The most favoured types of paper to make paper bags

Kraft paper bags

Duplex paper bags

Duplex paper is colored in two different ways: one side is white and smooth, and the other side is brown, dark gray. Duplex paper is often used to make corrugated paper (B, C, and E) in the production of carton boxes and paper boxes. Sometimes this paper is also used to make bags, but not too often because of its two different surfaces.
 
Duplex paper bags have the advantages of cost savings, suitable for common products that do not require a high level of luxury.

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Briston paper bag

The high-end Briston paper bag has a glossy surface, smooth edges, and good ink adhesion. This type is often used to make packaging for high-quality products such as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, brochures, and wedding cards.
 
Briston paper bags are crispy and sharp, giving clear printing colors, and suitable for high-end product lines.

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Couche paper bag

Coated paper has a glossy surface, smooth, bright, and eye-catching. This type of paper is hard and suitable for many printing technologies, especially offset printing. It is often used to print brochures, catalogs, magazines, poster prints, and brochures.
 
Compared with Briston paper bags, the quality of Couche paper bags is no less competitive but has a "softer" price, so it is chosen to use more.
 
Couche paper bags are divided into 2 types:

• Paper Couche Gloss: glossy surface, good reflection, bright printing colors
• Matt Couche Paper: matte surface, smooth, not glossy, the printing color is a bit deep and soft

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Ford paper bags

Ford paper (Fort) is uncoated, white, or slightly yellowish. Ford paper has a rough surface and good ink grip. This type of paper is often used to make office paper, print books, and letter covers. If used as paper bags, high-weight types such as Ford 110 - 180 gms is more popular.  

Ivory paper bag

The same type of uncoated paper as Ford paper, ivory paper has more quantitative options, can be up to 350 gsm. Ivory paper is thick and durable, so the paper bag is also firm and stronger. This paper has a bright white color and is often used in printing offset to give sharp designs and high quality.

Art paper

If you need a really high-class, luxurious bag, fine art paper is a must-see.
 
Fine art paper has a smooth or slightly lumpy surface, which can combine many other techniques, such as metallic luster and rolling ribs (many different types of tendons), creating special effects. Types of art paper used to make paper bags include notturno paper, stardream paper, safari paper, plike paper, and monalisa paper.
 
Although the price is higher than other paper bags, the quality and user-experience that art paper bags bring are really effective.

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Recycle paper

 

2. Quantify the types of paper to make paper bags

Paper weight is the weight of a paper per square meter of paper (gms or g / m2 units). The larger the paper is, the thicker and harder it is. Conversely, the smaller the quantity, the thinner the paper.
 

• Quantitative +/- 80 gsm

Brown / White / Maplitho
This paper bag can hold weight up to 1.5 kg
 

• Quantitative +/- 100 to 110 gsm

Brown / White / Maplitho
This paper bag can hold up to 2 kg
 

• Quantitative +/- 120 gsm

Brown / White
Often use to print advertising posters or flyers.
This paper bag can hold weight up to 3.5 kg
 

• Quantitative +/- 140-150 gsm

Brown / White
This weight is similar to greeting cards, magazine covers.
This paper bag can hold up to 4-5 kg ​​weight
 

• Quantitative +/- 250 gsm to 400 gsm

Brown / White
This weight is similar to carton box.
This paper bag can hold weight up to 7 - 8 kg

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