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How to choose paperboard

What’s the right packaging material for your product? What characteristics should be considered when choosing paperboard? We have some good advice.

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When choosing paperboard, there are various demands to take into account which can be end-use and/or application specific. If you are a cosmetics manufacturer you may have different demands on the packaging than if you are in frozen and chilled food production or in commercial print etc. 

All applications have their own specific requirements. When choosing paperboard, the application requirements must be related to the paperboard

properties and three key requirements that can be used to guide the paperboard selection are promotion, protection and production. 

In the publication "How to choose paperboard" we have collected some good advice on this topic. Access the entire online publication here, or go straight to some of the most-read chapters via the modules below. 

Confectionery

Chocolate packaging

When choosing paperboard for chocolate packaging, the main criteria are strength and hygiene, together with qualities that preserve the aroma and flavour.

More about chocolate packaging

Beauty & cosmetics

Perfume packaging

Perfume secondary packaging must keep its expensive content in perfect condition, while expressing the beauty of its essences. Important criterias when choosing paperboard for perfume packaging are strength and designer freedom. 

More about perfume packaging

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Graphical paperboard

Paperboard allows the designer to create two or three-dimensional shapes combined with sophisticated illustrations.

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Covers

Designing covers is a craft of its own. Starting with a blank white sheet, the designer's options are practically unlimited.

More about covers

Cups and tubes

Cups and tubs are high-performance, leak-proof containers used for a vast variety of products.

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