5 Stars
Made in Germany
Free Delivery
Worth knowing

Adviser about Folding boxes

Welcome to our guide to folding boxes! Folding boxes are much more than just simple packaging. They are versatile, functional and offer a wealth of possibilities for a wide variety of products and applications. From food and cosmetics to pharmaceuticals, folding boxes are present in almost every industry and meet a wide range of requirements.

Colourful folding cardboard

Coloured cardboard is a very high-quality, dyed-through and often unique folding boxboard made from primary or secondary fibre. Depending on the manufacturer, coloured folding boxboard comes in a wide variety of colours, grammages and surface finishes. Colour-dyed cardboard is comparatively expensive and is particularly suitable for exclusive product packaging for jewellery or perfume.

Colour: Colour-dyed
Printing Conditional (depending on print image & ink application)
Further processing Yes (punching, creasing, scoring, perforating)
Finishing Yes (lacquer, hot stamping)
Food contact Conditional
Extraction Primary and secondary fibre
Sustainability Fully recyclable
Grammage 300 to 400 g/m²
Bending stiffness Medium / High

These special types of cardboard are mainly produced by manufacturers such as ‘Gmund Papier’ or ‘Fedrigoni’ and are primarily ordered by printing companies and processors on request. Below are a few examples to illustrate the possibilities:

  • Colours: cream, blue, turquoise, green, light green, yellow, orange, metallic, and many more. Upon request, custom colours can also be developed depending on the print run.
  • Surface: embossed, felt-marked, smooth, matt, metallic, velvety
  • Applications: folders, menus, envelopes, packaging, business cards

About the author

Lasse Harder

Learn More