When it comes to rigid box making, the end product is only as good as the raw materials used to make the box. Quality raw materials go beyond glue, paper and board. It also includes the box forms used on your box making equipment.

Here are a few reasons why it's a good idea to source your box forms from a specialist, like Best Wood Forms, instead of making them in-house.

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.