Development History of Corrugated Boxes in China (Chinese)

Normal > second stage:

From the 1970s to the late 1980s

Normal >     During the first half of this period, the production of corrugated boxes was still very backward. The production equipment for corrugated boxes did not change much, and the production of paper for carton production did not have much improvement. · After the Cultural Revolution, the long-delayed state of corrugated box production in China was ended, mainly because of the rapid development in all aspects, which led to the development of corrugated box production. However, due to the relatively weak foundation of corrugated cartons production in the past, it is still difficult to immediately change the backward appearance of cartons. Mainly manifested in the backwardness of corrugated cartons production equipment and papermaking companies to change the past production mode. The investment in larger technological transformation funds and the production of high-quality corrugated paperboard production paper will also encounter many difficulties. It will also be difficult to change and transform the original product structure, which will give quality to corrugated paperboard production paper. The improvement and development have brought negative factors. However, the backward corrugated box production equipment and poor quality carton packaging have affected the safety of commodities in the circulation field, especially the continuous increase of export commodities, and the improvement of corrugated carton packaging for export commodities is imperative. In the past, old-fashioned single-sheet manual processing methods, backward production techniques, and poor corrugated paperboard production papers resulted in poor carton quality. At the same time, due to the use of backward single-machine production, there is no preheating and humidification device, and the adhesive moisture cannot be instantaneously vaporized and bonded firmly. Under the condition of being under soft pressure, it will cause deformation of the squat type and lose its elasticity and strength. It will seriously affect the strength of the corrugated box, such as piercing, ring pressure, and breaking strength, so that the corrugated boxes produced cannot meet the requirements. Another important reason is that due to the influence of corrugated paperboard production, due to the poor quality of the paper, although the basis weight of the paper used is high, the raw materials are still mainly straw pulp and waste paper, and some of them use a small amount. The wood pulp noodles, but the pulp contains less long fiber material, so that the physical and mechanical indicators of the paper is significantly reduced, the original paper is uneven and the surface roughness, which directly affect the quality of corrugated boxes.


In the mid-1980s, with the increasing demand for commodity packaging, corrugated carton packaging for domestic and foreign sales was still stagnant. The original backward production equipment could no longer meet the requirements of the market for corrugated cartons, and carton manufacturers were aware of it. The importance of technological transformation. Turning stand-alone machines into single-sided machine production is a very important starting point for the development of the corrugated box industry. At the same time, new requirements have been put forward for corrugated paperboard production. This kind of semi-mechanized production equipment has greatly increased the output and quality of cartons, reduced the labor intensity of workers, and improved the production environment and regulations:. The original corrugated box production paper can no longer be used for single-sided machine production. After the cylinder corrugated box production paper is put on the machine, it should have certain toughness and a certain tensile strength, uniform thickness, smooth cardboard, and stand-alone production requirements are completely different. Another important reason that led companies to change the backward production mode and corrugated box production paper is that the foreign trade export department has put forward new regulations and requirements for the manufacture of export corrugated cartons. The production of corrugated paper carton packaging for export must have the necessary conditions for the production of single-sided machines and full-time quality inspectors, impose stringent requirements on the production of corrugated paperboard for export goods, and provide low-cost imported corrugated boxes for foreign trade. The use of paper for the production of export merchandise corrugated boxes cannot be transferred for other uses and domestic production of corrugated boxes. Once it is found, it will be cancelled immediately. Therefore, this strict management system has improved the quality of corrugated boxes for export commodities and reduced the serious losses caused by poor packaging. Imported corrugated box production paper supplied by foreign trade is mainly imported from the United States, Japan, Finland, Canada, and other countries with a basis weight of 360 grams/If calories and 180 grams/nf corrugated paper. There are also some 337 g/If calories and 160 g/L corrugated papers. In order to improve the production of corrugated paper for domestic use, some paper companies also started to formulate 360 ​​g/d and 420 g/nf kraft linerboards. Cardboard) Foreign kraft linerboards generally use 100% natural wood pulp, but also use natural wood pulp noodles to waste pulp as the bottom pulp. . Due to the high content of long fibers, the physical strength of the paperboard is relatively increased, and it has good moisture resistance and is suitable for large-scale production. The shortage of wood resources in China generally uses 40-50% wood-colored wood pulp noodles with wheat straw, rice straw or waste paper pulp as the bottoms. The physical strength of the board is determined according to the different proportions of pulp and straw, but generally 20 are used. About 10% of natural wood pulp noodles, about 80% of straw, straw, and waste pulp are mixed as bottom kraft linerboard. This linerboard is moderately priced and becomes more used in domestic production of corrugated box production paper. One. The introduction of the national standard for carton carton is an important regulation to guide and plan the production and quality assurance of corrugated carton. It has a certain degree of compulsion and undoubtedly puts forward new requirements for the improvement of corrugated carton production paper. Standard corrugated box inspection is divided into two categories of appearance and physical properties. Appearance includes: 12 items such as inner size, closed, squareness, knife edge, indentation line, and folding cover folding. Physical properties include: paperboard thickness, paperboard "cooking", paperboard burst resistance, paperboard side pressure strength, paperboard puncture strength, paperboard compressive strength, water-containing string, etc. These technologies test the production management of corrugated box manufacturers, and strict corrugated paper Box production paper plays an important role in improving quality. In corrugated box production paper, there was still a reason why we prefer to use high-weight boxboard as raw material instead of using low-weight cardboard raw material for historical reasons, mainly because there are many corrugated cartons in the inspection due to the quality of cardboard. Causes the cartons quality to be unstable, even does not meet the requirement, uses the thick cardboard to be able to make up for this deficiencies more or less, especially expresses in the corrugated cardboard box on the domestic sale. In the face of corrugated cartons for export goods, foreign trade units are very strict in the use of paper, and must use imported paper provided by foreign trade companies. For example, single-wall corrugated box paper is generally 360 g/nf or 337 g/nf for surface paper, 300 Grams/,f are used infrequently, while corrugated papers use 180 g/nf or 160 g/nf corrugated base paper, and corrugated base papers below 150 g/nf are rarely used, so that only a single corrugated cardboard can be used for a quantitative amount of 900 gm. If it is a double corrugated quantitative material used for more than 1,400 grams, it has led to the widespread use of high-volume corrugated cardboard: paper for carton production.

Normal > In the later stage of this stage, due to the widespread use of corrugated boxes on the packaging of goods, there has been a major breakthrough in paper and wood. In the long run, many of our country's merchandise packaging still uses wood products or other substitutes for crystal packaging, which has brought extremely inconvenience to Shangjing in the circulation field. Sales volume has been stagnating. Zhejiang Province took the lead in the improvement of citrus packaging and achieved very encouraging results. In the 1960s and 1970s, most of the citrus domestic packaging used wicker baskets, and wooden boxes were used for export. Due to the large amount of citrus in the store and its large weight, there are no cushions. Not only is it difficult to ensure quality, but it is also extremely difficult to load, unload, transport, and transport because wooden boxes are unwieldy. Zhejiang is a major citrus exporter, exporting a large amount of oranges every year. Therefore, in Zhejiang, where wood is scarce, timber is even more in short supply. It takes a lot of energy each year to organize timber resources. With the development and rise of corrugated box production, corrugated cartons are used in a wider range of commodity packaging. In 1983, Zhejiang Haimen Carton Factory made bold improvements in replacing old wooden box packaging with corrugated carton packaging, and carefully studied and discussed the carton's shockproof, compressive, puncture-resistant, moisture-proof, and printing and other aspects. In response to the special requirements for exporting citrus crate wooden packaging at the time, with the support of the foreign trade department, the improvement of citrus crate packing for corrugated carton packaging was the first success in the country and the whole province. Prior to improving the citrus wooden box packaging, in order to do this work, they repeatedly researched the citrus corrugated carton packaging, using the imported all-wood pulp 360 g/nf cattle card, 337 g/ The double corrugated cartons produced by nf Niuka, 300g/pu and 180g/Pu high-strength corrugated papers mainly deal with a series of characteristics such as pressure, ventilation, freshness, temperature control, corrosion resistance and moisture resistance of citrus. Repeated prolonged trials of long-distance land and sea transport on orange corrugated carton packaging demonstrate that corrugated cartons are a good substitute for long-time use of wooden box packaging, reducing packaging costs, saving money, and reducing costs. It has created a precedent for "paper for wood", which is a major result of packaging improvement and has promoted the improvement of packaging in the country. It not only saves the country a lot of wood; it also provides a lot of high-quality, low-cost corrugated carton packaging for exporting citrus fruit and other fruits, opening up a brand new packaging channel and solving the problems that have long affected packaging exports. The rapid increase in the export of citrus fruits and other fruits increased the country’s income from foreign exchange earnings. It was commended by the State Economic Commission at that time and the results were promoted throughout the country. The new package of corrugated boxes is also widely used in the packaging of domestic laser photocopying systems, which has given rise to a new understanding of corrugated box packaging and has greatly promoted the development of corrugated box production paper.