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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.

01 Compliance & Regulatory
02 Sustainability & Materials
03 Design & Engineering
04 Market Insights
Compliance & Regulatory

Food, pharmaceutical, and regulatory packaging guides

Access technical guides for food-safe folding cartons, front-of-pack labelling, PFAS-free packaging, pharmaceutical carton standards, traceability, and regulated production planning.

Food Packaging Compliance Guide

FDA & Health Canada Standards

Overview of FDA and Health Canada requirements, low-migration inks, barrier coatings, and carton safety standards.

FOP Nutrition Labelling 2026

Front-of-Pack Regulations

Practical guide to preparing folding cartons for upcoming front-of-pack labelling regulations.

PFAS-Free Packaging

Safer Coatings & Alternatives

White paper on eliminating PFAS in folding cartons, regulatory timelines, and coating alternatives.

Pharmaceutical Packaging Standards

Safety & Serialization

Guidance on child-resistant, tamper-evident, and serialization-ready carton solutions.

Access the Food Packaging Compliance Guide

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.

Access the FOP Nutrition Labelling 2026 Guide

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.

Access the PFAS-Free Packaging Whitepaper

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.

Access the Pharmaceutical Packaging Standards Guide

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.

Sustainability & Materials

Material choices that affect performance, claims, and recovery

Use these guides to evaluate paperboard grades, chain-of-custody options, carbon footprint considerations, circular packaging design, recyclability, compostability, and EPR obligations.

Sustainable Paperboard Grades Explained

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.

Carbon Footprint of Folding Cartons

Board choice, coatings, and production methods

White paper showing how paperboard grades, coatings, and conversion processes impact emissions, plus practical ways to reduce carbon.

Circular Economy in Folding Cartons

Recyclability, compostability, and EPR

Guide to circular design in cartons, covering recyclability, compostability, EPR obligations, and how to spec materials for recovery.

Access the Sustainable Paperboard Grades Guide

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.

Access the Carbon Footprint of Folding Cartons Whitepaper

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.

Access the Circular Economy in Folding Cartons Guide

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.

Design & Engineering

Carton engineering for automation, finishing, and channel fit

Review folding carton structures, automated packing considerations, premium finishing effects, protective strength, ship-flat efficiency, e-commerce durability, and retail presentation.

Structural Carton Design for Automation

Auto-lock, glued, and specialty structures

How auto-lock, glued, and specialty structures optimize production lines, reduce downtime, and lower costs.

Enhancing Shelf Impact with Finishing Effects

Embossing, foils, varnishes, and coatings

Guide on embossing, foils, varnishes, and coatings, with visual examples of applications that maximize shelf appeal.

Packaging for E-Commerce vs Retail

Protective strength and branding

Structural considerations for protective strength, ship-flat efficiency, and branding across both e-commerce and retail channels.

Access the Structural Carton Design for Automation Guide

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.

Access the Shelf Impact Finishing Effects Guide

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.

Access the E-Commerce vs Retail Packaging Guide

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.

Market Insights

Packaging trends for brand, retail, and category teams

Request insight guides on folding carton packaging trends, consumer expectations, regulatory pressure, luxury packaging, beauty packaging, premium finishes, and compliant material choices.

Trends in Folding Carton Packaging 2026

Consumer expectations and regulations

Analysis of consumer expectations, sustainability demands, and regulatory pressures shaping folding carton packaging in 2026.

Luxury Packaging in Beauty & Personal Care

Premium finishes and compliant materials

Guide on finishes and board grades that elevate brand perception while meeting compliance and sustainability requirements.

Access the Luxury Beauty Packaging Guide

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.

Need help choosing the right packaging guide?

Send Netpak your product category, packaging format, compliance requirements, substrate goals, and launch timeline. Our team can point you to the right guide or review the packaging specification directly.