As scrutiny grows over the use of plastics due to their environmental impact, companies in sectors like food & beverage, healthcare and medical, and consumer packaging face new challenges exporting products overseas. Dura-Fibre recently met with one company that experienced a rejected shipment costing millions because it was packaging with plastic materials that its European…
When we see customers saving millions after replacing wood and plastic pallets with paperboard slip sheets, we wonder why more companies aren’t doing the same. One deterrent we often hear about is that the initial research seems like it will be painful, but that does not need to be the case. Our packaging engineers follow…
Paperboard crates have become a major success story across a wide range of industrial packaging and crating applications. An early adopter, Metal Manufacturing compared paperboard to wood for packing and shipping bars, pipes and tubes. They found the solution could be achieved much less expensively with paperboard crating as opposed to wood. In particular, the…
U.S. manufacturing companies face enough challenges without having to overpay for custom shipping crates. Solutions for labor shortages are few and far between, solutions for freight costs are tough to find and even if materials are available, the pricing is usually going up rather than down. One crating solution many companies find helpful—rigid, thick paperboard,…
Toll lamination, or some call it contract laminating, is a manufacturing service provided by companies with laminating machines to those with needs to glue multiple plies of paper and other substrates together. Dura-Fibre in Menasha, WI, is a major provider of toll lamination/contract laminating services to paper mills, especially specialty mills, packaging converters, manufacturers and…
Tier sheets. Tie sheets. Pallet tier sheets. Divider sheets. Separator sheets. Tie boards. Layer sheets. Just as they go by many names, tier sheets also have many uses and benefits when compared to similar plastic, wood and cardboard products. Learn more about this versatile tier sheet option and uses for your storage, shipping and handling…
If you’ve been a long-time pallets buyer, you may not be aware that many companies use slip sheets instead of pallets. From custom capabilities and cost savings to recyclability, space saving and improved safety, slip sheets bring numerous benefits with them. What is a Slip Sheet and How Does It Compare to a Pallet? Slip…
Thick chipboard means multiple things to multiple people but as a chipboard manufacturer, we’re here to give you the facts, starting with the basics: Beyond the basics, the uses and benefits are endless and the applications vary widely, as shown in the few we highlight below. Set-up Boxes – Customized Rigidity Thick paperboard in multiple…
How does thick paperboard compare to plastic? Wood? Corrugated? Paperboard? In this post, we want to touch briefly on the wide range of use cases for heavy paperboard, made possible by the many benefits when compared to other materials. The process of laminating (gluing) multiple plies of many different kinds of paper provides amazing flexibility…
Dura-Fibre, a Menasha-based paperboard manufacturer, has been selected to provide specialty laminated paperboard sleeves and inserts for some of the US novel coronavirus vaccines during shipment. The company’s multi-ply laminated and die-cut sleeve is a part of a sophisticated packaging and cold chain distribution system aimed at providing critical temperature control for shipping the vaccines….
Foam Padded Board
Unitized Book Board
Laminated Binders Board
Laminated Graphic Board
Slip Sheets
Tier Sheets
Pallet Sheets
Poly Coated Paperboard
Printer's Chip Paperboard
Silicone Release Boxes
Furniture Back Panels
Trash Compactor Boxes
Paperboard Drywall Shims
Paperboard Totes and Containers
Custom Paperboard
Paperboard Crates
Paperboard Wraps
Paperboard Cartons
Paperboard Strap Protectors
Paperboard Covers
High Caliper C1S and C2S
Heavyweight Folding Boxboard
Heavyweight Thru White