The part that keeps the pack in shape
The inner frame reinforces the front and sides of a hinge-lid pack, prevents the pack from being crushed and gives the lid a defined closing position. Its stiffness, thickness and moisture content have to be consistent, otherwise the HLP's forming and folding stations lose registration. We supply board from mills that control these parameters reel by reel.
Board grades and finishes
Options we supply:
- Double-coated solid bleached board, 180–250 g/m², white on both sides.
- Coloured and tinted boards to match the pack interior.
- Printed inner frames with brand elements, gloss or matt varnish, embossing, metallic and holographic effects.
- Reels slit to the width of your packer's inner frame station, on the core your machine requires.
Coordinated with your packaging
We can supply the inner frame board together with the printed hinge-lid blanks and the foil from the same packaging programme, so colours and finishes match across the pack and arrive in one shipment.
Typical specifications
| Parameter | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Grammage | 180–250 g/m² (typically 200–240) |
| Board type | Double-coated solid bleached board or folding boxboard |
| Finish | White, coloured, printed, varnished, embossed |
| Reel width | Typically 90–100 mm, slit to packer specification |
| Minimum order | One pallet within the EU; one container for sea freight |
