Min. 100 units · 3–5 days
Electronics Boxes
Electronics Packaging
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Light Bulb Boxes built to your specification — your dimensions, your board, your print.
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Name, email, phone and what you are packing and how it ships. Attach artwork if you have it. We reply with a specification and a written price, usually within one business day.
The glass breaks in a pack that shows no external damage at all, because the bulb was held tight against a rigid wall with nothing to absorb the shock.
The bulb needs to be suspended rather than clamped. A board partition that holds it at the base and the neck, with clearance at the glass, survives a drop that a tight-fitting box does not.
Light Bulb Boxes hold thin glass that is almost weightless and breaks from shock rather than from load. That is the starting point for the specification, because the bulb needs to be suspended rather than clamped. A board partition that holds it at the base and the neck, with clearance at the glass, survives a drop that a tight-fitting box does not.
In service they are used for hardware and grocery shelves and parcel delivery, where a single carton is handled by several couriers.
Light Bulb Boxes are specified for hardware and grocery shelves and parcel delivery, where a single carton is handled by several couriers. The bulb needs to be suspended rather than clamped. A board partition that holds it at the base and the neck, with clearance at the glass, survives a drop that a tight-fitting box does not.
Device packaging is an insert problem before it is a box problem. The cavity is cut to the geometry of the item, and once the contents cannot move, the outer rarely needs to be heavier than a standard grade.
E flute with a die-cut partition, or folding carton with an internal fitment for multipacks.
The options we would consider for this format are below; the bulb needs to be suspended rather than clamped. A board partition that holds it at the base and the neck, with clearance at the glass, survives a drop that a tight-fitting box does not.
Small and closely fitted, from 2.5 in square for a standard lamp upward, with multipack cartons sized in twos, fours and sixes.
Send the contents rather than a box size. A snug fit is assumed to be a safe fit. For glass it is the opposite — held rigid against board, the shock goes straight into the envelope.
Cartons ship flat in bulk cases, which keeps freight cost low even on large runs.
Delivery windows are confirmed in writing when your order moves into production, and we flag any risk to the date before you approve rather than after.
Four things drive a quote more than anything else: the quantity, the print route, the board grade and the number of finishing passes. Dimensions matter too, but usually through how efficiently the shape nests on the press sheet.
Prices start from $0.30 per piece for large-volume orders. If a cheaper route exists we say so at quoting rather than after the invoice.
The useful starting point is the product, not the pack. Give us its measurements and the quantity, and we work the folding carton outward from there.
A dieline template follows, sized to your product. Prepress checks your artwork against it and issues a proof; nothing runs until you sign that off.
A plain structural sample is the cheapest way to find a fit problem — far cheaper than finding it across a full run.
Sample costs are normally credited against the production order.
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| Product | Light Bulb Boxes |
|---|---|
| Category | Electronics Packaging |
| Construction | Die-cut, creased and seam-glued |
| Board thickness | 12pt – 18pt depending on product weight |
| Ships as | Flat-packed, glued one seam |
| Materials | 12pt SBS paperboard, 14pt SBS paperboard, 16pt SBS paperboard, 18pt kraft board |
| Printing | Offset lithography, Digital press, Flexography |
| Finishes | Gloss lamination, Matte lamination, Soft-touch lamination, Spot UV, Foil stamping |
| Minimum order | Minimum order is 100 units on any format, and unit cost falls sharply as the quantity rises. |
| Lead time | 3 to 5 business days after artwork approval |
| Shipping | Across the US, UK, Canada and Australia |
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Small and closely fitted, from 2.5 in square for a standard lamp upward, with multipack cartons sized in twos, fours and sixes.
The glass breaks in a pack that shows no external damage at all, because the bulb was held tight against a rigid wall with nothing to absorb the shock.
Specified for hardware and grocery shelves and parcel delivery, where a single carton is handled by several couriers.
The bulb needs to be suspended rather than clamped. A board partition that holds it at the base and the neck, with clearance at the glass, survives a drop that a tight-fitting box does not.
This format sits in our electronics packaging range, alongside 8 other made-to-order formats.
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Specification, minimums and lead times for light bulb boxes.
The FTC Lighting Facts panel, covering brightness in lumens, estimated yearly energy cost, life, light appearance and wattage. It has a prescribed format and minimum size. Send us the values and we will block the panel into the dieline before artwork starts.
We can specify boards and liners appropriate for electronics handling and cut inserts to component geometry. Tell us the exact requirement your process operates under, since it varies considerably between component types.
Only if boxes are arriving crushed. If they arrive intact with damaged contents, the product is moving inside and a heavier outer changes nothing. A fitted insert solves that case, usually at lower cost.
Yes, and for light bulb boxes we prefer to specify both together. A cavity that holds the contents still often lets us drop a grade on the outer, so the pair can cost less than an over-specified box alone.
Flat and glued along one seam, so they pop open on your packing line. That keeps freight cost down considerably compared with a pre-assembled structure.
Recycled grades are available across most of the substrates we run for folding cartons. Recycled content, kerbside recyclability and certified compostability are three different claims though, so tell us which one you intend to print.
A print-ready PDF or a vector file, with fonts outlined and any raster images at 300 dpi at final size. We supply the dieline to design onto, and prepress checks bleed, safe area and crease clearance before issuing a proof. The dieline we supply carries the crease positions, so keeping type clear of a crease is easier to solve at layout than at proof.
A flat 100 units on any format. Most folding cartons in this range are quoted from 100 units upward because unit cost falls sharply above that, but the minimum exists so you can validate a structure first.
3 to 5 business days after artwork approval, plus freight. Folding carton runs with applied finishes can take longer because each finish is a separate pass, and we confirm a firm date in writing with the quote.
Prices start from $0.30 per piece for large-volume orders. For this format the biggest levers are quantity, print route, board grade and how many finishing passes are involved. We quote each element separately so you can see where the money is going. An insert often lowers the total rather than raising it, because holding the contents still lets us drop a grade on the outer.
Yes. We can send a plain unprinted sample so you can check the fit and structure, or a printed prototype for colour and finish. Sample costs are normally credited against the production order. On light bulb boxes the thing to check is whether the contents still sit tight once the pack is closed, because movement inside is what causes damage rather than the board grade.
Send the current specification or a physical sample and we will quote to match it rather than proposing an alternative you would then have to re-approve internally. A physical sample tells us more than a specification sheet — board caliper and coating are usually described loosely and measured exactly.
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Send the dimensions, the quantity and how it ships. We reply with a full specification and a written price, usually within one business day.