Guides

What you need to know before you order a box, written out properly rather than buried in a tooltip.

• FEFCO codes explained — What FEFCO codes mean, how to read the four digits, and what each of the nine groups covers — from slotted shipping cases to interior fitments.
• How to measure a box: inside, outside and crease-to-crease dimensions — The three ways a box can be measured, why they give different numbers, which one your supplier means, and how to avoid ordering a box that is one board thickness wrong.
• Corrugated flutes and board calipers — What corrugated flutes are, how B, C, E and the double-wall combinations differ, typical calipers in mm, and why board thickness changes your dieline.
• Dieline glossary — Plain definitions of the terms that appear on a packaging dieline: crease, score, slot, glue lap, dust flap, gusset, crash lock, caliper, flute and the rest.

Every style

There is a page for each of the 244 FEFCO codes built here, with its construction, its blank and whether it has been checked against the plate. Browse them all, grouped, or open the generator and search the catalogue directly.