Buying Guide

Most rigid boxes combine a 1–3 mm greyboard or chipboard core with an outer wrap of printed paper, specialty paper or book cloth, plus an inner lining and, when needed, a protective insert.

HORDA, Emmeci, KOLBUS, Europrogetti, Zechini, Perondi, Fuchu Shiko, SATE, CMC Italia and HÖRAUF are ten established manufacturers serving the global rigid box machinery sector.

The right rigid box making machine should fit your product structure, production volume, size range, materials, positioning requirement and order mix. Start by defining what must enter and leave the machine. Compare sustainable accepted output rather than advertised maximum speed, and test your actual board, paper and product sizes before confirming the configuration.

A rigid box machine can cost from a few thousand US dollars for a standalone, single-process unit to more than US$150,000 for an industrial fully automatic production system. The useful question, however, is not simply how much the machine costs. You first need to confirm which processes are included, how much automation you need and what the equipment will cost per saleable box.