In business and industry, packaging&nbs[packaging?:DCP-H series packaging sample cutter plotter]p;material producers, container manufacturers, packaging engineers, and standards organizations, try to use more specific terminology. There is still not complete and uniform usage. Often the term “cardboard”is avoided because it does not define any particular material.
Broad divisions of paper[paper?:paper sample maker cutting machine]-based packaging materials are:
Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing[printing?:printing cutting finishing solution] upon or for packaging.It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets.
Paperboard, sometimes known as cardboard, is generally thicker (usually over 0.25 mm or 10 points) than paper. According to ISO standards, paperboard is a paper with a basis weight (grammage) above 224 g/m², but there are exceptions.. Paperboard can be single or multi-ply
Corrugated fiberboard sometimes known as corrugated board or corrugated cardboard, is a combined paper-based material consisting of a fluted corrugated medium and one or two flat linerboards.