Cardboard Boxes

With over 5 billion cardboard boxes used in the UK each year (equivalent to 83 per person), sourcing them may seem like one of the more mundane aspects of your business. But using the right ones – that are tailored to your product or application – can have a number of significant benefits for your company.

GWP can ensure that your cardboard boxes and packaging offer your business the recyclability, strength and cost effectiveness that you would expect from a company with more than 30 years’ experience of producing successful packaging products.

Please see below for all the types of cardboard box GWP can manufacture for your organisation.

Single trip cardboard boxes and packaging are widely used in a vast array of manufacturing markets and industrial sectors. See the various options available to your business below.

With ecommerce growing at a startling rate, it is essential that the cardboard boxes you use for shipping orders meets your customers expectations. The below range of options provide this for online businesses both large and small.

Printed cardboard boxes for retail applications must not only protect and present your products, but also capture the attention of your potential customers in often crowded settings. See how you can stand out with the below options.

Any of the cardboard boxes and packaging that your business sources from GWP can be enhanced with a number of dividers, inserts and fittings.

With more than 30 years’ experience of supplying commercially focused, custom cardboard boxes, GWP understand the science of corrugated packaging. This includes the need for transit protection, stacking strength, ease of assembly, packing and opening, presentation, and in many cases, all of the above

With GWP having worked with companies of all sizes and in practically every industry – including businesses just like yours – it means you can tap into extensive expertise in cushioning, ESD protection, product presentation and cost reduction, with many successful custom packaging designs requiring combinations of all of these features.

Besides a custom packaging design service, you are also able to take advantage of a huge selection of industry standard designs and boxes.

Using either the FEFCO standard layouts or the catalogue of designs GWP has developed over 20 plus years, you can source a cost effective solution that will still offer excellent performance and durability.

Using a range of manufacturing techniques, including die cutting, rotary die cutting, case making, multi-point gluing and folding, plus hand assembly, you can specify standard cartons, crash lock boxes, trays, corrugated dividers and practically any form of cardboard box imaginable.

Widely used for their strength, durability, lightness, recyclability, and cost-effectiveness, cardboard boxes and packaging manufactured by GWP are used in an extensive range of industries.

Saying that, it is possible to enhance your corrugated packaging in a number of ways.

Usually providing the outer protection for a product, your cardboard boxes can provide even greater levels of performance through the addition of corrugated fittings such as dividers or inserts, foam end caps and other forms of void fill.

You can also further enhance the exterior of the corrugated cardboard box depending on its intended application.

This can include adding branding and graphics for retail packaging, whilst also providing identification and instructions for transit packaging.

Regardless of your specific product, application or market, by souring your business’ cardboard boxes through GWP, you can be certain of tailored performance, pleasing aesthetic appearance and genuine cost effectiveness.

Ever wondered how cardboard boxes are manufactured? Or what goes on at a packaging manufacturer? This brief video gives an overview of this, alongside the products you can source by working with GWP.

The below section covers a number of the most commonly asked questions concerning the cardboard boxes and packaging that GWP supply.

Still need further information? Then please speak to an adviser by calling 01793 754 444, or dropping us a line on packaging@gwp.co.uk

If you are an individual looking for a single or low volume of cardboard boxes, then unfortunately GWP Group are not able to help (and would not be competitive compared to online stockists selling standard sizes cartons anyway).

However, if you are a business, or have an ongoing requirement, GWP can offer you a wealth of benefits. Everything from custom design to stock management, streamlining of existing inventories to full printing capabilities, your cardboard boxes and packaging can be made to work harder and provide true value for money.