1

Trees

4
Kraft Paper
3 Rolls
Paper Mill
2
Recovered Fiber from
Recycling Center

5
Corrugator

6
Dryers
7
Slitting/
Scoring

Recycling Center Corrugator Detail

Flutes
Liner

Combined Board
Medium

8
Cut Sheets

To Recycling
Center

Liner

9 10
Flexo Folder/Gluer Rotary
(includes Direct Printing) (OR) Die Cutter

11
Bundled &
Palletized

The production of corrugated boxes begins much like liner and medium. (4) These two special papers are or triple wall product. The corrugated board is then will be in the finished box. After converting, trimmings
any other paper product. Wood (1) from trees harvested fed into a corrugator (5) which presses flutes into the fed through a dryer (6) to remove moisture and set the and scrap are recovered and sent to the recycling center
from responsibly managed forests and fiber (2) recovered medium and adheres liner to either one or both sides of adhesive. The dry corrugated board can then be trimmed, for processing. In the final step the converted products
from paper recycling centers are processed into pulp that medium with starch-based glue adhesive, producing slit, scored (7) and cut into sheets (8) for printing and are bundled (11) and delivered to the customer.
and made into paper at a paper mill (3). In this process, combined board or corrugate. Additional sets of fluted converting (9-10). Often the corrugated sheets are
two different types of brown paper (kraft) are produced: medium and liner can be added to create a double wall printed to label, brand or promote the products that

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