Paperboard - Terminology and Classification

Terminology and Classification

Terminology and classifications of paperboard are not always uniform. Differences occur depending on specific industry, locale, and personal choice. In general, the following are often used:

• Boxboard or cartonboard – paperboard for folding cartons and rigid set-up boxes
  • Folding boxboard (FBB) – a bending grade capable of being scored and bending without fracture
  • Chipboard – all recycled, low quality board
  • Kraft board – a strong virgin fiber board often used for beverage carriers. Often clay coated for printing
  • Laminated board – a lamination of paperboards and other materials, for example Liquid packaging board
  • Solid Bleached Board (SBB) or Solid Bleached Sulphate (SBS) – clean white board used for foods etc. Sulphate refers to the Kraft process
  • Solid unbleached board (SUB) – board made from unbleached chemical pulp
  • White lined chipboard (WLC) – a white, often clay coated, chipboard
• Containerboard – a type of paperboard manufactured for the production of corrugated fiberboard
  • Corrugated medium – the inner fluted portion of corrugated fiberboard
  • Linerboard – a strong stiff board for one or both sides of corrugated boxes. It is the flat covering over the corrugating medium.
• Other
  • Binder's board – a paperboard used in bookbinding for making hardcovers.