It’s no secret corrugated boxes are among the most versatile containers on the planet. Beige Market Intelligence, for example, reports they are the most popular “secondary” packaging type because of their relative low cost and weight, strength and rigidity, durability and flexibility.

Processed foods and beverages and electronics are among the fastest growing applications for board and corrugated packaging, and it’s most prominent in developing Asia-Pacific regions where consumer spending is exploding, Beige and Persistence Market Research recently reported.

But two exciting emerging trends worth noting include the growth in demand for high impact graphics and custom-sized boxes to serve multiple purposes. Both are being fueled largely by big box retailers and the Internet.

As we discussed in our previous blog, retailers are increasingly asking companies to provide large dual-purpose boxes for both shipping and dispensing products. Through high quality printing and size customization, this provides additional opportunities to display features and benefits to consumers while minimizing stocking time for workers.

As Persistence notes in a recent report, growing and emerging industrial activity is fueling the need for better packaging techniques to protect and transport goods. But e-commerce is what’s really exploding the demand for and innovation in corrugated and solid fiber packaging, according to Cleveland-based Freedonia Group.

Internet sites like Amazon are among the biggest consumers of corrugated. Globally, e-commerce packaging demand is expected to boom by 10% or more to a $1.1 billion market by 2020, according to Freedonia. In 2015 alone, boxes accounted for nearly a third of all e-commerce packaging. Another industry – third-party logistics – will likely post the “fastest gains” given the edge they already have from serving the e-commerce markets, Freedonia adds.

Set-up boxes, also called “subscription” boxes, make up only 5% of current box demand, but are fueling new innovations in corrugated applications. Such containers are used to ship specialty items like pet food samples on a monthly basis, and companies are seeking innovative ways to distinguish them with imaginative graphics, according to Freedonia.

At Corrbox, our design and sample rooms have large-scale capability to develop an integrated packaging system to protect your product completely during shipping, and design it in a way that also maximizes your product’s marketing exposure. There are countless examples here at Corrbox of clever designs that serve highly practical purposes while reinforcing your company’s logo and corporate branding.

Contact us today at for more information at (949) 248-5880 or drop us a note at info@corrbox.com.

Boxes come in an almost infinite array of sizes, shapes, colors and materials. Companies like yours depend on these inexpensive containers to be sturdy and stand up to the demands of shipping and the multiple handoffs that typically occur from your plants to customer loading docks.
While their primary function is the ability to transport mass quantities of identical products (usually in smaller boxes), boxes also can serve a number of other equally important purposes like advertising and display.
Big box retailers (pardon the pun) like Wal-Mart, Costco, Lowe’s and Home Depot often rely on companies to provide large dual-purpose boxes – first serving as a shipping container for large quantities of their product while later allowing a means to dispense individual units directly to consumers. This provides additional opportunities to display features and benefits to consumers while minimizing stocking time for workers.
There are countless examples of clever designs that serve highly practical purposes while reinforcing a company’s logo and corporate branding.

At CorrBox, we’re passionate about containers. Our buyers are constantly sourcing the highest quality raw materials while striving to keep our prices as competitive as possible. Our teams of engineers work around-the-clock to ensure we have the latest state-of-the art machines to not only streamline and constantly improve the speed of production, but also ensure our boxes are made to withstand the rigors of shipping. And our design teams work tirelessly to create customized, innovative and colorful packaging to meet the growing demands of retailing and branding. No project is too great or too big. See more about all we have to offer here.
Indeed, everyone here at CorrBox is constantly challenged to think “outside the box.”
We thought you’d enjoy watching this brief video that shows how simple sheets of heavy-duty paper are transformed into basic boxes and in some cases, works of art.

Keep an eye out for our next blog, which will explore increasing demands for custom-designed boxes.

Wishing all of you a Happy New Year!

Emerging research continues with positive news about the American corrugated box market. All in all, the $63 billion global corrugated box market is expected to soar to nearly $77 billion over the next five years, reports MarketsAndMarkets. Primary growth factors include surging recycled content demand, electronics and food and beverage industry growth, and consumer demand. According to a report by IndexBox Marketing, the U.S. is the global leader in corrugated and solid fiber box commerce. Its 17% world market share is followed by Germany (14%) and China (11%), according to a published news release. Most of the U.S. exports of corrugated boxes are going to so-called “traditional” North America trading partners. Meanwhile, researcher Technavio reports that compostable box demand is surging in the $105 billion global e-commerce packaging market and will continue over the next four years. Box suppliers are answering the call through better ways of paper pulp extraction and enhanced graphics, the firm noted.