Corrugated cardboard box
Cartón corrugado
- Date
- 1871–1874 · confidence medium
- Place
- New York, United States
- Credited to
- Albert Jones (1871 patent); Oliver Long (double-faced, 1874); Robert Gair (die-cut folding box, Brooklyn, 1890)
- People
- 👤 Robert Albert Jones1864–👤 Robert Gair1839–1927
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
Wavy sheet glued between flat layers, light and strong, die-cut into folding boxes. It replaced the wooden crate and created modern packaging.
What it led to
- Large-scale distribution of goods and mail-order trade
- Disposable packaging and paper recycling
- Branded packaged goods, from cereal to Kellogg's
Built on
- Fourdrinier continuous paper machine1799-1807
- Stamping press
Made possible
- Breakfast cereal (corn flakes)1894–1906
- Self-service supermarket1916–1930
- Tetra Pak carton and aseptic packaging1951-1963
- Cereal box
- E-commerce packaging
- Pallet and logistics