Paper packaging materials

Paper materials have the advantages of low cost, suitable for mass mechanized production, good formability and foldability, good for exquisite printing, recyclable, economical and environmentally friendly, etc. Therefore, various types of paper products have become the most commonly used packaging materials.

1. Kraft paper 

Kraft paper is tough and inexpensive, with good folding and water resistance. It is mostly used to make shopping bags, envelopes, cement bags, etc., as well as food packaging paper.

2. Coated paper 

Coated paper is mainly refined from high-grade wood and cotton fibers materials, and is divided into two types: single-side copper(C1S) and double-side copper(C2S). It is suitable for multi-color register printing, with bright colors and rich gradation changes after printing. It is often used in the production of handbags, business cards, books and magazine covers.

3. Whiteboard paper

Whiteboard paper is hard and thick, has good standing strength, surface strength, folding resistance and printing adaptability, and is suitable for packaging boxes, liners, etc. Usually one side white and the other grey.

4. Cardstock paper

Cardstock is sometimes called pasteboard or cover stock and is often used as a heavy paper option. Card stock is a more durable and much thicker than ordinary printing paper or writing paper. The main difference between cardstock and whiteboard paper is, cardstock is fully made of virgin pulp, it's thicker print or cover paper.

5. Corrugated cardboard

Corrugated paper has the advantages of lightness and firmness, strong load and pressure resistance, shock resistance and moisture resistance, and low cost. Single corrugated cardboard is generally used as a protective layer for product packaging or to make partitions inside a shipping cartons during storage and transportation; 3-ply or 5-ply corrugated cardboard is used to make products' outer packaging cartons; 7-ply corrugated cardboard is mainly used to make packaging boxes for mechanical and electrical products, furniture, motorcycles, and large household appliances.

6. Grey board or chipboard

Grey board is made of waste paper pulp. It's thick, rigid and dark in color. Grey board is not foldable, nor printable, but they are usually used for rigid gift boxes to reinforce them. They are cheap and serves as the main frame of most rigid gift boxes. Grey board is generally not viewable to consumers as they are covered by printed paper wraps.

Rigid Gift Boxes Made of Greyboard