Robert Gair

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Robert Gair invented the corrugated cardboard box in 1890.

Brooklynite Robert Gair was a printer and paper bag maker in the 1870s. He invented the corrugated (reinforced) cardboard box by accident: a metal ruler normally used to crease bags shifted in position and cut the bag. Gair found that by cutting and creasing cardboard in one operation, he could make prefabricated cartons that were a cheaper alternative to the wood and metal boxes that merchandise had been shipped in.

Gair founded a paper empire and occupied several buildings in the area, many of which still bear his name.

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This information is somewhat correct.Corrugated board is a three dimensional product while cardboard is of two coordinates. The invention of corrugated has generally been attributed to Robert Gair however two men, Thompson and Norris founded a competing corrugated box firm in that same period and probably would contest that position if still alive. Robert gair did invent the folding carton,e.g.,a cereal box,not the corrugated box,as a result of a mishap with a cutting rule.

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