Common Knowledge of Packaging Boxes

Material commonly used for gift boxes

(1) Paper:  coated paper, corrugated board, kraft paper, grey board and specialty paper, etc. 

(2) Metal: alloy, tinplate, tin foil, aluminum foil, etc. 

(3) Plastic: PC material, PVC material, PET material, PE material. 

(4) Wood: plywood, bamboo, raw wood. 

(5) Leather: natural leather, artificial leather (synthetic leather, PU). 

(6) Fabric: non-woven fabric, cotton fabric, pure polyester, seersucker, flannel. 

Processing techniques

Hot stamping, laser, thermal transfer, heat transfer, direct jet printing, pad printing, silk screen printing

 Shape

Square, heart-shaped, cylindrical, irregular shape. 

Printing

(1) Silk screen printing: Screen printing is a printing technique where a mesh is used to transfer ink onto a substrate, except in areas made impermeable to the ink by a blocking stencil. One of the most pronounced advantages of this technique is that: it can be applied to not only flat surfaces, but also on curved, spherical, and concave-convex substrates.

(2) Offset printing: Offset printing is maybe the most common printing technique used in packaging. The inked image is transferred(offset) from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the printing surface. And in most cases, CMYK 4-color printing is sufficient...

For direct-injection printing, usually paper-based materials are not suitable for direct-injection printing, and the cost performance is too low. Unless it is the kind of high value-added will use direct printing. Plastic PE and PET materials cannot be used for direct printing. Wooden gift boxes can be printed as far as the material itself is concerned, but some oily-treated ones are not suitable for digital direct injection technology. When printing leather, you usually need to use professional leather UV ink. The price of this ink is much higher than that of common UV inks. So in terms of cost, it is higher than ordinary products. Non-woven fabrics, pure polyester, seersucker, and flannel are not suitable for digital direct jet printing. The heat transfer is involved before and after digital direct jet printing. Fabrics of these materials are not suitable for heat transfer. 

Market brief

The current market demand for gift boxes presents a demand for personalized customization. For example, some enterprises, public institutions and companies, when they celebrate holidays or hold major events, print the company's name, event content and other themes on the packages of their gifts. In addition, the current young generation will print group photos, banquet themes and other content on the gift boxes during marriages, children's wedding banquets, and birthdays. With the growing scale of the manufacturing industry, the demand for its derivative packaging industry is now becoming more mature. Presents a broad development space and market prospects.