Custom Sleeve Boxes
Sleeve boxes are a great low-cost, eco-friendly way to package your products.
Custom Sleeve Boxes
Sleeves are a four-panel glued box with open ends on opposite sides. Designed to slide over products, they rely on a tight friction fit to hold them in place. Sleeves can be customized with special die-cut slots and windows to slide over or around irregular or odd-shaped products. It’s a popular way to package products – packaging sleeves give you all the benefits of a custom printed box at a lower cost. And sometimes a custom printed sleeve is the only practical way to package a product!
How To Measure A Sleeve
What Your Measuring:
The length, width and depth (LxWxD) dimensions of the product you’re measuring; these values refer to the inside dimensions of the sleeve.
Tightness:
Packaging sleeves rely on a friction fit. Use exact measurements – don’t pad your measurements. You don’t want the sleeve to fit loosely.
Depth:
The depth dimension will always be the measurement between the two open ends of the sleeve. Whether it slides up or down, left or right, it does not matter. So, you want to think about how the sleeve will slide over the product.
Length & Width:
Once you know the slide direction, the length and width will be the rectangular dimensions of the open end of the sleeve, with length being the longest dimension.
Dimensional Order:
Convention in the packaging industry is to always put the depth dimension last in terms of L x W x D. If your dimensions are not correctly called out, your sleeve configuration will not be correct. You’ll expect the sleeve to slide over your box this direction, but it’s been configured to slide a different direction altogether! When it comes to measurements, dimensional order DOES matter!!
How To Measure A Sleeve
The length, width and depth (LxWxD) dimensions of the product you’re measuring; these values refer to the inside dimensions of the sleeve.
Sleeves as Corrugated Overslips
What do you do when your corrugated product box is less than attractive? Corrugated boxes are essential for packaging heavier products, but they often lack visual appeal for a variety of reasons. First impressions mean a lot. To create an impact on consumers your product packaging has to attract and connect, especially if you’re selling retail. The way to connect with your audience is through your message. And just as important as having a quality product box is having the space to tell your story. This is where custom printed box sleeves come in.
Using printed sleeves as a corrugated box overslip is a quick, easy, and low-cost way to brand, or even rebrand, your products. And if your wholesale products arrive from overseas in non-descript cardboard packaging – keep the corrugated box, just rebrand it by adding a custom printed sleeve.
Frozen Food Packaging Sleeves
Custom printed box sleeves for frozen foods? Absolutely! They’re used as secondary packaging on frozen food products such as food bowls and trays. We manufacture the printed product sleeves automated food packaging systems use during packaging.
What’s a Good Paper Thickness for a Sleeve Box?
Paperboard, also known as board stock, is specifically designed for packaging (and other specialty) applications. It’s a dense, stiff paper with excellent print and foldability qualities, and it comes in a range of paper calibers (thicknesses). Paper calibers are measured in thousandths of an inch (0.001”), or in the print world, points, where each point represents one thousandth of an inch. Board stock’s unique qualities make it the go-to choice for custom product sleeves.
If the sleeve is used as primary packaging, or secondary packaging as a printed overslip on corrugated boxes, you’ll want a board paper that holds its shape and stands up to abuse. For primary packaging sleeves you’ll want a board weight of between 0.016” – 0.024”. If the product is on the heavier, bulkier side, or if the packaging sleeve needs special diecuts, then tend towards a heavier paper.
On smaller products you can get by with a paper stock as thin as 0.014” for a printed sleeve, but anything thinner is risky. What determines the paper stock will really be the application; the weight/size of the product, and how and where it will be used. Also keep in mind if it’s primary packaging there can be a lot of handling, so the sleeve is subject to tearing, especially if it’s a retail product.
Paper Sleeves
Be wary of sleeves printed on lightweight paper – anything under 0.014” thick. You’ll see sleeves being printed on 100lb gloss paper or similar advertised – this is the paper thickness of a thin advertising flyer (see box paper chart). These papers are not designed as a packaging stock, and don’t have the stiffness characteristics or tear resistance needed for a product sleeve. These sleeves are more like printed paper wraps, or belly bands designed to be cinched around a product and taped in place. Custom belly bands and wraps are cheap, quick to put on, and attract attention, but they’re not a good packaging sleeve.
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Length & Width:Once you know the slide direction, the length and width will be the rectangular dimensions of the open end of the sleeve, with length being the longest dimension.
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Dimensional Order:Convention in the packaging industry is to always put the depth dimension last in terms of L x W x D. If your dimensions are not correctly called out, your sleeve configuration will not be correct. You’ll expect the sleeve to slide over your box this direction, but it’s been configured to slide a different direction altogether! When it comes to measurements, dimensional order DOES matter!!
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Paper Thickness for a Sleeve BoxPaperboard, also known as board stock, is specifically designed for packaging (and other specialty) applications. It’s a dense, stiff paper with excellent print and foldability qualities, and it comes in a range of paper calibers (thicknesses). Paper calibers are measured in thousandths of an inch (0.001”), or in the print world, points, where each point represents one thousandth of an inch. Board stock’s unique qualities make it the go-to choice for custom product sleeves. If the sleeve is used as primary packaging, or secondary packaging as a printed overslip on corrugated boxes, you’ll want a board paper that holds its shape and stands up to abuse. For primary packaging sleeves you’ll want a board weight of between 0.016” – 0.024”. If the product is on the heavier, bulkier side, or if the packaging sleeve needs special diecuts, then tend towards a heavier paper. On smaller products you can get by with a paper stock as thin as 0.014” for a printed sleeve, but anything thinner is risky. What determines the paper stock will really be the application; the weight/size of the product, and how and where it will be used. Also keep in mind if it’s primary packaging there can be a lot of handling, so the sleeve is subject to tearing, especially if it’s a retail product.
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Paper sleevesBe wary of sleeves printed on lightweight paper – anything under 0.014” thick. You’ll see sleeves being printed on 100lb gloss paper or similar advertised – this is the paper thickness of a thin advertising flyer (see box paper chart). These papers are not designed as a packaging stock, and don’t have the stiffness characteristics or tear resistance needed for a product sleeve. These sleeves are more like printed paper wraps, or belly bands designed to be cinched around a product and taped in place. Custom belly bands and wraps are cheap, quick to put on, and attract attention, but they’re not a good packaging sleeve.
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What is Printed Sleeves as Secondary PackagingCustomized packaging sleeves are often the ideal choice for secondary product packaging. They are cost-effective, eco-friendly, enable rapid product rebranding, and add vibrant color to otherwise plain packaging.
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Sleeves as Corrugated OverslipsWhat do you do when your corrugated product box is less than attractive? Corrugated boxes are essential for packaging heavier products, but they often lack visual appeal for a variety of reasons. First impressions mean a lot. To create an impact on consumers your product packaging has to attract and connect, especially if you’re selling retail. The way to connect with your audience is through your message. And just as important as having a quality product box is having the space to tell your story. This is where custom printed box sleeves come in. Using printed sleeves as a corrugated box overslip is a quick, easy, and low-cost way to brand, or even rebrand, your products. And if your wholesale products arrive from overseas in non-descript cardboard packaging – keep the corrugated box, just rebrand it by adding a custom printed sleeve.
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Frozen Food Packaging SleevesCustom printed box sleeves for frozen foods? Absolutely! They’re used as secondary packaging on frozen food products such as food bowls and trays. We manufacture the printed product sleeves automated food packaging systems use during packaging.