Kevin Thomas

Though the purpose of a box may be purely functional, boxes can also be decorative. Lots of boxes are used for promotional packaging both commercially and privately. Traditionally gift boxes used for promotional and seasonal gifts are made from card material. These boxes normally consist of a base and detachable lid and are made by using a DIE cutting device to cut the board out. Gift boxes can be dressed with other gift packaging material, such as decorative ribbons and gift tissue paper...

Hot melt glue is a thermoplastic adhesive that is supplied in solid cylindrical sticks designed to be melted in an electric hot melt glue gun. The gun uses a heating element to melt the plastic glue which may be pushed through the gun by a trigger or directly by the user applying force to the back of the glue stick. The glue squeezed out of the nozzle is initially hot enough to burn and blister skin. The glue is tacky when it is hot and hardens over time in about a minute...

A wire is a single cylindrical string of metal. Wires are used for lots of different jobs from wire ties, too carrying electricity and telecommunications signals. Wire is commonly formed by drawing the metal through a hole in a die or draw plate and standard sizes are determined by various wire gauges...

Tyvek is a brand of flashspun high-density polyethylene fibers. Tyvek is the name is a registered trademark of DuPont. The material is very strong and is difficult to tear but can easily be cut with scissors or any other sharp object. Water vapor can pass through Tyvek easily making it highly breathable but stops liquid water...

Bottle boxes need to give extra protection than a normal cardboard box due to the wine bottles being made of glass. Most wine is sold in glass bottles and are sealed using corks. An increasing number of wine producers have been using other closures such as screwcaps or plastic corks. In addition to being less expensive, alternative closures prevent cork taint, although they have been blamed for other problems such as excessive reduction...

Triangular boxes are manufactured from high quality rigid flute corrugated cardboard. Corrugated cardboard consists of two paper components, the medium and the linerboard. The medium is a fluted corrugated sheet which is sandwiched between two sheets of linerboard facing. Both are made from paperboard (generically referred to as “cardboard”) which is a paper-like material often composed of two or more plies to provide the required stiffness...

Layflat tubing is a long continuous tube of polythene sleeving that comes on a roll. It is often the most economical, quickest and easiest way to package products that are the same size in width but different lengths. Just put your product inside the tubing, cut to the required length and the use a heat sealer, staple or tape one or both ends...

Stock boxes are often used as cheap boxes for low volume packing or for one off shipments. The key to choosing the right cardboard box for your needs is to look at what you are going to use it for. And if you have any long boxes left over children love to play with them and make towers etc. A cheap box and a child’s imagination can keep them entertained for hours...

Foam lined boxes are manufactured from high quality rigid flute corrugated cardboard. Corrugated cardboard consists of two paper components, the medium and the...

Bread has been eaten with other food since its creation in Neolithic times. For example, the ancient Jewish sage Hillel the Elder is said to have wrapped meat from the ...