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Custom Folding Cartons Sourcing inquiry brief

Use this page to write one carton line that factories can price the same way. Custom Folding Cartons Sourcing is an independent matching desk. Brand records list no street, switchboard or social account, so this page does not invent a walk-in converting floor, a mapped pin or a published discount percentage.

  1. Named construction

    Name the carton style before you name a directory nickname. Straight tuck, reverse tuck, auto-lock bottom and a window-patch sleeve are different converting paths. Record inside length x width x height in mm or in, and say those dimensions are inside, not a blank size. Board grade belongs on the same line: SBS, CCNB or kraft board, plus the print-facing ply. Paperboard caliper stays in pt or mil, for example 18 pt or 24 pt. Leave the cell blank rather than guess. Offset, flexographic printing, gravure printing and digital proofs are not interchangeable plate families. Foil, emboss and window-patch tooling sit outside the piece cell.

  2. Quantity and unit

    State pieces or cartons by artwork. A 5,000-piece cosmetics tuck and a 20,000-piece dry-food reverse tuck still need two quantity rows if board, caliper or color count differ. Plate, die, foil and sample freight stay outside the piece price unless a factory writes them on the same reply. If two SKUs share a die line but differ in window film or UV finish, keep them on separate rows so a later destination freight split can still attach to the right carton.

  3. Destination

    Give the receiving US state or postal code and a requested delivery date. Say whether cartons ship flat or erected, and whether a corrugated shipper is already specified elsewhere. If the fill is food, ask the named lot for a food-contact or ink-migration file; those files belong to the board and ink, not to this desk. ISO ICS 55.020 supplies packaging vocabulary so piece and carton stay distinct. It is not a site certificate. No same-spec quote pair is on file, so this page does not print a savings percentage.

Optional target budget may list an amount or range, a currency, and a per-piece or whole-order basis. High-end, mid-range, budget or undecided is a buying filter for color control and document depth, not a factory grade this desk has audited. No existing quotation is required. After you submit, a live endpoint—if configured—routes the text. Until then treat the form as a template. No reply-hour guarantee is claimed. Artwork files can be named by revision in the requirement box; this form has no upload control.

Worksheet illustration for carton construction, quantity unit and destination fields, not a mapped office
Worksheet fields only. This illustration is not a storefront map and does not imply a published office.

Request factory quotes

Name, work email and the procurement requirement are required. Optional budget and supplier preference merge into the same requirement field at submit time. Write product format and intended contents, inside size, style, board grade, paperboard caliper, print colors, die line status, quantity in pieces or cartons, destination state or postal code, and a requested delivery date. If JavaScript is off, put budget and preference in the same box. Follow-up uses the work email you enter.