Various colored boxes produced by Won Chang Corrugated Packaging use direct printing technology and are 30% cheaper than existing products.

Arriving on customers' doorsteps worldwide, no one ever wonders where it comes from, or even which company makes it. That is the fate of the packing box.

It is more than a mere cover, for it protects the contents and also helps with marketing. Although its life as a packaging box ends as soon as the consumer buys and opens it, each box has a depth of technology specific to its needs.

Won Chang Corrugated Packaging produces everything from three layered corrugated cardboard used to pack car engines to block liners for packing seafood.

Since 1982, leading the technology in the cardboard and corrugated cardboard industry, Won Chang Corrugated Packaging Co., Ltd. has been dedicated to making boxes for more than 30 years.
 

Automated production lines produce completed boxes non-stop.

One of the most representative products is the block liner, mainly used to package seafood. Freshly caught fish need to be separated into layers or into sections when boxed. To keep the goods safe, liners need to be 100% waterproof and durable down to temperatures of -40 degrees Celsius without changing or breaking. The global block liner market was once monopolized by a Danish company, but with Won Chang's self-developed technology, it has proven its quality and is now continuously used by one of the largest U.S. seafood companies.

Director Park Sang-hyun said that, "U.S. corporate customers praise our block liner, saying that it maintains its form so it is of reusable quality. We have so much confidence in our self-developed technology that we can keep our factory doors open for tours from our competitors."

Won Chang Corrugated Packaging Director Park Sang-hyun explains the production process of corrugated boxes.

Director Park said, "We strive for customer satisfaction by lowering the price through improvements in efficiency and for technological advancement so that we can make specifically tailored products.

"Recently, to make colored boxes, we've applied direct printing technology for the first time in Korea. We were able to reduce the production price by 30 percent.

"Starch from corn and other substances can be used as adhesives in corrugated cardboard. Boxes produced using direct printing are best suited to pack health conscious foods and baby-related products."
 

Various colored boxes are produced with direct printing technology.

An employee removes faulty products during the quality check process.

A representative from the Won Chang Corrugated Packaging marketing team said that, "Although no customer ever pays much attention to a product's package, it itself is a product with many technological advances to protect the content.

"In addition to international corporations, products from LG Electronics are also packed in Won Chang products."

Article and photos by Jeon Han
Korea.net Staff Writer
hanjeon@korea.kr