Folding cartons are small to medium sized “cardboard boxes” made from cartonboard. They are referred to as folding cartons because they are usually delivered to the packer in a flat form, either as a side seam glued carton, which is folded flat, or as a flat piece of printed board cut around the perimeter to a carton profile. This feature provides a major space saving benefit in storage and transportation prior to packing.
The term folding is used to distinguish it from the rigid carton or box which is “set-up” by the manufacturer and delivered in its three dimensional shape to the packer.