Build Your Corrugated Knowledge Anytime, Anywhere: TAPPI Academy's eLearning Catalog
Whether you're onboarding a new hire, cross training an operator, or brushing up on the fundamentals yourself, having the right training on hand matters. From quick orientation videos to full multi-module courses, TAPPI Academy's eLearning on-demand format means learners at any level, beginner to advanced, can train around their own workday instead of the other way around.
What's in the Corrugated Packaging Catalog
TAPPI's corrugated packaging courses combine concise narrated animations of key components and processes for onboarding new hires, those new to the industry, establishing foundational knowledge for sales & marketing. Here's a look at what's available:
Box Plant 101 More Than a Box: Box Plant 101 is a great starting point, especially for new employee orientation or general promotion of the corrugated process. It walks through a typical box plant, how a quality box comes together, an overview of the corrugator, and materials handling basics.
Box Plant Basics: The Full Course Corrugated Packaging - Box Plant Basics bundles all 10 modules below into one comprehensive course covering the equipment, materials, and processes that keep a box plant running. Prefer to build your own training plan? Each module is also available individually:
- Corrugated Box Basics – Common industry terms, popular board and box styles, and usage considerations.
- Other Box Plant Equipment – The design and operation of printer-slotters, folder-gluers, stitchers, tapers, laminators, presses, litho-laminators, bundlers, and palletizers.
- Safety – Safe work behaviors, equipment and stored energy hazards, chemical hazards, emergency stops, and vehicle and pedestrian safety in box plants.
- Raw Materials – Wood fiber sources, chemical pulping and papermaking processes, and the glues, inks, and coatings used in corrugated production.
- Corrugators – The corrugating process from wet end components and preconditioning through the dry end, stacker, and double and triple wall corrugators.
- Board Tests – Tests used to predict stacking performance and monitor corrugating and converting operations, including flat crush, warp, and pin adhesion tests.
- Die Cutters – Corrugated board and box making equipment, plus the design and operation of rotary and platen die cutters and in-line sectional die cutters.
- Corrugating Adhesives – A brief history of corrugating adhesives and the function of ingredients in modern starch-based formulas.
- Box Plant Equipment Basics – Common box plant equipment and processes, plus equipment layout, material flow, and storage considerations.
- Flexo Folder-Gluers – The design and operation of each machine section, from the feed and printing sections through the die cutter, glue lap unit, folding section, and delivery end.
Company and site licenses are available for most eLearning offerings, so if you're training a whole shift, department, or plant, learn more about licensing options to find the right fit for your team.
Keep the Learning Going at Corrugated Week
Online training is a great foundation, and there's nothing quite like connecting with the people building the future of corrugated in person. Mark your calendar for Corrugated Week, September 28–30, 2026, in Fort Worth, TX.
Jointly hosted by TAPPI and AICC, Corrugated Week is the industry's main attraction, bringing together more than 1,400 corrugated professionals from 25 countries for three days of technical sessions, networking and innovation.
Come for the business. Stay for the show.
Whether you're just starting to build your corrugated knowledge through TAPPI Academy or you're a seasoned professional looking to stay current, Corrugated Week is where that learning connects with the broader industry community.
Ready to get started? Explore the Corrugated Packaging eLearning courses and start training on your own schedule today.