Packaging Basics
Three Real Cost Items in Packaging—Volumetric Weight / Loading Rate / Pallet Layers: When a printing plant treats “making the box smaller” as a way to save money, which cost is it most likely to overlook?
The customer says, “Making the package smaller can reduce shipping costs,” which is generally true, but there is no fixe...
Packaging CertificationThe Real Boundaries of FEFCO/ESBO Style Code 0201 Corrugated Export Boxes—and the 5 Fields Customers Often Omit When They Only Write “0201” The First 3 Questions a Printing Plant Should Ask When Receiving an Inquiry for Export Boxes
The most common line on an export box quotation is “per 0201.” But the four-digit FEFCO/ESBO code fixes only the box sty...
Packaging CertificationThree Real Printing Boundaries for Drug Packaging Materials in Joint Review and Registration: Registration Number / Status Identifiers A and I / Batch Traceability — What Should a Printing House Check First Upon Receiving a Pharmaceutical Packaging Order?
Since 2017, pharmaceutical packaging materials and containers that come into direct contact with drugs (pharmaceutical p...
Packaging CertificationThree Practical Boundaries of EAC Marking for the Eurasian Economic Union: Declarations of Conformity, Supporting Documents, and Marking Placement — What a Printer Should Request First for a Russian Order
Packaging marks for Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAC) are among the most common compliance traps in export or...
Packaging Procurement Guide3 Real Settlement Boundaries for Packaging Delivery Quantities: Short Shipments, Overages, and Remainder Conversion — Which 3 Documents Should a Printer Check First on the Shipping Day?
Disputes over delivered quantities almost never arise during production; they all occur at the final step—counting, load...
Eco-friendly packagingThree Solvent Recovery Technologies Compared: Adsorption, Condensation, and Distillation — Which Three Costs Should a Printing Plant Owner Calculate First When Facing an Environmental Compliance Retrofit?
A solvent recovery unit is the most expensive one-time environmental investment for a printing plant, and it is also the...
Packaging Procurement GuideThree Realistic Process Options for Reducing Gift Box Insert Layers—Remove the Inner Tray / Switch to Cardboard / Keep a Thin Sponge Layer: Which Three Metrics Should a Printing Company Measure First Upon Receiving a “15% Cost Reduction” Request?
The lining is the most expensive, bulkiest, and least visible component of a gift box. Many customers look at a competit...
Packaging CertificationCanadian Bilingual Packaging Label Requirements: 3 Real Boundaries — French Version Length / Diacritic Characters / Responsibility Division | The 3 Places Printers Most Often Get Burned When Accepting Orders as Submitted
Canada is one of the few export markets that mandate mandatory English-French bilingual labeling for consumer products. ...
Packaging Development TrendsCustom Gift Box Approvals: The Clause Printers Should Put in Every Contract for E-Samples, Paper Samples, and Sealed Samples
The three-stage approval process—digital proof (PDF / 3D / video), paper pattern sample, and sealed sample for mass prod...
Packaging Procurement GuideThree Real Price Gaps in Gift Box “Carton Sealing Tape” Rolls — BOPP Transparent / Printed Carton-Sealing Tape / Paper-Based Compostable — the Item Most Often Omitted from the Purchase Order When Print Shops Order “Complete Packaging Materials”
Carton sealing tape is available at unit prices ranging from 0.8 yuan to 9 yuan per roll, with differences extending bey...
Packaging Procurement Guide3 Types of Material Loss in Packaging Orders: Make-Ready Paper, Sample White Boxes, and Trial Ink
Make-ready paper, ink used for trial runs of sample white boxes, and plate-cleaning waste rarely appear on packaging quo...
Eco-Friendly Packaging《Standard for Emission of Air Pollutants from the Printing Industry》GB 37827-2019: The 3 Real Compliance Boundaries for Printing Plants—Fugitive Emissions/Fence-Line Monitoring Points/VOCs Treatment Facilities: The Monitoring Point Printing Plants Most Often Get Wrong
GB 37827-2019 separately identifies the printing and packaging manufacturing industry as a sector, with VOCs limits, fen...