| Cardboard Boxes come in various sizes and | | | | than a single piece or even multi layered pieces of |
| shapes. From Small Cardboard Boxes to boxes | | | | card would offer. For those circumstances when |
| with shapes (like heart shape for Valentines Day) | | | | strength is necessary, corrugated cardboard |
| to Custom shapes that work for company logos. | | | | boxes present the ideal storage or packaging |
| You can usually buy cardboard boxes on-line and | | | | solution. |
| in stores around the country. The special order | | | | Mailing Tubes with End Caps are the most popular |
| type are sometimes available at printing | | | | style of shipping tube. They are typically made |
| companies as well as office supply stores. | | | | from 3-ply, spiral wound paper. Mailing tubes come |
| Cardboard boxes are made from corrugated | | | | in various lengths and widths to accommodate |
| fiberboard, (sometimes called corrugated | | | | different sized items. Most of these shipping tubes |
| cardboard or just cardboard), or paperboard | | | | will not be longer than 48 inches (122 cm). Mailing |
| (essentially paper with a weight typically greater | | | | and shipping tubes come in different strengths, |
| than 600g/m2, and also commonly refered to as | | | | depending on how fragile their contents are or |
| cardboard, solidboard or posterboard). | | | | where they are being shipped. They guard against |
| A cardboard box can be printed to promote its | | | | any denting, bumping and dropping that may |
| contents and this can be achieved with | | | | happen during shipping. Wall thickness from .030 to |
| flexographic, lithographic or screen printing | | | | .600. Heavy wall tubes, colored paper, printed, |
| techniques. Cardboard is an easy product to reuse | | | | test cylinders, shipping, display poles. |
| as well. Cardboard storage boxes do have many | | | | Wardrobe boxes are particularly useful because |
| other practical uses as well. Popular in the 1980s | | | | they are like little bitty closets. You don't even |
| with the emergence of rap music, cardboard | | | | have to take your clothes off the hangers before |
| boxes were, and still are, used for breakdancing. | | | | you put them in the box. Wardrobe boxes are |
| Corrugated cardboard is made of paper which | | | | superb for the storage of hanging garments. Don't |
| again is made of new or recycled cellulose fibres. | | | | waste time in having to iron your clothes again. |
| Up to 85% of all corrugated cardboard is recycled | | | | Wardrobe boxes are larger than most our moving |
| and is, therefore, a very environmentally | | | | boxes. There is really no limit to what can be |
| acceptable packaging. Corrugated cardboard | | | | done with cardboard to enclose "something". Your |
| boxes use a waved, corrugated pattern because | | | | imagination is the boundary that will restrain you, |
| this offers much greater stability and strength | | | | oh and your wallet may do that to. |