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Core Corrugated Range

Custom Corrugated Packaging

What are custom corrugated packaging?

Custom corrugated packaging engineered from a blank sheet — your product, load and route decide the structure, ply, size and print.

No catalogue. Every brief starts with what you ship and where it goes; we engineer board grade and structure to that, prototype it, and lock the spec with testing.

Custom Corrugated Packaging manufactured at Bhaavya Ecopack, Kosamba Surat

Built for

New product pack development
Unusual sizes & structures
Spec-to-sample-to-scale programmes

How we manufacture it

Production runs on a fully automatic corrugation line: kraft reels are conditioned and stored dry, fluted and bonded into 3/5/7-ply board, then printed, slotted, creased, die-cut and joined in a continuous, monitored flow. Automation is why lot 40 matches lot 1 — flute geometry, bond strength and blank dimensions are machine-held, not operator-remembered.

Specifications

ProcessBrief → design → sample → scale
FreedomAny size, ply, style, print
ValidationTested before production
SupportEngineering-led, not catalogue-led
PrintingUp to 4-colour multicolour flexo, proofed
QuotationWithin 4 business hours

Choosing the right spec

Choosing the right specification starts with three questions: how heavy is the packed box, how high will it stack (and for how long), and how humid is the journey? Weight and stack height set the ply and ECT; duration adds a creep safety factor; humidity decides whether standard kraft or Cobb-controlled coated board is the honest choice. Share those three facts and our engineers will spec the rest.

Engineering & standards — IS 2771 (Part 1): 2022

Indian corrugated boxes are governed by IS 2771:2022, which ties board type to the maximum mass of contents and prescribes minimum bursting strength and — new in the 2022 revision — a minimum Edge Crush Test value. The rows relevant to custom corrugated packaging:

3-Ply · Single wall
5-Ply · Double wall
7-Ply · Triple wall
Board construction

Kraft liners (dark) bonded to fluted medium (waves). More walls = more stacking backbone — the exact minimums are in the IS 2771:2022 table below.

Board typeMax contentsMax L+W+HMin bursting strengthMin ECT
Single wall (3-ply)Up to 5 kg635 mm6 kgf/cm²3.0 kN/m
Up to 8 kg900 mm8 kgf/cm²4.0 kN/m
Up to 10 kg1125 mm9 kgf/cm²4.25 kN/m
Up to 15 kg1275 mm10 kgf/cm²4.5 kN/m
Double wall (5-ply)Up to 20 kg1525 mm12 kgf/cm²5.0 kN/m
Up to 25 kg1715 mm13 kgf/cm²5.3 kN/m
Up to 30 kg1905 mm14 kgf/cm²5.6 kN/m
Up to 40 kg2286 mm17 kgf/cm²7.0 kN/m
Triple wall (7-ply)Up to 55 kg2667 mm24 kgf/cm²9.6 kN/m
Up to 75 kg2921 mm35 kgf/cm²12.4 kN/m

Reference values from IS 2771 (Part 1): 2022, Bureau of Indian Standards — the governing Indian specification for corrugated fibreboard boxes. We engineer to or beyond these minimums for your load.

Strength you can calculate

Stacking strength is engineering, not guesswork. Box Compression Test (BCT) capacity can be estimated with the McKee formula — BCT ≈ 5.87 × ECT × √(board caliper × box perimeter) — and then verified on the actual box. We apply safety factors of 2× for short-cycle distribution up to 4× for long-hold warehousing (per ASTM D642 practice), because long-term usable strength under load creep is only 50–60% of the peak laboratory value.

Sustainability & commercials

Every tonne of recycled-fibre corrugated board avoids roughly 180 kg of CO₂ versus virgin production (DEFRA life-cycle factors), and industry equivalences credit each tonne of recycled paper with saving about 17 trees, ~26,500 litres of water and ~4,000 kWh of energy (US EPA). Corrugated is also India’s practical answer to the single-use-plastic phase-out: recyclable, repulpable and biodegradable in weeks rather than centuries.

Commercially, corrugated boxes fall under HSN 4819, and GST on corrugated boxes was reduced from 12% to 5% with effect from 22 September 2025 — worth re-checking on old supplier quotations. Pricing is driven by board grammage (GSM), ply, kraft paper prices (which rose ~6% through 2025), printing and quantity; we quote engineered specifications within 4 business hours, offer sampling before you commit, and support everything from trial lots to annual rate contracts.

Frequently asked questions

We have an odd-sized product — can you help?

That is precisely the job: custom blanks are our default, not an exception, and sampling proves the design before you commit.

How fast can we go from brief to sample?

Typically days — structure proposal, sample box, then production once you approve.

What is the GST rate and HSN code for custom corrugated packaging in India?

Corrugated boxes fall under HSN 4819; GST was reduced from 12% to 5% effective 22 September 2025 (56th GST Council). We invoice at the current applicable rate with full documentation.

What is the minimum order quantity and lead time?

MOQs depend on size and print complexity — trial lots are welcome, and repeat production is scheduled to committed dispatch dates. Sampling comes first on request; quotations are returned within 4 business hours.

Do you deliver custom corrugated packaging near me in South Gujarat?

Yes — scheduled routes cover the full 160 km radius around our Kosamba, Surat plant (Surat, Hazira, Navsari, Bharuch, Ankleshwar, Vapi, Valsad, Daman, Silvassa, Vadodara), with pan-India full-truck programmes beyond it.

Need custom corrugated packaging engineered to your spec?

Serving Surat, Hazira, Bharuch, Ankleshwar, Vapi, Navsari, Vadodara and all of industrial Gujarat within 160 km — plus pan-India programmes.

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