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2024 winners demonstrate innovation and creativity with unique cartonboard packaging designs The winners of the Pro Carton Young Designers Award 2024 – sponsored by Billerud, Westrock, UMKA, Van Genechten Packaging, MM, and Metsä  – were announced at a glamourous ceremony in Berlin, Germany (19 September). Recognising the best young design talent in Europe, the winners were

The winners of the 2024 European Carton Excellence Award (ECEA) were unveiled in Berlin, Germany, on 19 September, recognising the innovation of the sustainable carton packaging industry over the last year. Hosted by Pro Carton – the European Association of Carton and Cartonboard Manufacturers – and the European Carton Makers

While manufacturer of graphic paper are finding it hard to implement the hikes, corrugated sheets and packaging producers are now increasingly resentful of the short intervals between price hikes for corrugated case material. Many companies active on Germany’s paper markets are bracing themselves for a summer slump. Experts told EUWID

Turkey has decided to introduce safeguard measures of $85-87/t on imports of certain corrugated case material (CCM) grades as of end of July. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan approved and signed the corresponding document and the new regulation was published in the Official Journal on 28 June. The safeguard measures

May 14, 2024 – Global containerboard and corrugated board demand are facing a series of challenges and shifts in market dynamics across the next five years. These are expertly profiled, and quantified in the new market data report — The Future of Global Corrugated Packaging to 2029 — from Smithers, a multinational

  On March 21, 2024, the European Environment Agency (EEA) published a report titled “Accelerating the circular economy in Europe: State and outlook 2024.” The report aims to analyze how recent policies in the European Union support the transition toward a circular economy and offers options and prospects to further promote this transition in the future.  

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has expressed concern at proposed amendments to the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), claiming the move could hamper circularity and innovation. Currently there are exemptions to cardboard, in relation to reuse targets for transport packaging. However, a proposed amendment could change that

Nov. 2, 2023 – The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock on Nov. 1 joined leaders of over 70 other trade groups representing diverse businesses across the economy in urging the Biden administration to maintain the existing National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine

Oct. 30, 2023 – Given the ubiquitous nature of digital devices and digital service promotion, some businesses may be tempted to transition to paperless record keeping systems based on preconceived notions that going digital is somehow more sustainable. That assumption could not be further from the truth. Paper continues to

Oct. 5, 2023 – The corrugated packaging industry has achieved substantial reductions in the environmental impacts of a corrugated cardboard box according to a new life cycle assessment (LCA) released [Oct. 3]. The study shows a 50% per unit reduction in greenhouse gas emissions between 2006 and 2020, tackling the