Tuck Top Auto-Bottom Boxes.

The base flaps are pre-glued at the factory, and they lock square as soon as the carton is opened out. The packer pushes the flat carton into shape and the floor sets itself in one motion. The top stays a normal tuck lid for access and reclosing.

Because the glued base spreads the load across the whole bottom panel, the weight never rests on one tucked flap.

Choose it for anything over about a pound, and for anything in glass whatever the weight. Tucked bottoms fail in a predictable way: the load slowly pushes the flap open, usually in a warehouse stack, and the product ends up on the floor. A glued base removes that failure.

The premium is small, a more complex die and one gluing operation, and at 50 or more boxes a day the assembly time saved usually covers it.

Yes, the pre-glued base sets up the same way every time, which is what erecting machines need. Most automated erect-and-fill systems handle auto bottoms, and the tuck top can be closed by hand or by machine depending on the line.

For operations thinking about automation, this is often the carton that makes it practical. Share the machine spec at quote stage so the blank is built to suit it.

You can use CMYK and Pantone print, hot foil, embossing and debossing, spot UV, and matte, gloss or soft-touch lamination. We keep lamination and foil clear of the glue flaps so the bond holds.

The underside is flat with no tape or tuck flap showing, so the base can carry a barcode or a short line neatly. Kraft grades take a one-colour print and a foil mark well if the box should look natural.

No, an auto bottom recycles with ordinary paperboard. The base is glued with the same kind of water-based adhesive used on the side seam of any folding carton, and paper mills handle it routinely. Recycled board with post-consumer content is available if you want a fibre claim as well.

If you print a recycling message, tell us at quote stage so we can check the adhesive and finish against it.

Each one is built to your product, and we pick the board from the weight going in. SBS from 18 to 24pt covers most jobs, folding boxboard gives stiffness at a lower weight, and an E-flute hybrid takes over where the load is more than paperboard can carry.

Measure the product at its widest points and give us the filled weight. For glass we leave a little clearance for an insert that stops it moving against the walls.

The floor for this carton is 500 boxes. It suits brands that pack enough each day to value the one-motion setup, and orders scale up to 100,000 as volumes grow.

Ask for a snap lock price alongside it if bench time isn't a concern for you. The two structures carry similar loads for most products, and the comparison is worth seeing at your quantity.

Allow 7 to 10 business days from artwork approval to finished cartons. The auto bottom doesn't add time because it's glued in the same pass as the side seam, and rush is 5 to 7 business days.

A sample comes in 5 to 7 business days, and the drop test belongs on that sample, filled and dropped onto its base. You pay for that sample once, and the fee is taken off the carton order afterwards.