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FOL Style Box
All flaps have the same length (the width of the box). When closed, the outer flaps come within one inch of complete overlap. The style is especially resistant to rough handling. Stacked on its bottom panel, the overlapping flaps provide added cushioning. Stacked on its [...]
HSC Style Box
Same as Regular Slotted Container without one set of flaps. Source: Fiber Box Handbook, Fiber Box Association, 2005
RSC Style Box
All flaps have the same length, and the two outer flaps (normally the lengthwise flaps) are one-half the container’s width, so that they meet at the center of the box when folded. If the product requires a flat, even bottom surface, or the protection of [...]
Raw Material
Corrugated fiberboard is made primarily from cellulose fiber, which comes from the trees. However, trees are not the only source of wood fibers in paper. Approximately half of the wood fiber used to make paper comes from the following recycled sources: • The lumber industry’s [...]
What Forms Corrugated?
Corrugated boxes are formed using three or more pieces of paper (containerboard). The outer surfaces are linerboard and the inner, fluted paper is called medium.
What’s PE?
First off what is PE foam ? PE stands for Polyethylene. We also call the Polyethylene foam LDPE for Low Density Polyethylene. We can find PE plastic everywhere around us in solid form. It’s a soda bottle, it’s a DVD case, it’s a liquid soap [...]
Understanding the Numbers For Foam
Why is my raw foam sheet never the right size? For the same reason a wood 2x4 is never 2’’ by 4’’. Let’s take the 2’’ plank for example. We call it a 48’’x108’’ plank with a thickness of 2’’. But in reality it measures [...]
Getting Old, but Still Worth Spreading
An interesting case here provided by PUMA on how they reinvented the shoe box. Even though we make a living out off transforming and selling this corrugated material, one needs to acknowledge that sometimes, less is a lot more. Beautiful and smartly designed die-cut.
Corrugated Manufacturing
An inside look on this mass production corrugated plant. It show's how corrugated is made and transformed into customized boxes. At Lovepac we operate on a smaller scale. We're what the industry has called a Sheet plant. That means we purchase the boards from a [...]
Corrugated Material
Corrugated is a highly useful, cost-efficient, versatile packaging material that is used to ship just about every product under the sun, all around the world. But is doesn’t stop there: corrugated is also the most-recycled packaging material on earth, with a recovery rate of about [...]
Life’s Cycle
Congratulations to one of our Lovepac team players on the arrival of their baby girl. We wish you and your family well. Enjoy every cuddle, every tear that is cried, every late night feeding and every diaper that is changed, as it goes by all [...]
1+1=3
In this design we glued together a very dense foam and a much less denser one. The foam pieces are glued together at a 90 degree angle to form a corner. The density difference is to prevent a sharp edge on the product to cut [...]
Sample of the Day!
Another great example of the possibilities that Ethafoam provides for custom foam packaging. We use this foam to serve our various partners is the telecommunication industry. It is easily recyclable and can be cut and fused together to fit your products perfectly.
ESD materials for your custom packaging!
A custom die-cut box, partitions and a vaccum formed tray. All made out of ESD materials. Mmmm..smells like electronic component.
Paperless
We are not paperless, but we are trying to be. We have eliminated most of our internal paper by integrating our operating system with the production, design, and customer service team. We no longer have to print our specs each time we run an order. [...]
Memory!
Think of us when you have a product that is getting damaged because it fell from a table or from an employee’s arms and the current packaging failed to protect the corner of your product. You might actually be having a memory issue. Foam, specifically [...]
Boxes From Lovepac
Did you know that we sell boxes? Yes, we actually make and sell corrugated boxes. For years we have been marketing and pushing the fact we are your protective packaging specialist. We pushed the fact that we can combine various types of materials such as [...]
Holiday Schedule
Dear partners, Please note that we will be closing at noon on December 24th and we will be reopening on January 3rd. The Lovepac team would like to take this opportunity to wish you and yours a holiday season filled with joy and happiness.
From Us To You With Lovepac
November was a fun and exciting month for us. In collaboration with our transport company, we are now able to make our deliveries of your custom packaging, even more personal by putting our company logo on their trucks. So keep your eyes on the road [...]
Packaging Speaks
Here's an interesting website presenting many package designs. Much are not made from corrugated board but here's a picture of one that is. Sexy isn't it??
DIY Foam Cutting!
DIY Foam Cutting There's different ways of cutting foam as you can see. Here at lovepac we prefer die-cutting the foam.
Kiss Cutting (2nd date)!
Here's an interesting way of cutting a single plank of Ethafoam. By varying the height of the cutting blade we get a hinge, similar to what I explained in a previous post on Stratocell plus!
Sample for Sample!
Providing a sample of your product makes our work so much easier. We are fully insured against any type of damage or accident. It will be returned to you in perfect conditions within a perfect sample of your future custom packaging.
First Launch!
Welcome to our first e-newsletter ever. Our goal is to keep you informed with our developments on a quarterly basis and send you promotions and new product information as they develop. We have just completed out first quarter and have successfully met our budget and [...]
Lovepac Boxes
In house box design, conversion, glueing, printing, stacking, warehousing, shipping. It's all right here... lovepac, the low to medium volume Corrugate Experts. We produce A, B, C, D, E and specialty flutes like BC and AC.