# Packaging standards and box style guides

> Understand FEFCO, ECMA, box styles, pallet dimensions and packaging tests, with source references and editable template examples.

Canonical: https://dielinemaker.com/standards
Last updated: 2026-10-26

Identify the construction, size or test your brief calls for. Each guide connects the reference to editable starting templates, practical checks and the original publisher.

## Structural styles

- [FEFCO box codes and corrugated styles](https://dielinemaker.com/standards/fefco-codes) — Understand FEFCO structural codes and choose an editable corrugated box recipe with the right closure.
- [ECMA folding carton codes](https://dielinemaker.com/standards/ecma-codes) — Use ECMA drawings to identify folding carton construction, closure and assembly details.
- [North American box styles: RSC, HSC and FOL](https://dielinemaker.com/standards/north-american-box-styles) — Compare common North American corrugated terminology and open the matching box configuration.
- [Rigid box styles and set-up packaging](https://dielinemaker.com/standards/rigid-box-styles) — Compare telescope and shoulder boxes and distinguish style terminology from test standards.
- [POP displays: FSDU, CDU, sidekicks and bins](https://dielinemaker.com/standards/pop-display-types) — Choose a retail display format and understand what must be engineered beyond the visual concept.

## Dimensions and logistics

- [DIN packaging dimensions and references](https://dielinemaker.com/standards/din-packaging-standards) — Identify the relevant DIN document before specifying carton dimensions, tolerances or inspection.
- [ISO packaging standards: dimensions and testing](https://dielinemaker.com/standards/iso-packaging-standards) — Use ISO transport-package modules, pallet dimensions and physical test references alongside a structural dieline.
- [Pallet sizes: Euro, EPAL 2 and UIC references](https://dielinemaker.com/standards/pallet-sizes) — Plan a pallet footprint while keeping licensed construction and transport performance separate.

## Testing and production

- [Pharmaceutical cartons, Braille and child resistance](https://dielinemaker.com/standards/pharmaceutical-packaging-standards) — Separate carton geometry from medicinal labelling, Braille, tamper evidence and child-resistant testing.
- [ISTA 3A and Amazon packaging tests](https://dielinemaker.com/standards/ista-test-procedures) — Choose a distribution test around the packed product and route, then prepare a repeatable sample.
- [Converter style libraries and supplier dielines](https://dielinemaker.com/standards/converter-style-libraries) — Work with Sonoco, WestRock and International Paper references without confusing proprietary designs with open standards.
- [BOBST box styles and converting references](https://dielinemaker.com/standards/bobst-style-library) — Turn a BOBST style-library request into a clear carton drawing and machine-capability brief.

## Working from a converter’s drawing?

Use the supplied dieline when its board, clearances and production details have already been agreed.

## Related

- [Import a supplier dieline](https://dielinemaker.com/learn/supplier-dielines)