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FOLDING CARTON [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Paperboard
DEF

A container made of bending grades of paperboard, plain or printed, cut and creased in a variety of sizes and shapes, folded and delivered flat, or glued and collapsed.

OBS

Carton ... is a shortened term for "folding carton", the preferred designation for folding boxes, folding paper boxes and folding paperboard boxes. The word carton does not refer to set-up boxes, corrugated or solid fibre shipping containers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en carton
DEF

Boîte en carton mince, généralement de dimension modeste, servant à conditionner et à présenter des marchandises.

OBS

Elle se distingue de la caisse en carton ondulé en ce qu'elle est habituellement livrée à plat et donc destinée à être mise en forme.

Spanish

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