Cardboard:

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Corrugated board Cardboard composed of one or several fluted paper sheets glued between or on one or more flat facings. A: 5 mm flute; B: 3 mm flute; C: 4 mm flute; E: 1.5 mm miniflute, or the combinations: A-B, B-C, B-E, A-B-C (triple wall).

Card stock Non-corrugated board, a thick paper based material.

Kraft A word meaning strength applied to paper or board containing unbleached wood pulp, brown in color and typically used as layer on corrugated.

Coated paper Paper having a clay surface matt or glossy coating which produces a smooth finish. Surfaces vary from eggshell to glossy (paper that has been highly compressed). Paper may also be qualified as containing fibers of certain types of plants, including wood. Extracted and then reassembled, they constitute the basis of a sheet of paper. The grammage is expressed in grams per square meter (ex: 80g/m2).

Die cutting Paper or cardboard cutting using a form, a wooden plate incrusted with special cutting tracing or creasing steels nets, used with specific presses to shape paper, board or certain thin plastics.

Score A partial cut made in a cardboard sheet to locate and facilitate folding.

Creasing The making of an impression or crease by stamping the surface of paper or card with a dye to locate and facilitate folding of paper or board without damaging. For thicker card the crease has to be impressed on both sides.

Laminating The application of transparent plastic film, usually mat or with a high-gloss finish, to the surface of printing matter to enhance its appearance and to increase its durability.

UV varnish A liquid laminate applied after printing to give a high gloss finish and then bonded and cured using ultra violet light. Environmentally friendly.

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