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The first attempts to make corrugated board in Europe were started in the year 1883 in London (Great Britain). This was followed three years later in 1886 by the first corrugated board factory on the continent, at Kirchberg in Germany. The third European corrugated board production plant was opened in Exideuil-sur-Vienne (France) in 1888.
Independent producers of equipment entered the corrugated board business in 1895. This resulted in the first continuous corrugator developed by Jefferson T. Ferres of the Sefton Manufacturing Company.
Double wall corrugated board
A further important step was the production of the double wall or fivefold corrugated board, which was first produced by the company of Sefton in Kokoma (Indiana) in 1916. It was only in 1929 that two different corrugations were used: meaning one fine and one coarse flute size.
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Double wall corrugated board |
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