Corrugated containers have been developed to a high state of efficiency and productivity. Today, in the corrugated container industry, designers are creating innovative corrugated containers that require four-color printing[printing?:printing cutting finishing solution] and complex die-cutting. These innovative corrugated containers are designed with sophisticated software such as computer-aided design (CAD) programs, allowing a packaging[packaging?:DCP-H series packaging sample cutter plotter] designer to brainstorm different package designs before manufacturing of corrugated container begins. A designer using a CAD program can call up and modify different designs that have been stored in a computer design library. Thus, existing packages can generate new designs. Many retail stores use such light, strong, and colorful containers directly, as point-of-purchase displays.

Future corrugated containers will be manufactured using recycled packaging materials rather than natural resources like logs, etc. Recycling and other environmentally friendly processes will continue to grow in importance in the future of corrugated container industry.