What is the difference between wet press moled pulp and dry press moled pulp?

What is the difference bwtween wet press molded pulp vs dry press molded pulp

Molded pulp is one of sustainable packaging material. Do you know how to distinguish wet press molded pulp and dry press molded pulp?

In below chart, I will explain the difference one by one.

	Wet press molded pulp	Dry press molded pulp
Mold cost	Lower Reference: 2000USD~3000USD Depends on size and design	Higher Reference: USD4000-5000USD Depends on size and design
Unit price	Relatively Lower	Relatively high
Material	preferred: recycled cardboard Other options: sugarcane bagasse paper White paper	sugarcane bagasse paper white paper bamboo paper kraft paper
Surface	One side is very smooth, the other side has mesh texture	One side is relatively smooth, the other side is rough
Thickness	usual 2mm-3mm Minimum 1.5mm	Usual 0.8mm-1mm Minimum 0.6 mm to maximum 1.2mm
Dimension range	Within L700mmW600mmH120mm	Within L1200mmW800mmH150mm
Application	Mostly used in disposable tableware, food grade packaging, small electronic products, cosmetics and other products require refined packaging for brand enhancing and product’s added-value increasing	Mostly used as protective packaging for electronics, home appliance, fruits, eggs and some other products required better production but lower cost.

Wet-press molded pulp example

Dry-press molded pulp example