In Spain, "caja americana" also refers to a picture frame. In packaging, it's the flapped cardboard box: 4 walls, 8 flaps, arrives flat and is sealed with tape. Order from 1 unit, delivery 24/48 h.
If you store flat and ship this week, this is the one. Start with flapped boxes.
American box or self-erecting box
American if you store flat and seal with tape. Self-erecting if assembly time is a bottleneck. American holds up better to pallets and weight; self-erecting is more expensive per unit and faster for the same light SKU.
If the order size changes or it goes on a pallet, choose American from flapped boxes. If you assemble the same one all day, go to self-erecting postal boxes.
What FEFCO 0201 means
FEFCO 0201 is the European code for this box (RSC). If a B2B client asks for "0201 double wall," they're asking for this, not a mailer. The code is not about strength: flute and grammage are. The map is in corrugated cardboard.
How to assemble
It arrives flat. You form the prism, seal the bottom with tape, load, and close the top. A poorly sealed American box fails at the base, not the walls. The details are in how to perfectly seal a cardboard box to support more weight. Complement: adhesive tape.
Size is about fit, not format: choose liters from the same collection or check the e-commerce shipping box guide.
Order from 1 unit, delivery 24/48 h. The click: flapped boxes.
