While Crathern and Smith is no longer manufacturing new rigid box machines, many of their machines are used and sold in the packaging industry.

Emmeci is an international leader in automatic lines for the production of high quality rigid set-up boxes. But as you know, a box is only as good as the glue that keeps it together. 

Premium rigid boxes are some of the most commonly used and sought after boxes within the luxury packaging industry.

Rigid boxes differ from other boxes in a few key ways; most notably, material thickness, opening/closing experience, and manufacturing methods. Typically rigid boxes are four to five times thicker than traditional folded cartons and have many more options for opening experiences compared to corrugated boxes.

If you make rigid boxes, chances are you're pretty familiar with protein glue (animal glue). Have you ever run into a situation where the glue film becomes brittle and shatters? Today we dive into why this happens.