Karton pertama kali diproduksi pada tahun 1817 Di [[Inggris]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=390mAQAAMAAJ&q=%22cardboard+box%22+1817&dq=%22cardboard+box%22+1817&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hW8ZUsiFMqOziwLMuoCgBw&ved=0CGQQ6AEwBg ''Marketing Communications''], Volume 6, Issues 7-12, United Business Publications (1981). "Reportedly, the oldest known box-making business was formed in Great Britain about 1817."</ref><ref>Stanley Sacharow and Roger C. Griffin (1970),''[https://books.google.com/books?id=sbtTAAAAMAAJ&q=%22cardboard+box%22+1817&dq=%22cardboard+box%22+1817&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hW8ZUsiFMqOziwLMuoCgBw&ved=0CFIQ6AEwAg Food packaging: a guide for the supplier, processor, and distributor]'', AVI Pub. Co."Commercial box making is supposed to have begun in England in 1817."</ref><ref>{{cite web
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