paperboard folding carton market

Paperboard Carton Sourcing prepares a comparable request for the paperboard folding carton market so factory replies share the same construction, quantity unit and destination. This page is a matching desk, not a plant roster. We rewrite mixed units and unnamed substitutions before factories see the brief; we do not appoint a mill or hold inventory.

Material

Board grade, paperboard caliper and any post-consumer recycled content claim tied to a batch file

Size

Length, width and depth in mm on the named die line, plus crease and glue-flap allowance

Print

Offset, flexographic printing or digital short-run, plus artwork freeze date

Quantity

Order unit in pieces or cartons and the ship-to state or postal code

Four-box ledger sketch for a paperboard folding carton market RFQ — Ledger sketch for a comparable paperboard folding carton market request. Not a production schedule.

What every comparable factory quote must include

Same specification line

Ask each plant to repeat board grade, paperboard caliper, style and decoration process on one line. If a plant substitutes 16 pt CCNB for 18 pt SBS or changes a tuck-end to an auto-bottom, treat that as a new construction, not a silent equivalent. Burst strength methods, when requested, should name the method rather than a marketing adjective. A window-patch sleeve and a straight-tuck carton cannot share that line.

Costs outside the piece price

Offset plates, flexographic printing plates, cutting dies, artwork revisions, inner cartons, pallets and freight stay outside the piece or carton price unless the reply lists them. A lower piece figure that hides tooling is not a cheaper total. This desk does not publish a savings percentage because the price comparison file on this site is empty.

Sample and document path

State whether you need a struck sample, a printed drawdown or a line-trial quantity. Request food-contact and migration testing files for the named board, ink and coating pairing. Those documents belong to the supplier lot. They are not converted into a site-wide certification badge. Drawings follow after first contact; this form has no upload field.

Digital print versus flexographic printing or offset is a run-length trade-off, not a quality slogan. High SKU counts and frequent logo changes can reduce plate cost with digital print; a frozen long run often keeps unit cost and spot-color control better in offset. A die line for a logo panel should travel with the carton drawing so print buyers can quote colors on the same silhouette.

Limitations stay explicit: this desk does not promise US contract filling, does not hold inventory, and does not treat a supplier preference (high-end, mid-range, budget or undecided) as a verified rating. Read the RFQ checklist, then continue to inquiry options.

Send a comparable wholesale request

Include artwork, quantity and destination. Optional budget and preference merge into the existing requirement field when JavaScript is on.

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Procurement requirement (required)

Write format, material, size and print; quantity with unit (pieces, cartons or rolls); destination state or postal code and requested delivery / lead time; required product documents and sample needs. Optional target budget with currency and unit or whole-order basis; optional supplier preference. Artwork files can be sent after we reply; this form has no upload field.

JavaScript is off. Write any target budget (amount or range, currency, per unit or whole order) and supplier preference (premium, mid-range, budget-friendly, or not sure) directly in the requirement field. No existing quotation is required.