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Double Cover Boxes (DC)
The Double Cover (DC) box is frequently used for tall or heavy products that would be difficult to lower into a box. The product is placed on the bottom cover, and the tube is lowered over the product. The two interchangeable covers (top and bottom) [...]
Telescope Boxes
This box style is made from 2 pieces - one body blank and one lid blank. Both corrugated pieces are shipped flat and can be assembled using stitches, staples, or adhesive to adhere the corners. It has a sturdy lid and doesn't require any fastenings [...]
Five Panel Wrap
The Five Panel Wrap is made from one piece of cardboard. These boxes are great for wrapping around a product that has to be carefully packed. This box design has good stacking strength and is easy to tape closed. Source: Fibre Box Handbook
Bin Box
These open tray-type boxes are ideal for maximizing your shelf space by organizing supplies, parts, magazines and newsletters. We can custom make these to fit your shelves no matter what you're putting in them. You can color code thembin boxes for easy viewing, assembly work [...]
Custom Crates : Inspiration of the Day
Great concept from Michael Kritzer for Buell Motorcycles. The crate becomes a worktable. Via Fast Company's Co.Design
Corrugate Helmet!
Kranium is an interesting use of corrugate to make bicycle helmets that are actually more resistant than the regular foam helmets. All the details on the designer's webpage Information : AnirudhaRao.
Fun Fact
I was looking through the website stats yesterday and it appears that our busiest day on the site was... February 14 2011!
The Corrugated Industry
There are 1,500 corrugated cardboard factories in the United States and Canada. These factories generate $25.2 billion in revenue and employ over 80,000 people in the United States alone. After adjustments for inflation, the average cost of corrugated containers decreased 11.7 percent from 1997 to [...]
6 Steps to Manufacturing Cardboard
1: Using powerful fork-lifts, skilled equipment operators select, move, and load rolls of kraft paper at one end of the corrugator. Corrugated cardboard manufacture includes two key steps: making kraft paper and corrugating the cardboard. Kraft paper involves pulping wood chips and then feeding the [...]
First Step Before Cardboard: How Kraft Paper Is Made?
Kraft paper has been manufactured since 1906. Since then, pulp processing, paper making, and corrugating operations have been developed to a high state of efficiency and productivity. Today, in the corrugated cardboard industry, designers are creating innovative containers that require four-color printing and complex die-cutting. [...]
Lead Time!
On your next order please consider that we like to ask for a two weeks lead time. We also like to accomodate and for that reason we will help you out if you need a rush order. But just remember 10 working days is our [...]
Designing Packaging!
HOW TO CHOOSE? Why does a packaging designer suggest you this foam instead of another? There is a couple a criteria that need to be taken in account to be able to choose a material. A good packaging designer will consider these factors: the weight [...]
How to Make Corrugated Cardboard
Interesting link on how to make corruagted cardboard. Courtesy of Carole Vansickle from EHOW!
$500,000 Investment
The timing is right. USD is down, interest rates are low, and we continue to grow. We are in the need of new packaging equipment as well as conveyers to improve our work flow and increase our capacity. We will be adding a new box [...]
Moving
Did you know that? Yes we are moving in July/August 2011. Why you ask. Well thanks to you, we have grown out of our existing facility and need to expand in order to continue to serve you well. Not only will the space be bigger [...]
Mission
Many companies have a mission. Some, as you can tell, are passionate about theirs. Ours is short but written in a way that reflects all of what our team does here at Lovepac. Read why you buy from us: " To offer all who are [...]
Very Small Quantity Versus Medium Quantity: Cost
Lovepac designs and manufactures custom corrugated die cut boxes for retail products, promotional campaigns or even shipping applications. We offer a variety of printing, laminating and finishing options to meet almost any need. Whether you need a small or large quantity, Lovepac can help. Keep [...]
Corrugated Furniture!
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Bringing Back the Cardboard!
For much of it's life cardboard has been perceived as paper's poor relation, far removed from the much revered hybrid parent material. Thought initialy designed with durability in mind, cardboard has risen from the anonymity of a utilitarian product; it is almost fair to say [...]
Packaging Debate!
Any toughts on this project? From an industrial shipping point of view, I think stacking is definitely an issue here. One little hit an the whole structure of the box is compromised, as anything resting on it. Seems like the concept was thought out for individual shipments. [...]
Safety 1st!
Have you looked in the mirror lately? We do every day now, by installing a safety mirror for our forklift operator to see what is going on all around him. It is all part of our safety first campaign. (picture to come)
Corrugate inspiration!
Mr Kaliski's rocking horse for children. Choice of corrugated as a material comes from the light weight, structural properties and recyclability.
Corrugate inspiration!
How about that. A PC corrugated outer shell. According to Brenden Macaluso, who designed this project, cardboard is more heat-resistant than many plastics, which begin to melt at around 120 degree celcius.
Corrugate inspiration!
Jan Ctvrtnik's cardboard mobile phone packaging is made from a single sheet of folded and scored cardboard.
Warehouse Revamped!
We recently cleaned and reorganized our entire assembly side of the warehouse in order to see if we could make the production team run more efficiently. So far so good!