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Inner Trays

These come manufactured from both plastic and board and there is one on your preparation sheet.

They are used to hold multiple (lots of) things securely inside a  packaging's outer box, eg a children’s party pack.

 

The Pros & Cons of different types of trays

FOLDING INNER TRAYS

· These are manufactured from CORRUGATED CARDBOARD

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 They are delivered to the customer in FLAT PACK: reducing transport costs and saving space when being stored before use.


TASK

· The box shown is to hold a party bumper pack of 50 party poppers& streamers.

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 It needs an inner tray which can slide in and out of it, holding its contents in place, which you must draw the NET for below

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 You must show how the inner tray will separate the party poppers and streamers, with a partition.

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 The tray must contain no glue and be delivered to the party popper manufacturer flat pack as they have little space to store them.