Est. 1996 · Cedar Falls, Iowa

Corrugated boxes built for the dock, not the showroom.

For thirty years, Ridgeline Carton Co. has converted raw kraft linerboard into shipping cartons, retail packaging, and displays that survive the actual trip from our floor to your customer's doorstep.

30 yrs

converting corrugated board

3

corrugator lines running two shifts

41,800t

of board converted last year

98.6%

of orders shipped on the promised date

What we run

Four product lines, one corrugator floor.

Shipping

RSC Shipping Cartons

Regular slotted containers cut to your SKU dimensions, from single-wall mailers to 350 lb triple-wall for palletized freight. Same board specs your dock crew already knows how to stack.

  • 200# to 600# ECT
  • Single, double & triple wall
  • Stock or custom die sizes
Retail

Die-Cut Retail Packaging

Flexo-printed, shelf-ready cartons with up to four spot colors. We run the steel rule dies in-house, so a new SKU goes from sketch to sample in about nine days.

  • Up to 4-color flexo
  • In-house die shop
  • 9-day sample turnaround
Merchandising

POP Corrugated Displays

Floor and counter displays engineered to survive a forklift ride and a Saturday rush. We load-test every new display design against your actual product weight before it ships.

  • Floor, counter & pallet formats
  • Load-tested to product weight
  • Full-bleed litho-lam graphics
Cold Chain

Insulated & Cold-Chain Cartons

Wax-alternative coated board and insulated liners for produce, seafood, and pharma cold packs, built to hold temperature through a multi-stop regional route.

  • Water-resistant coatings
  • Insulated liner options
  • USDA-compatible board stock

From board to bundle

The same five stations we've run since 1996.

01

Board Selection

We spec flute profile and ECT rating against your product weight and freight lane, not a generic default.

02

Corrugating

Kraft linerboard runs through our corrugators at up to 900 feet per minute, bonded under controlled heat and pressure.

03

Flexo Print & Die-Cut

In-house steel rule dies and flexo plates handle printing, slotting, and creasing in a single pass.

04

Stitch, Glue & QC

Every bundle gets a compression and drop test before it leaves the floor — not a sampling, every bundle.

05

Palletize & Ship

Our own fleet covers same-day regional delivery; everything past 300 miles ships freight the next morning.

Why us

Capabilities most box shops outsource. We didn't.

In-house tooling shop

New steel rule dies cut on-site, so tooling delays never hold up a production date.

FSC-certified board

Every roll of linerboard we buy traces back to certified, responsibly managed forests.

Private delivery fleet

Fourteen straight trucks running regional routes, so freight delays are our problem, not yours.

24-hour rush capacity

One corrugator line stays reserved for expedited runs when a customer’s line goes down.

Custom die library

Over 2,200 die patterns on file already, going back to jobs run in the late nineties.

100% bundle QC

Compression, drop, and moisture checks logged on every bundle before it clears the dock.

“We switched three of our SKUs to Ridgeline after a supplier missed two straight harvest-season shipments. Four seasons later they still haven't missed one.”

Marguerite Oduya

Procurement Lead, Tannery Row Produce Co-op

Get a quote

Tell us what you're shipping.

Send over rough dimensions and monthly volume and a quoting engineer — not a sales rep — will call back with real lead times and pricing.

4417 Foundry Road, Cedar Falls, IA 50613

(319) 555-0148

quotes@ridgelinecarton.com