Honeycomb Cardboard - Lightweight and Super Strong

Cardboard is a versatile, sustainable, and affordable material for creating the most delightful items. Honeycomb cardboard adds to this list with a unique combination of additional properties: lightweight and extremely strong.

What is Honeycomb Cardboard

Honeycomb cardboard is a three-layered type of cardboard, consisting of a bottom and top layer with a honeycomb-structured cardboard filling in between. This unique structure makes the cardboard super strong and gives it a robust appearance.

Much Lighter than Solid Cardboard

Where solid cardboard was previously needed for extra stability, honeycomb cardboard has largely taken over this function. The bottom and top layers and the intermediate layer of cardboard in honeycomb structure consist of much less cardboard than solid cardboard. As a result, fewer raw materials are needed, and it is much lighter in weight.

Honeycomb Cardboard is Sustainable

Honeycomb cardboard is often made from recycled materials such as used paper. And when recycled material cannot be used for the cardboard, the new raw materials are at least FSC-certified.

What You Can Make with Honeycomb Cardboard

Want to know what we can make with honeycomb cardboard? Our answer is a counter-question: What can't we make? The possibilities are endless. From packaging, displays, and exhibition stands to cabinets, desks, tables, and chairs. Honeycomb cardboard is even used as reinforcement in all kinds of furniture, car and aircraft parts, and walls.

Honeycomb Cardboard in Various Thicknesses

Honeycomb cardboard is available in various thicknesses. Depending on the desired appearance and functionality, Karton Design is happy to advise you on the best thickness of honeycomb cardboard for your application. We have advanced equipment to cut honeycomb cardboard up to 8 centimeters thick. That's truly unique.

Finishing of Honeycomb Cardboard

If you don't like the rugged look of honeycomb cardboard and/or when the object may come into contact with moisture, we can finish the cardboard with a beautiful graphically printable top layer and/or protective laminate.

Disadvantage of Honeycomb Cardboard

We make it sound almost like a magic solution, but honeycomb cardboard also has two disadvantages: it's so sturdy that it's difficult to bend or fold, and it's somewhat thicker than corrugated cardboard, for example. What you often see, therefore, is a combination of both. Honeycomb cardboard as the core, corrugated cardboard around it as a finish.

Examples of Items with Honeycomb Cardboard

There are endless examples of items where Karton Design has incorporated honeycomb cardboard. Here's a selection of our projects:

• Forum Groningen – stools and tables made of honeycomb cardboard
• Acco Boekhandel – bookshelves made of honeycomb cardboard
• Hard Rock Café – cabinet made of honeycomb cardboard
• Volley Vlaanderen – benches made of honeycomb cardboard
• Kasteel Huis Bergh – exhibition walls made of honeycomb cardboard

Want to know more about honeycomb cardboard and discover if your desired item can also be made with this unique type of cardboard? Contact Karton Design. We're happy to advise you.