The Versatile Corrugated Paper & Its Uses

Corrugated paper is also known as ‘Craft’ or ‘Kraft’. This brown colored paper is a key material, used in the packing industry. Packing cartons are made up of craft paper. Apart from this, corrugated paper is widely used in making envelops and covering the books and notebooks of the school kids. Its durability and strength makes it a very popular kind of paper for general purpose usage. Corrugated paper and its products are easily recycled, when no longer needed and in fact, most corrugated paper is made, at least partially, of recycled paper. Its products are generally used as a re-use material.

Corrugated paper is available in the market in two forms - lined and unlined. The lined paper is a rigid layered paper surrounding a fluted layer laid between one or more smooth liner layers. The fluted layer is meant to confer additional support and strength. The lined corrugated paper is - what is commonly known as cardboard. The unlined paper only comprises of the fluted layer and is therefore, quite flexible.

All the products made up of corrugated paper are lightweight, durable and versatile. Cardboard or the lined corrugated paper is the most remarkably used for making the corrugated shipping boxes, which are used for moving, storing and shipping the items. Lined corrugated paper can also be printed with bright graphics and colours so as to serve as sturdy, temporary product display for stores. So, it is widely used for this purpose, especially for the products like children’s toys. The neat look of this paper gels well with the contemporary industrial aesthetic.

The unlined corrugated paper is primarily used to protect fragile items during shipping or sometimes, even for decorative purposes. The unlined corrugated paper, meant for decoration is available in many bright colours and is the most commonly used to border bulletin boards of institutions and hospitals. The boxes made up of the unlined corrugated paper come in variety of strengths and are used based on the amount of weight they can bear. These boxes display their Edge Crush Test Rating at the bottom, which is basically the amount of weight it can endure before its edges will get crushed or will bend. Majority of the corrugated boxes are single walled and have only one layer of paper. Any of the additional layers confer more strength to the boxes or the other products of corrugated paper.

The corrugated paper rolls find use in packaging products of diverse range of industries including food processing, textiles, stationery and plastic companies. Processed foods like confectionery and bakery items are usually supplied by the manufacturers in different types of corrugated paper rolls. These are available in different lengths and colours in order to meet the extensive market demand well.