Auto-Bottom vs Snap-Lock Boxes for Faster Packing
Speed on the packing floor has actual dollar value attached to it, and every extra second your team spends on a box…
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Packaging Insights & Resources
Tips, guides, and industry knowledge from our team in Wylie, TX.
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How Long Can a Corrugated Box Hold a Stacked Load?
Corrugated boxes are a bit more resilient than they appear. But they do fail, slowly, over time. A stack that looks pretty…
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What Does ESD Corrugated Packaging Protect Against?
For most manufacturers, few decisions are as expensive as a poor call on electronics packaging – and the damage almost never announces…
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How to Measure a Box for True Inside Dimensions
Material thickness is one factor that sneaks in and ruins well-planned boxes. Every corrugated wall has its own physical thickness, and it…
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B Flute vs C Flute for Heavy Product Shipments
A crushed box, a damaged product and a customer waiting on a replacement – that’s a rough place to be in, and…
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Auto-Lock vs Snap-Lock Bottoms for Mailer Boxes
At any shipping volume, a small structural failure that repeats itself across hundreds of orders can slowly add up into a problem…
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Full Overlap vs RSC Boxes for Stacking Strength
Crushed cartons at the bottom of a pallet stack. Damaged goods. A reorder that eats into already-thin margins. Ship or store products…
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What Is a Multi-Depth Box and When to Use One
Plenty of sellers wind up at the same place when they need to ship products across a number of sizes – they…
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How to Lower Dimensional Weight Fees With Box Design
Carrier rates have a funny way of adding up fast – and few charges are more frustrating than paying premium prices on…
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FEFCO Box Style Codes Every Procurement Buyer Needs
Without a shared reference system, corrugated packaging orders like to go wrong. Buyers that work from verbal descriptions or informal shorthand usually…
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