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Our longer packaging guides from the Vorex Packaging YouTube channel: materials, box styles, finishes and seasonal ideas for brands in the USA and Canada.

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Custom Box Materials Explained: SBS, Kraft, Corrugated, Rigid

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Choosing a custom box for your US small business? Here is how SBS, kraft, corrugated, rigid chipboard and specialty papers look and feel, and which products each one suits. Three board families, flute sizes, printing on kraft, rigid wraps and four questions for choosing your material.

Chapters

  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 0:23 Three families of board
  3. 1:13 SBS: the bright white board
  4. 2:12 Kraft: natural and honest
  5. 3:12 Corrugated: built to ship
  6. 4:20 Rigid chipboard: the keepsake
  7. 5:20 Specialty papers
  8. 6:08 How to choose
  9. 6:55 Free quote and what's next

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