adds rigidity, cushioning, and impact resistance.
This layered construction makes corrugated cardboard strong, protective, and ideal for a wide range of packaging applications.
The strength of corrugated boxes comes from their flutes, the wavy layer sandwiched between the inner and outer liners. Flutes are available in various sizes—A, B, C, D, E, and specialty combinations like AC and BC—each offering different levels of cushioning, strength, and compression resistance.
By choosing the right flute grade, combining layers, or adding interior padding, corrugated boxes can be customized to meet virtually any packaging requirement, ensuring your products stay safe and secure during transit and storage.
Our paperboard sheets are available in multiple configurations, defined by the number of layers or “plies” they contain. We offer 3-ply, 5-ply, and 7-ply sheets, each designed to provide varying levels of strength, durability, and cushioning. This range allows you to choose the perfect paperboard for your packaging needs, whether you require lightweight protection or heavy-duty support.
All flaps have the same length, and the outer flaps overlap by one inch or more. The box is usually closed with staples driven through the overlap area.
It is suitable for transporting long and narrow items.
All flaps have the same length, but the outer flaps completely overlap each other when closed. This style of box is ideal for rough handling.
This style is suitable for heavy or fragile items that require additional protection.
A single cut and scored piece of corrugated board with a fifth panel used as the closing flap, completely covering a side panel.
This style is ideal for long, narrow items with a small diameter, like golf clubs or furniture.
FTD is comprised of a top and bottom piece. The top piece has slightly wider dimensions, allowing it to slide completely over the bottom and providing extra material thickness on all sides and end panels.
This box style is used for long, flat products such as framed art and mirrors.
These are customized boxes created using a die-cutting process requiring angular, circular, or unusual cuts, slots, and scores.
This style is utilized in retail packaging, promotional displays, and product-specific designs.
The double-cover carton is constructed with a four-panel tube serving as the side panels and features two interchangeable trays that function as the top and bottom of the box.
This design adds structural integrity and provides robust packaging, making it well-suited for securely housing substantial and sizable items.
The four flaps that form the bottom panel are die-cut and folded to produce a secure lock, keeping it closed without glue, tape, or staples. The regular flaps meet in the middle at the top.
This style is perfect for bulky yet lightweight products such as baked goods, apparel, and textiles.
The corrugated cardboard used for the container consists of a fluted layer sandwiched between two flat linerboards. The main body of the container has eight sides and comes with two separate covers, one for the top and one for the bottom, which fit easily over the main body.
This box style is frequently used for tall or heavy products that would be difficult to lower into a box.
These trays are formed from a single piece of board. The container is die-cut to create scores on panels that roll over and lock into the bottom section of the tray.
This style is ideal for organizing or stacking products. It also makes an excellent display for cans, bottles, or other retail products.
The Full Telescope Half Slotted Box is simply a Full Telescope Box with a slotted top or bottom on both halves.
FTHS containers feature excellent loading and storage ability.
This box style is built for moving heavier items and offers superior stacking strength.