Great Northern Corporation
Commercial Packaging
 
Materials

Your packaging possibilities are unlimited!

Great Northern has established strong partnerships with vendors who can supply virtually any material you need. Our design and engineering experts will work with you to determine the most practical, cost-effective materials for your packaging needs. Following are our most commonly used materials.

 
  Molded Pulp - Molded pulp is constructed from a combination of recycled newsprint and corrugated which is made into a paper slurry and formed into three-dimensional shapes. This static-free, dust-free material
is climate tolerant and offers superior protection against the damaging effects of vibration shock. 100% recyclable and 100% biodegradable.
Molded Pulp
  Flexible Foam - Flexible foam bends, but never breaks. It is typically used for fragile or returnable packaging. Available in polyethylene, polypropylene and polyurethane configurations.
Flexible Foam
  EPS (Expanded Polystyrene) - EPS is a superior insulating material that is strong yet lightweight. Components are made from polystyrene beads that are expanded and molded into three-dimensional shapes. Parts can also be fabricated in a two-dimensional format out of a large molded block.
EPS (Expanded Polystyrene)
  Paper and Plastic Corrugated - Our paper and plastic corrugated packaging options are produced with paper or plastic fluting with a liner top and bottom. They can also be produced with a single liner called Singleface.
Paper and Plastic Corrugated
  Honeycomb - Named for its visual appearance, honeycomb offers excellent dunnage support in a variety of applications. It is available in various thicknesses with a paper liner top and bottom.
Honeycomb
  Wood - Hard and soft woods are available in a variety of configurations for specific packaging requirements.
Wood
  Thermoform Plastic - The thermoforming process
uses heat to conform thin- or thick-gauge thermoplastic sheeting to a mold, resulting in three-dimensional plastic packaging components. Each component can be custom-designed to reflect the most challenging product shape.
Thermoform Plastic
  Laminated Paperboard - Laminated paperboard
consists of paper sheets laminated together in different thicknesses to provide stacking strength and edge/corner protection. VBoard® products are made from recycled fiber, 80% of which is post-consumer waste and 20% of which is pre-consumer waste. Universally recyclable.
Laminated Paperboard
   
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