FEFCO 0203 Box Template Generator

Full Overlap Slotted Container (FOL). Every flap runs the full breadth, so the top and bottom are two complete layers of board. The strongest case in the slotted family and the one to reach for when the load is heavy or the handling is rough.

Not yet plate-checked. This template folds, closes and exports cleanly, but its blank has not yet been matched against the standard's own drawing in detail. Treat it as a starting point and check it before you spend anything.

What is FEFCO 0203?

FEFCO 0203 is cut from one piece, glued or stitched along a single manufacturer’s joint, and shipped flat. Flaps fold in at both ends to close it. Every flap runs the full breadth, so the top and bottom are two complete layers of board. The strongest case in the slotted family and the one to reach for when the load is heavy or the handling is rough.

Uses

Transit and e-commerce packing, where the box is handled by a carrier

Advantages

Cut from a single blank, so there is one tool and one part to stock
The most widely made board box there is, so it is quick to source and cheap per unit

Disadvantages

The flaps meet but do not overlap, so the ends are the weakest part of the box

Typical industries

Export and freight

Recommended board grades

Single wall B or C flute for most shipping. Double wall BC or EB where the load is heavy, the box is large, or it will be stacked several high in a warehouse.

At a glance

Code	`0203`
Family	Corrugated (FEFCO)
Also known as	FOL, full overlap slotted container
Blank size at this size	1047 × 559 mm
Panels	13
Creases	12

No plate badge, and the reason is measured rather than doubted. This blank shares a fold topology with its siblings in its group, and scored against each of their plates through scripts/settle-shared.py it reaches 0.901 on a rival against 1.000 on its own. A fit that solves for proportions cannot tell two same-topology plates apart, so a match here rules other readings OUT rather than ruling this one in — see the docstring in scripts/grant-badges.py. Rival scores: 0218 0.901, 0206 0.685, 0210 0.483, 0211 0.416, 0205 0.289, 0204 0.266, 0202 0.262, 0201 0.242, 0212 0.233, 0233 0.223, 0233.1 0.221, 0216 0.220, 0215 0.204, 0220 0.200, 0209 0.182. The drawing itself is not in question; only the claim that it was checked against THIS plate rather than a sibling.

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Other slotted boxes

One piece with a glued, stitched or taped manufacturers joint plus top and bottom flaps. Shipped flat, closed using the flaps.

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