Paperboard can be easily printed with rich colors, can be lined with other materials and can be folded intricately. This makes paperboard cartons ideal for retail boxes that look quite appealing on store shelves. Paperboard is also used to make corrugated boards. A special variant, called containerboard is used to do so.
Paperboard is commonly used in electronics packaging, toys and cosmetics packaging, pharmaceutical packaging, stationary packaging and so on. It is easy to print on boxboard packaging They can also be embossed. Moreover, it is also easy to laminate different types of box packaging for added strength and water-resistant properties.
These packaging can be recycled easily unless they are laminated with plastic or printed with metalized ink.