The structural design flexibility of the carton further amplifies the cost advantage. Traditional packaging is often a one-size-fits-all standard specification, while cartons can be customized according to the size of the goods, achieving "precise packaging". The folding cartons we customized for a certain clothing brand can be folded and stacked when not loaded, reducing the transportation volume by 60% compared to traditional cartons and lowering the storage cost by 50%. For small household appliances, we have designed cartons with a "top and bottom cover cushioning corrugated" structure. There is no need to add additional foam cushioning. Just by optimizing the corrugated structure, anti-drop protection is achieved. The material usage for each package is reduced by 20%, and the cost is further lowered by 15%.
The cost advantage of printing on cartons should not be ignored either. E-commerce packaging needs to be printed with brand logos, logistics information and other contents, and the cost of water-based ink printing for cartons is much lower than that of silk screen printing for plastic packaging. The flexographic water-based ink printing technology we adopt has a printing cost of only 0.3 yuan per square meter, which is 0.8 yuan lower than the screen printing cost of plastic packaging. Last year, the customized carton packaging we made for a certain beauty brand was printed with the brand's exclusive gradient color pattern. This not only enhanced the brand's recognition but also reduced the printing cost by 30% compared to the plastic packaging previously used by the client. The client immediately increased the annual packaging order from 500,000 pieces to 1.2 million pieces.

While controlling costs, cartons can also enhance operational efficiency. The fully automatic carton forming machine we use can produce 80 cartons per minute, which is five times more efficient than manual folding of plastic packaging and reduces labor costs by 70%. Moreover, the recycling and processing cost of cartons is low. Many e-commerce warehouses will sort out the cartons returned by customers and reuse them. The warehouse of a certain e-commerce platform we cooperate with can save 150,000 yuan in packaging costs every year through the secondary utilization of cartons. Today, as profits in the e-commerce industry are getting thinner and thinner, cardboard boxes, which are "low-cost and high-efficiency" packaging materials, have become our core competitive advantage.