Cartons, containers and crates – which packaging to choose?

Cardboard packaging can take a variety of forms and shapes, making it easily and precisely adaptable to the transportation and storage of different products. What’s more, by using cardboard with different properties, the packaging can be more robust and will allow it to carry heavier loads, and can also be more resistant to temperature, humidity and other weather conditions.

What is worth bearing in mind when choosing cardboard boxes, containers and crates?

Properties of cardboard – from simple cardboard boxes to modular containers

To the untrained eye, cardboard is a homogeneous material, and any packaging made from this raw material looks almost the same. In practice, however, cardboard can have a different construction that affects the properties of the entire carton or other type of packaging. The most key and fundamental issue is the number of layers. It is this that largely determines for which purposes the packaging can be used.

3-layer cardboard. For lightweight products.
5-layer cardboard. For heavy and fragile products.
7-ply paperboard. For very heavy products and for export.

3, 5 or 7 layers – which cardboard to choose?

In the RAJAPACK product range we have 3-, 5 and also 7-ply cardboard available. The former is the lightest and most delicate and can be used for the storage and transport of lightweight products. 5-ply cardboard can withstand a load of up to 70 kilograms – it can be used for transport and storage in difficult conditions.

The 7-layer is the cardboard for special tasks. It can withstand loads of up to 500 kilograms. It is ideal for long-term storage and transport, whatever the conditions.

Cartons, boxes, containers – more than a dozen types of products on offer!

At RAJAPACK, we focus first and foremost on the best possible adaptation of the packaging to your needs and products. That is why we offer up to a dozen types of cardboard boxes, crates and modular containers made of cardboard. Some of these are, in various sizes, standard boxes, but by using the appropriate cardboard, they can have the desired properties.

We also have a range of more specialised packaging – for example, cartons with special dividers for transporting bottles of wine; isothermic cartons for products that need to maintain the right temperature; cartons for clothing, for transporting heavy and dangerous products and much more.

Carton with dividers for the shipment of wine
Modular cardboard container

Cardboard packaging – tailored to your needs

The choice of high-quality and suitably constructed cardboard packaging determines whether stored or transported goods will not be damaged and will arrive at their destination intact.

Choosing the right cardboard packaging is not a very difficult task, but it is definitely worth spending more time on this process to ensure that you have chosen the carton, crate or container best suited to your needs.

If you need help with your packaging selection, please contact us via tel: 801 55 3000* or e-mail: poczta@rajapack.pl. Our specialists will help you choose the best packaging solutions to suit your specific business.

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