Types of Shipping Boxes and Corrugated Packaging

If you’re a restaurant, caterer, store,  or not-for-profit, consider an HSC.

A half-slotted container (HSC) has the bottom flaps of a regular slotted container (RSC). In other words, the two outer flaps meet in the center. However, the top of an HSC is open.

An HSC is versatile, efficient, and durable. It’s a great choice for traveling short distances or displaying items. Half-slotted containers are also used to collect food, clothing, toys, or other donations or to store items on a shelf.

When paired with a corrugated tray over the top as a lid, an HSC is called a telescope box.

Are you afraid your customers might slice into your products when opening their boxes?

When we produce a center special slotted container (CSSC), we cut the inner and outer flaps to different lengths. This creates two layers of corrugated fiberboard on both the top and bottom of the box.

Strong, stackable, and easy to seal, CSSCs prevent someone from slicing into the product when cutting open the box. For example, these boxes may ship books, lampshades, linens, or clothing.

Are your products lightweight?

A snap-bottom container is also called a 1-2-3 bottom. The bottom of the container has three layers of corrugated boards that “snap” together. It’s called a 1-2-3 because it takes just three steps.

The snap bottom container enables workers to quickly construct or disassemble the box.

The RSC top is then secured with shipping tape. (See regular slotted container or RSC box.)

These boxes are commonly used for lightweight items and small quantities.

Easy access is one reason to purchase a partial telescope container.

A telescope container is a box with an upside-down tray as a lid. Typically, this lid covers one-third or less of the box, which makes it a partial telescope box.

The design style means that the sides are formed with stitching (staples) rather than adhesive.

These boxes make wonderful gift boxes. They can also be helpful when opening and closing the box regularly, for example, with copy paper.

For durability, consider an FTD.

Like other design-style containers, this FTD has stitches (staples) at the seams for extra strength. With a full-telescope design, the two-piece box is formed from two scored and slotted blank trays.

Therefore, the box sides are contained with two full layers of corrugated, and its seams are reinforced with stitching for extra durability.

This makes a full-telescope design-style container resistant to punctures, tears, or breaks.

Easy assembly is one reason to choose an OPF.

One-piece corrugated folder boxes are designed to be stored flat and quickly assembled to ship items. We score the folder box, so it is simple to construct along the fold lines, and its protruding ends tuck into each side for secure locking.

Besides being easy to assemble, an OPF can ship books, artwork, and promo items. It’s commonly used to ship small, flat items in ecommerce.

Wondering how to ship that long flat item?

The five-panel corrugated folder has a fifth panel that tucks in securely to close the box. This construction results in additional support on both ends.

Because of this extra durability, the five-piece folder is often used to ship long, flat, or narrow items, such as golf clubs or fishing poles.

Corrugated trays are designed for shipping small, lightweight loads.

Roll-end trays don’t require glue or stitching (staples). A walker-lock corrugated tray has tabs and slots. The tabs tuck into the slots to lock themselves in place.

These boxes are commonly used by the food and beverage industry, electronics companies, and online stores.

Roll-end trays don’t require glue, stitches (staples), or adhesives to assemble.

This type of tray has sides that tuck into the box to lock themselves in place.

In this box type, the bottom of the box is already pre-glued. This means that the bottom doesn’t require packing tape or adhesives to assemble.

Pre-glued auto-bottom boxes save assembly time. They are often used in shipping, storage, retail, and ecommerce.

RSC flaps have two sides (outer flaps) that meet in the center and are sealed with packing tape.

Four-corner corrugated trays have four pre-glued corners. This makes them easy to assemble.

They can be used as trays or as lids on telescoping boxes.

They are also used for items that need to be displayed or easily accessed. Therefore, they are often used in the food and beverage industry.

Corrugated pads are simply flat rectangles of corrugated. They can sit at the top and bottom of your box, between layers of products in your box, or vertically to separate products.

Corrugated pads make boxes sturdier and more rigid, so they can absorb shock. They also prevent moisture and keep items cleaner.

Each single-wall corrugated pad has three layers: a liner board, a fluted center, and another liner board.

Additionally, we manufacture double- or triple-wall pads for extra-heavy-duty jobs.

Did you know that tubes can have corners?

Corrugated tubes do.

We score the rectangle, the fold it or tape it, so it encircles the four sides of your box for added strength and rigidity.

Placed inside a box, the liner reinforces the container’s sidewalls.