What do the outer packaging of a large online shipper, moving boxes and the stylish new stool in the office have in common - they are made of corrugated board! Even if you deal with this material almost every day, you are often not aware of the many benefits of corrugated board.

With this article, we are making a contribution to highlighting the advantages of corrugated board even more, especially in the office environment. Unjustly, the modest material ekes out an existence far removed from enthusiasm and conscious perception among many people and companies. Corrugated board in the office environment is a strong trend. An opportunity for you and your company to prove yourself as a trendsetter.

Advantages of using cardboard in the office - for workers and sustainability

What is corrugated board? It involves gluing different layers of cardboard together. Corrugated board consists of at least two layers, one of which is smooth and the other corrugated. There is single-flute, double-flute and multi-flute corrugated board. Up to nine layers make the construction of cardboard so stable.

In addition to sustainability, corrugated board is a lightweight yet very strong material. Commodities made of corrugated board, such as boxes, but also the innovative corrugated board furniture can be folded to save space until they are needed.

Corrugated board can be printed, but often appears unprinted in its classic form. Corrugated board can be punched into any shape. It is therefore suitable not only for utility items but also for decoration.

Corrugated board offers many flexible options to the employees in companies. They can unfold or fold corrugated cardboard items as well as use them as needed. Cartons and other items made of corrugated board are easy to transport around the house. Their light weight has advantages not only in interregional logistics.

In the office, warehouse and archive, corrugated board objects create a pleasant and warm atmosphere. There is no need to worry about negative vapors and other influences from corrugated board, as is the case with some inexpensive plastics.

In the corporate sector, corrugated board is a flexible, sustainable and friendly material for consumer goods of all kinds.

 

Use of boxes for office and work materials

Corrugated board is best known as a cardboard material. Shipping and archiving boxes are made of corrugated board, as are many other storage containers in the office sector. Corrugated cardboard boxes hold work materials, are indispensable for removals and, in the form of archiving boxes, make the storage of documents possible in the first place.

What makes corrugated board particularly attractive in this area of use?

• Corrugated products always give a feeling of a new, unused product because they stay folded until they are used.
• Unlike products made of plastic, they attract less dust and are easier to move.
• Corrugated boxes can be used several times
• They are available in different sizes and shapes.
• Compared with high-quality plastic containers, they are cheaper.
• Empty corrugated boxes do not get in the way, as they are folded up again when not in use.

 

Corrugated board is a flexible, durable base as a starting material for boxes, drawer inserts and shelving.

 

Use of cardboard filing systems

Even with all the efforts to make the office paper-free, filing systems continue to play a key role in the administrative area of companies today. More and more of these systems are made primarily of corrugated board.

The environmentally friendly, sustainable material is the basis of folders, boxes and containers for holding documents and other items. The lightweight cardboard is easy to label and, due to its light weight, can be picked up or moved again and again.

Corrugated cardboard systems are available in various colors, shapes, sizes and individual designs. Accordingly, the areas of application for cardboard organization systems are large.

Those who use corrugated board extensively in this area clearly show that they are not indifferent to the aspects of sustainability and environmental compatibility. In this way, companies can set an example and underline their efforts towards sustainability.

Today, there are almost no limits to the possible applications for corrugated board. For example, they also form drawer systems or inserts for existing cabinets. They function as dividers in folders, are the basis of label tags and folding boxes.

Corrugated board elements can be additionally marked with labels, but also handwritten. This speaks for the high flexibility in the use of corrugated board filing systems.

Innovative: office furniture from cardboard

A stool or small side table made of corrugated cardboard? A foldable shelf that can be used flexibly because it is made of this material?

Corrugated board is increasingly conquering the office furniture sector. In the process, the versatile material shows amazing resilience. At will, the lightweight furniture can be folded again and unfolded move back and forth.

Their light weight is one of the great advantages they have over solid wood and metal furniture. Corrugated cardboard is made into pedestals and desks that hold a laptop next to the desk - and just as stools, chairs and tables.

Stools made of corrugated cardboard create flexible eating places for the lunch break. The pleasant and friendly appearance of the material does the rest to support corrugated cardboard furniture a gentle atmosphere in the work area.

Corrugated cardboard furniture in the office area provides answers to several questions at once in flexibility, sustainability and appearance.

 

Present Inhouse with Corrugated Board

Corrugated board displays and other presentation furniture have long been known from the trade fair sector. More and more companies are also discovering corrugated board as a presentation material for their own business premises.

Displays and shelves accommodate exhibits that appropriately highlight the company's product range. At the same time, corrugated displays do not push themselves into the foreground, the presented product is always in focus.

Once a display or shelf is not needed, the corrugated cardboard presentation furniture is folded. They no longer take up much space and can be retrieved when needed.

That is why corrugated cardboard furniture for presentation is suitable as a flexible alternative to adequately show your own offer at certain events or meetings.

In addition to the practical benefits that cardboard presentation furniture has, it also carries its own advertising messages. For example, one of these messages may be that this company pays special attention to sustainability and environmental compatibility.

The furniture speaks for itself without having to make any decided marketing statements. Hardly any other material, except occasionally wood, underlines the sustainability aspect as massively as corrugated board.

Even with wood, there is always the question of origin, which in the case of corrugated board fits perfectly into an operational environmental concept with the reference to recovered paper.

There are hardly any limits to the imagination - corrugated board in the consumer sector

Employees in companies often find the flair of corrugated board so positive and pleasant because more and more people in the private sphere equip themselves with furniture and decorations made of this material: There the Christmas tree comes this year together as a corrugated board decorative object.

Likewise, shelves, stools, small tables as well as entire sofas and beds made of corrugated cardboard form a sustainable, flexible private environment. The clean chic of corrugated board thus makes quite a statement not only in office spaces.

Both corporate and private environment can further fertilize the use of corrugated board. The material has a great future, because developers are always designing new products from it. Those who want to change more often in the office and in private life, make an excellent choice with corrugated cardboard accessories.

Conclusion: Corrugated board as the sustainable all-round material in the office

Corrugated board is conquering more and more areas in the office. Practical and/or decorative items made of corrugated board are moving into many companies. The sustainability of the cardboard material cannot be surpassed by any other material at present.

Corrugated board is environmentally friendly and demonstrates the relevance of this aspect for the company to the outside world as well. The items made of the sustainable material fit perfectly into modern office environments in terms of appearance. Simple, with a warm and pleasant appearance, they form interesting counterpoints to steel and plastic.

At the same time, these items made of corrugated cardboard are also very practical. Especially organizations that are growing and need flexible furniture can benefit from corrugated cardboard. They conjure up a stool, a small table, a desk attachment and many other items as needed by simply folding them up.

At the same time, the corrugated cardboard objects surprise again and again with their stability and the multiple of their own weight that they are able to carry.

FAQ

1. What makes corrugated board so interesting as a base material for filing systems, office furniture and presentation furniture?
   The low weight, environmental compatibility and sustainability, the design aspect and the innovative character set corrugated board apart.
2. Is it to be expected in the future that corrugated board will find its way into more and more offices as a material for furniture and filing systems?
   This is to be expected because the sustainability aspect and environmental compatibility are also becoming a competitive factor in more and more companies.
3. What do employees gain from the increased use of corrugated cardboard in the office environment?
   Many people consider the impression to be pleasant. The material is warm, clean, flexible to use and easy to move. The cardboard material creates an urban and modern atmosphere that focuses on the essentials and emphasizes the popular clean chic. At the same time, the material is highly functional and practical to use. You can change more often with corrugated cardboard if you want to give a new expression to the office environment again and again. This is hardly possible with heavy objects made of metal, plastic and wood. Corrugated cardboard is easy to dispose of in an environmentally friendly way when it has served its purpose.

 

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