Cardboard packaging is very attractive for both a novice entrepreneur and a large business. First of all, of course, this is an affordable price, which will not greatly affect the final cost of your product.
Despite its lightness, cardboard still has a certain rigidity, which will undoubtedly protect your goods during transportation or handling operations. It also protects against weathering and moisture.
If you don’t have much space, don’t worry, cardboard packaging will help you save it!
Indeed, when folded, cardboard boxes can be placed very compactly, in large quantities.
The quality of any packaging is determined by several parameters. Including the quality of the cardboard itself, from which it is made. What’s important?
- Thickness. Depends on the number and density of layers;
- The presence of a special coating, which will determine the convenience of storage and transportation of your packaging in the future;
- Rigidity. The ability to resist deformation and mechanical damage.
As a rule, the material is already in stock. GC1 cartonboard 215–290 g/m² in several sheet sizes, 280 g/m² PE-coated board and lamination films (matte, gloss, soft-touch) — in our own warehouse, imported directly from mills in Europe and Asia. Your run does not wait for delivery, the board is the same run after run, no middleman’s margin. More: About us.
Custom cardboard packaging in Moldova
Pergament has been making custom cardboard packaging in Chisinau since 1999: folding cartons for cosmetics, medicines, clothes and children’s products, gift packaging, VIP cardboard bags, stickers and labels. The construction can be chosen from our library of 3,000+ ready-made cutting dies — which saves noticeably on die-making — or developed from scratch to your own design: we cut a prototype of the future box on the plotter from 30 minutes.
We print on heavy-class offset presses built for cardboard, with coating applied in the same pass as the print; small and pilot runs are handled by our press-class digital department. Finishing — lamination, hot foil stamping with metallised foil, spot UV varnish — is done on automatic equipment, so premium options are available on mid-size and large runs alike. Transparent windows are applied to boxes on an automatic line at up to 10,000 boxes per hour: the window shows the product to the shopper and adds almost nothing to the price or the lead time of the run.
Complex constructions — crash-lock bottoms, boxes with four and six gluing points — are assembled in series on a servo-driven folder-gluer, the only one in Moldova. The geometry of the box stays stable from the first piece to the last, which matters most for automatic filling lines. Repeat runs are reproduced identically to the first: the full tech passport of every order is kept in our production management system. More about the equipment — on the “Production and technology” page.
Frequently asked questions
Can I see the box before the run starts? Yes. A prototype of the construction is cut on the plotter from 30 minutes, and if needed we print a colour test mini-run — the sample is as close as possible to the production item.
How much does a custom cardboard box cost? The price depends on the construction, board, finishing and run length. The estimate is calculated operation by operation before production starts, and one enquiry lets you compare several material and finishing options and pick the best one.
Do you make boxes with a transparent window? Yes. Windows are applied automatically, sit flat without creasing, and the packaging gets a premium shop-window look for a minimal surcharge.