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Cardboard (Paper Product) : History

Cardboard is a generic term for a heavy-duty paper material that can range from a single thick sheet to complex configurations with multiple corrugated and uncorrugated layers. The term has been used since at least 1683 but is now deprecated in industry in favor of more specific terms. There are several types of cardboard including various card stocks, paperboard which is less than 0.25 mm thick and often used for folding cartons, and corrugated fiberboard which is a combination of paperboards with two flat liners and one inner fluted layer used for shipping boxes.

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Cardboard (Paper Product) : History

Cardboard is a generic term for a heavy-duty paper material that can range from a single thick sheet to complex configurations with multiple corrugated and uncorrugated layers. The term has been used since at least 1683 but is now deprecated in industry in favor of more specific terms. There are several types of cardboard including various card stocks, paperboard which is less than 0.25 mm thick and often used for folding cartons, and corrugated fiberboard which is a combination of paperboards with two flat liners and one inner fluted layer used for shipping boxes.

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Cardboard (paper product)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other uses, see Cardboard (disambiguation). Cardboard is a generic term for a heavy-duty paper of various strengths, ranging from a simple arrangement of a single thick sheet of paper to complex configurations featuring multiple corrugated and uncorrugated layers. Despite widespread use in general English,[1][2] the term is deprecated in business and industry.[3] Material producers, container manufacturers,[4] packaging engineers,[5] and standards organizations,[6] try to use more specific terminology. There is still no complete and uniform usage. Often the term "cardboard" is avoided because it does not define any particular material.
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1 History 2 Types

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2.1 Various card stocks 2.2 Paperboard 2.3 Corrugated fiberboard

3 Gallery 4 See also 5 References

History[edit]
The term has been used since at least as early as 1683 when, with a publication of that year stating that "The scabbards mentioned in printers' grammars of the last century were of cardboard or millboard".[7]The Kellogg brothers first used paperboard cartons to hold their flaked corn cereal, and later, when they began marketing it to the general public, a heat-sealed bag of Wax paper was wrapped around the outside of the box and printed with their brand name. This marked the origin of the cereal box, though in modern times, the sealed bag is plastic and is kept inside the box rather than outside. Another early American packaging industry pioneer was the Kieckhefer Container Company, run by John W. Kieckhefer, which excelled in the use of fibre shipping containers, which especially included the paper milk carton.

Types[edit]
Various card stocks[edit]
Main article: Card stock

Various types of cards are available, which may be called "cardboard". Included are: thick paper (of various types) or pasteboard used for business cards, aperture cards, postcards, playing cards, catalog covers, binder's board for bookbinding, scrapbooking, and other uses which require higher durability than regular paper.

Paperboard[edit]
Main article: Paperboard Paperboard is a paper-based material, usually less than about ten mils (0.010 inches (0.25 mm)) in thickness. It is often used for folding cartons, set-up boxes, carded packaging, etc. Configurations of paperboard include:

Containerboard, used in the production of corrugated fiberboard. Folding boxboard, made up of multiple layers of chemical and mechanical pulp. Solid bleached board is made purely from bleached chemical pulp and usually has a mineral or synthetic pigment.

Solid unbleached board is typically made of unbleached chemical pulp. White lined chipboard is typically made from layers of waste paper or recycled fibers, most often with two to three layers of coating on the top and one layer on the reverse side. Because of its recycledcontent it will be grey from the inside.

Binder's board, a paperboard used in bookbinding for making hardcovers.

Modernly, materials falling under these names may be made without using any actual paper. [citation needed]

Corrugated fiberboard[edit]
Main article: Corrugated fiberboard Corrugated fiberboard is a combination of paperboards, usually two flat liners and one inner fluted corrugated medium. It is often used for making corrugated boxes for shipping or storing products.

Gallery[edit]

Playing cards

A postcard from 1908

Posters and display boards at science fair

Hardcover book

Punch card, early digital storage

Mat used for framing picture

Hard Cigarette pack orpaperboard box

Corrugated box used for storage of archives

Business cards in a case

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