Rigid Box and Gift Packaging
Rigid packaging, as the name suggests, won’t change its shape. It offers strong and sturdy construction and support, is comparatively more luxurious in the look and feel that is unmatched by most other packaging type.
Rigid Boxes are a very common type of packaging and they are often associated with luxury products. Rigid boxes are typically four times thicker than an average folding carton and are not usually printed on directly. They are instead wrapped with paper that can be as plain or luxurious as desired.
Rigid boxes, as the name suggests, are rigid and sturdy. Think of the classic “Shoe Box”. If you’ve ever purchased a nice pair of shoes or heels, they will have been packaged in a rigid box. Board games are another classic example of rigid box packaging. Premium mobile phones and other high-end electronics use rigid boxes, as do many beauty and high-end food products and spirits, just to name a few.
Rigid boxes consist of basically two parts – a lid and base (or top and bottom). The shapes and sizes of rigid boxes vary greatly – square, rectangular, circular, triangular, V-shaped, etc. But in the packaging industry, rigid box styles are usually categorized and described by the type of lid used.
And, as with a lot of things regarding the packaging industry, these boxes come in all sorts of variations and hybridizations where names become interchangeable depending on the manufacturer.