Retail Product Box

Reading the code A11.01.01.00.38

A11.01.01.00.38 sits in ECMA group A: long-seam-glued folding cartons with rectangular surfaces. The carton is glued into a sleeve along its long seam, and the code's panels are numbered 1 to 4 starting from that glue seam. The two leading blocks describe the closure systems — the bottom first (11), then the top (01); the following blocks record which panel each closure's flap is connected to.

Here the bottom end uses the reduced-flap glued closure with one full flap (11), and the top end has no closing flaps (01).

Counting from the glue seam, the bottom flap hangs on panel 1.

The trailing .38 is an ECMA group X feature code recorded with this design.

How the closures behave

The square flaps are cut short and one full flap is glued over them, so the end closes on a cartoning line like a seal end but with less board than a full overlap. The economy of a glued end for light dry goods.

This end of the carton stays open — there are no closing flaps, so the structure works as an open end for sleeves, display cartons or designs closed by other means.

Typical uses

Lighter glued ends suit dry goods packed on a cartoning line where the full-overlap end would be more board than the product needs: tea, pasta, cereal bars and small retail counts.

Dimensions and board

The parameters above — length, width, depth and paper thickness — drive the whole blank. Board caliper is not a footnote: tuck clearances, lock engagement and panel fit all scale with it, which is why it is a first-class input to the parametric model rather than an allowance you add by hand.

Every value is validated against the template's supported range, and the 2D dieline and 3D fold preview regenerate together from the same structure. Confirm final board grade, grain direction and tolerances with your converter before production.

Industries and applications

Converters cut the Retail Product Box (ECMA A11.01.01.00.38) for retail product boxes for the shelf and food and dry-goods cartons.

Retail cartons live on a shelf: they must stand square, print well on every face and close again after a customer has looked inside.

What is Retail Product Box — Open Top, Reduced Flap Base?

ECMA A11.01.01.00.38 is a long-seam-glued folding carton in ECMA group A (base: reduced-flap glued closure with one full flap; top: no closing flaps).

Which dimensions does the Retail Product Box — Open Top, Reduced Flap Base dieline need?

4 parameters drive the blank: L (length), W (width), D (depth), Paper thickness (mm, µm). Each value is validated against the template's supported range, and the whole dieline regenerates from them.

Can I see how Retail Product Box — Open Top, Reduced Flap Base folds before cutting it?

Yes. The interactive 3D fold preview and the 2D dieline are generated from the same parametric model, so the fold you watch on screen is the geometry of the sheet you cut. Open the template in the studio to fold it at your own dimensions; 3D folding comes with the Workshop and Line plans.