White Papers & Guides
In-depth resources on compliance, sustainability, folding carton design, production planning, and packaging innovation for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, health and beauty, electronics, and retail packaging teams.
In-depth resources on compliance, sustainability, folding carton design, production planning, and packaging innovation for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, health and beauty, electronics, and retail packaging teams.
Access technical guides for food-safe folding cartons, front-of-pack labelling, PFAS-free packaging, pharmaceutical carton standards, traceability, and regulated production planning.
FDA & Health Canada Standards
Overview of FDA and Health Canada requirements, low-migration inks, barrier coatings, and carton safety standards.
Front-of-Pack Regulations
Practical guide to preparing folding cartons for upcoming front-of-pack labelling regulations.
Safer Coatings & Alternatives
White paper on eliminating PFAS in folding cartons, regulatory timelines, and coating alternatives.
Safety & Serialization
Guidance on child-resistant, tamper-evident, and serialization-ready carton solutions.
Submit your contact information to access Netpak’s guide to FDA and Health Canada packaging requirements, low-migration inks, barrier coatings, food-safe folding cartons, and regulated carton production planning.
Submit your contact information to access Netpak’s guide to preparing folding cartons for front-of-pack nutrition labelling requirements, artwork planning, claim placement, print readability, and packaging specification updates.
Submit your contact information to access Netpak’s whitepaper on eliminating PFAS in folding cartons, including regulatory timelines, safer coating alternatives, material review, supplier coordination, and carton performance considerations.
Submit your contact information to access Netpak’s guide to pharmaceutical folding carton standards, including child-resistant packaging, tamper-evident design, serialization readiness, safety requirements, and regulated production planning.
Use these guides to evaluate paperboard grades, chain-of-custody options, carbon footprint considerations, circular packaging design, recyclability, compostability, and EPR obligations.
FSC, SFI, recycled, and virgin board tradeoffs
Comparison of FSC, SFI, recycled, and virgin boards, with guidance on performance tradeoffs for strength, print fidelity, and cost.
Board choice, coatings, and production methods
White paper showing how paperboard grades, coatings, and conversion processes impact emissions, plus practical ways to reduce carbon.
Recyclability, compostability, and EPR
Guide to circular design in cartons, covering recyclability, compostability, EPR obligations, and how to spec materials for recovery.
Submit your contact information to access Netpak’s guide to FSC, SFI, recycled, and virgin paperboard grades, including performance tradeoffs for folding carton strength, print fidelity, sustainability claims, cost planning, and production requirements.
Submit your contact information to access Netpak’s guide to how paperboard grades, coatings, printing, converting, logistics, and recycling affect the carbon footprint of folding cartons, with practical steps for reducing packaging emissions without compromising carton performance.
Submit your contact information to access Netpak’s guide to circular folding carton design, including recyclability, compostability, EPR obligations, paperboard selection, coating choices, recovery pathways, and packaging specifications that support circular economy goals.
Review folding carton structures, automated packing considerations, premium finishing effects, protective strength, ship-flat efficiency, e-commerce durability, and retail presentation.
Auto-lock, glued, and specialty structures
How auto-lock, glued, and specialty structures optimize production lines, reduce downtime, and lower costs.
Embossing, foils, varnishes, and coatings
Guide on embossing, foils, varnishes, and coatings, with visual examples of applications that maximize shelf appeal.
Protective strength and branding
Structural considerations for protective strength, ship-flat efficiency, and branding across both e-commerce and retail channels.
Submit your contact information to access Netpak’s guide to structural carton design for automation, including auto-lock cartons, glued structures, specialty folding cartons, line compatibility, carton opening, filling, gluing, downtime reduction, and production planning.
Submit your contact information to access Netpak’s guide to finishing effects for folding cartons, including embossing, debossing, foil stamping, spot varnish, UV coatings, soft-touch effects, coating compatibility, print planning, and shelf-impact design.
Submit your contact information to access Netpak’s guide to e-commerce vs retail packaging, including protective strength, ship-flat efficiency, carton structure, branding, shelf presentation, parcel delivery risks, fulfillment requirements, and packaging design tradeoffs.
Request insight guides on folding carton packaging trends, consumer expectations, regulatory pressure, luxury packaging, beauty packaging, premium finishes, and compliant material choices.
Consumer expectations and regulations
Analysis of consumer expectations, sustainability demands, and regulatory pressures shaping folding carton packaging in 2026.
Premium finishes and compliant materials
Guide on finishes and board grades that elevate brand perception while meeting compliance and sustainability requirements.
Submit your contact information to access Netpak’s guide to folding carton packaging trends in 2026, including consumer expectations, sustainability demands, recyclable paperboard, e-commerce requirements, premium finishes, regulatory pressure, automation, and packaging design priorities.
Submit your contact information to access Netpak’s guide to luxury packaging in beauty and personal care, including premium folding cartons, tactile finishes, foil stamping, embossing, compliant materials, sustainable paperboard, cosmetic labelling considerations, and brand presentation.
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