Cardboard Boxes | Package Warehouse

Cardboard boxes are most economical when run in large quantities. Stock boxes and corrugated inventories which are held and released as needed are limited to certain sizes and are priced less than a custom box made to exact specifications. Stock shipping boxes are manufactured and produced in much higher quantity runs which drives down cost. The cardboard box inventory held in our inventory are bundled in varying quantities depending on the dimensions and footprint of the box. Not all large boxes will ship UPS or Fedex, many of which require transport by an LTL carrier or Motor Cargo freight line. Packagewarehouse.com has several hundred sizes and styles of corrugated packaging products available for immediate shipment. Our selection consists of, bankers boxes, file boxes, storage boxes, boxes for moving, military packaging, white boxes, gaylord boxes, and many other types of boxes for sale.

Although corrugated cardboard boxes seem simple and mundane there is a certain amount of complexity that goes into engineering a corrugated box for packaging your products. Technically speaking shipping boxes and corrugated containers should not be referred to as cardboard boxes. Cardboard is more commonly a substrate that closely resembles the back of a notepad and the material used to make a cereal box. In contrast corrugated boxes are used not so much for retail but to accommodate and support parcel and palletized packaging solutions during the shipping process. The structure of linerboard and medium paper known as fluting goes through an adhesion process to create a robust material suited for making boxes, this is called corrugation. The piling and uptake of the fluting creates a strong vertical membrane that is lightweight and durable for packing boxes and transporting products. Corrugated boxes come in different weights and grades. A standard shipping box can be made from edge crush tested liners or mullen tested liners. Mullen is based on a bursting test. Edge crush also known as ECT is based on a crush test. Both types of corrugated board are geared and engineered for different environments and purposes. Each type compiles and uses different fiber configurations in the corrugated fiberboard. Whether you choose a box that requires single-wall or double-wall liners depends in large by the weight and contents of what will be packaged in the shipping container. Very large boxes and heavy duty boxes that need to support high weight capacities, such as double stacking in a warehouse environment or during the transporting of goods are generally made from triple wall construction.