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Boxes for art, prints and frames

For flat things that must not bend.

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Framed work, prints, canvases, panels and signage all want the same thing from a box: a flat, tight fit so nothing moves, and board that keeps a corner from taking the hit. We make folders to the size of the work, one at a time or by the hundred.

The style

The box we usually make for this is the corner-cut folder.

It is one piece of board that folds up around the work and closes over the top, so the frame sits flat on the base with the walls tight against it. It takes a tape across the top and is done.

For long, thin things like a rolled print tube or a run of panels, the five-panel folder wraps with a full overlap. For extra strength and dust protection we also make the folder with side flaps, the one piece folder, which is a phone order for now.

FEFCO 0401 · Corner-cut folderinternal 600 x 400 x 100 mm
Getting it right

The size, the number and the board, in that order.

The sizeMeasure the frame, then add the corners.

Measure the frame or the work at its widest points, add the corner protectors or the bubble you will wrap it in, then add about 10 mm each way. The height is the thickness of the work plus the wrap. The sizes you type are internal sizes.

How manyOne for the show, fifty for the shop.

Artists order one or two for a show or a commission. Framers and print shops order fifty at a time in the sizes they sell most. Either way the price is on the screen before you order, and the box is the same each time.

The boardSingle wall for prints, double wall for glass.

Single wall does prints, canvases and small frames. Large frames, glass and anything going interstate get double wall, which costs more but holds a corner.

A common starting point

A corner-cut folder at 600 x 400 x 100 mm internal takes an A2 frame with corner protectors and bubble. Open it in the calculator with these numbers in, change them to your work, and the price is on the screen.

5 folders, 600 x 400 x 100 mm
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Premium single wall (1CS), 4 mm. Kraft both sides with the heavier liners. Seriously strong for a single wall, you feel it the moment you pick one up. Our everyday box.
Standard single wall (1C), 4 mm. Same flute, standard liners. For contents that are not heavy.
Light single wall (3CS), 4 mm. The lighter of the 4 mm boards. Fine for things that carry their own weight.
Standard fine flute (1B), 3 mm. Thinner board, folds crisp and takes print well. Mailers and retail boxes.
Premium fine flute (1BS), 3 mm. The 3 mm board with heavier liners.
White fine flute (1BDW), 3 mm. White inside and out. The cleanest face for print.
White single wall (1CW), 4 mm. White outside, kraft inside.
Double wall, light (3BC), 7 mm. Two flutes together. Heavy contents, long trips, removals.
Double wall, heavy (1BC), 7 mm. The strongest board we run. Furniture, machinery, anything that must not crush.

Check your sizes before you order. Boxes are made to the internal sizes you type, so the sizes are your responsibility.

Add print, creases or hand holesoptional

Full colour print, no set-up fee.

print

A code, a warning or your name, printed on the box. Priced into your quote. See it on the box

Any design goes: 1-colour, multi-colour, or full photo blend, no extra charge. Keep it inside the box: just make sure your artwork stays within the printable panel shown. Vector file (SVG, PDF, AI or EPS), text outlined. No white ink: white in your file comes out as the board; for white, choose the white board (1BDW).

Internal 500 × 300 × 150 mm · Regular slotted carton · 0201Prices include GST
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Custom styles

Nine ways to make a box.
Nine billion possible sizes.

Every one made to your internal size.

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Regular carton

FEFCO 0201

The standard shipping box. Flaps meet in the middle.

Half slotted

FEFCO 0200

Flaps one end, open the other. Sleeves, covers and bins.

Full-flap slotted

FEFCO 0203

Flaps overlap the full width. Double thickness top and bottom.

Five-panel folder

FEFCO 0409

Wraps flat items with a full overlap, taped shut.

Five-panel, centre join

FEFCO 0410

Glued down the centre seam, no tape. Arrives flat, folds up stronger.

Corner-cut folder

FEFCO 0401

One-piece folder that closes over the top.

Tray

FEFCO 0452 · 0453

Open-top tray, folds up in seconds. Add a lid for a two-piece box.

Die-cut mailer

FEFCO 0427

Tuck-in front flap, no tape. Retail and subscription packs.

Pads and sheets

0100 / 0110

Flat board, plain or creased. Layer pads and dividers.
Questions people ask

Before you order.

Do you make folders bigger than this?

Yes. The calculator takes folders up to 1600 x 1000 mm internal. For anything bigger or deeper, call and we will work it out.

Can I order one folder for a single piece?

Yes. One box is our minimum. Give us the sizes and it is made the same as a run of five hundred.

Will the box protect glass?

A folder in double wall with corner protectors and bubble inside is how most framers send glass. The box holds the corners; the wrap stops the glass moving. We can talk through the wrap on the phone if you have not shipped glass before.

Got a product that needs its own box?

Start with the size and the price is on the screen. If you would rather talk it through first, call the factory on 03 9793 3520 and you will get someone who makes the boxes.

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