by Alan Wright | Oct 8, 2024 | Packaging Suppliers, Packaging Solutions
There are two ways to buy custom corrugated boxes — from a manufacturer or from a broker. Manufacturers are either mills or sheet plants. Mills make the corrugated board (layers of wavy corrugated between layers of flat linerboard) and the boxes all under one roof....
by Michael Boik | Sep 27, 2024 | Packaging Design, Ecommerce Packaging
One of the great joys of having a gallery on our website is to look back at the history of our packaging story as told by you—the entrepreneur/business owner. There have been many success stories over our more than 17 years, and our gallery has always been a small...
by Dennis Salazar | Sep 10, 2024 | Ecommerce Packaging
Many box customers who seek our advice believe the only way they can print attractive colors onto corrugated is to print them over white board. While it is true, utilizing white board under almost any ink color will result in brighter, truer color match. However,...
by Dennis Salazar | Aug 26, 2024 | Ecommerce Packaging, DTC Boxes
We have been notified that in the next few months, white board could be in short supply. Unfortunately, just in time for the year end, holiday packaging season. More on that below. This news should not be a problem for “brown box” makers, since in most cases, those...
by Michael Boik | Aug 8, 2024 | Holiday Packaging, Ecommerce Packaging
The summer months may seem like downtime for the custom packaging world, but when you consider August and September are still technically summer, it’s fair to say that these are actually two of our busiest months. Many of our most well-prepared customers know that...