Open tray dieline

About this dieline

An open tray is a base with four low walls and no lid: the corrugated tray fruit, vegetables and bakery goods ride in, a shelf tray in a shop, or an insert in a bigger box. Box makers file it under FEFCO 04xx, and what tells the codes apart is how the corners hold.

Enter the length, width and height and the board thickness, and download a print-ready PDF with cut and crease lines. Under Corners pick the lock: double walls with tabs that lock into the base and need no glue (FEFCO 0422, or 0423 on the long sides), corner flaps glued inside the next wall (0452, 0453), or one sheet with no cuts at all whose corners fold into pleats (0449).

Is the size inside or outside the tray?

Crease to crease, the way box makers quote it. The clear space inside is about one board thickness smaller. Check the allowances with your printer, or print one at 1:1 and fold it first.

Which corners should I pick?

Locked corners fold by hand with no glue and give double walls. Glued corners use the least board and suit a gluing machine or a glue gun. Folded corners need no cuts and no glue; their pleats lie flat against the long walls.

Open tray sizes: corrugated trays with no lid, for produce and shelves →