Lithography Printing in Pinetown Explains When a Pack Needs Litho-Lamination

PINETOWN: A cosmetics carton and a beverage multipack can carry the same artwork quality and still need completely different board. Lithography Printing, which prints and converts cartons at its Pinetown operation, has published a guide to its cartons and boxes that sets the formats side by side before a brand owner commits to artwork.

Litho-laminated boxes mount a sheet-fed printed top sheet onto corrugated board. They suit heavier contents, shelf-ready outers and branded transit packs, and hold up better on long road freight from KwaZulu-Natal into the interior, where coastal humidity and depot handling punish weaker packs. Folding cartons suit lighter retail units that sit face-on or hang from a peg, with tidy creases, clean glued seams and room for foil, embossing, spot UV and varnish. Shelf-ready and display boxes cover the space in between.

“Clients often bring us a folding carton that keeps crushing in the outer case,” said the company’s estimator. “Sometimes the fix is a heavier board. Sometimes it is a litho-laminated box that makes the outer case unnecessary. We would rather sort that out before plates are made.”

Each job runs through artwork checks and proofs, then printing, laminating, die cutting, gluing and delivery from Pinetown. Clients include brand owners and manufacturers in food and beverage, cosmetics, personal care, electronics and appliance lines.

Finishes, industry examples and artwork guidelines are on the Lithography Printing website. Printing and packaging machinery for South African converters is available through am.co.za.

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