Packaging
Custom mono cartons and folding boxes
Folding carton, tuck or glued — the standard retail secondary pack
The default for retail and pharmaceutical secondary packaging: light, economical, ships flat and machine-erects on a filling line.
When another style suits you better
- Consider Rigid boxes if the pack has to feel premium in the hand.
The dieline
How this box is cut and folded
The straight tuck end shown here is the most common mono carton. Both tuck flaps hinge from the back panel, so they fold the same way and the seams sit together on the back.
Materials
What it can be made from
- Duplex board
- SBS / art card
- Kraft board
Specifications
What we can produce
| Construction | Straight tuck, reverse tuck, crash-lock or glued side seam |
|---|---|
| Materials | Duplex board, SBS / art card, kraft board |
| Board weight | On request |
| Printing | Offset for volume, digital for short runs |
| Finishing | On request |
| Minimum order | On request |
| Lead time | On request |
Figures shown as “on request” are confirmed with your quote — they depend on the size, board and finishing of your specific job, and we would rather give you the real number than a range we have to walk back.
Finishing
How it can be finished
Free download
Editable dieline template
A print-ready template with cut, crease and glue areas marked. Give it to your designer and the artwork will fit the box first time.
Sample request
Hold one before you order
A structural mock-up is cut and creased in the actual production board, on your actual dieline. You can check that your product fits, how rigid the board is and how the box opens — before anything is printed.
Tell us the product and the rough dimensions and we will confirm what we can make and what it costs.
Request a mono cartons sample
Questions
Questions about mono cartons
Anything not answered here, ask us directly — we would rather talk it through than have you guess.
A single-layer folding carton — the standard secondary pack behind almost every retail and pharmaceutical product. It is printed flat, die-cut, then folded and glued, and ships flat to save space.
On a straight tuck end both flaps hinge from the back panel, so the seams sit together and the front face stays clean. On a reverse tuck end they hinge from opposite panels, which nests better on the press sheet and wastes less board. Straight tuck usually looks better; reverse tuck usually costs less.
It depends on the product weight and whether the carton is machine-erected. Too light and the pack bows on shelf; too heavy and it cracks on the fold and costs more than it needs to. We recommend a weight against your actual product at the sampling stage.
Yes, but tell us before the dieline is drawn. Machine erection needs a glued side seam, consistent creasing and tolerances a hand-assembled carton does not.
A cutting die has to be made and, on offset, plates too, so there is a quantity below which set-up dominates the price. We confirm the minimum for your carton with the quote.
Send us your artwork. We’ll quote today.
Quantity, size, substrate, colours and finishing — with those five details most jobs are quoted the same working day.
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