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Corrugated converters are entering a more difficult phase. The easy e-commerce growth story is weaker than it was during the pandemic boom. Labour is harder to find. Margins are under pressure. Customers want shorter runs, faster deliveries and more consistent...

FTA Europe has announced the 34 companies shortlisted for the Diamond Awards 2026, a biennial European competition where leading flexographic print work from national associations across the continent competes at European level.

A 70,000-tonne capacity jump, two new Chroma machines, Africa’s first Kento Hybrid system, approximately $27 million in green securitization and a possible IPO — GPC Papier et Carton is turning corrugated packaging into one of Morocco’s most interesting industrial investment...

Production at the mill is expected to cease on 27 July 2026, with capacity redistributed across other sites in Smurfit Westrock’s European mill network. The decision affects 117 employees. For corrugated board producers, the closure is not only a paper...

Print4All Conference 2026 opened in Varese, Italy, as a strategic bridge toward Print4All 2027 — bringing together the printing, packaging and converting supply chain at a time when automation, AI, sustainability and new production models are reshaping the industry.

BOBST has launched a brand-new MASTERFOLD 170 | 230 | 300 line for corrugated board converting, built on a fully redesigned platform and focused on one of the biggest pain points in modern box production: faster, more predictable and more...

The company says it has completed 12 acquisitions over the past 10 years, including five acquisitions in the past year alone. It has also expanded its manufacturing footprint to more than 30 locations across key US markets.

Our dialogue with Mariano Saludjian started months before LatamCORR 2026 through correspondence and discussions. After his presentation in Buenos Aires, we finally had the opportunity to continue that conversation in person during a friendly interview about the future of the...

The global corrugated packaging market is worth roughly $180 billion to more than $220 billion a year. But which companies have the financial scale to shape this market? A corrugated board production facility: scale, automation and efficient material flow are...

Emmepi Group will take part in ACCCSA 2026 from August 25 to 27, presenting internal logistics and automation solutions to the Latin American corrugated board industry.

VPK Group, a European packaging group with €1.8 billion in annual turnover, has moved from a 28% minority stake to 100% ownership of Fencor Packaging Group, whose projected 2025 revenue is reported at £14.8 million.

When corrugated board became the star of the festival DS Smith brought a rock-inspired corrugated board project to Make it! Race it! Recycle it! 2026 in Timișoara, showing how a packaging material can become part of a public sustainability event,...

Corrugated manufacturers have long paid others to move their product. One machine wants to change that arithmetic. For a long time, corrugated board manufacturers paid third-party companies to transport their products. One machine is set to change this economic equation.

Print4All Conference 2026 will take place on July 1–2, 2026, at Centro Congressi Ville Ponti in Varese, Italy. For corrugated board producers, this event is worth attention because it brings together several topics that are already changing the packaging market:...

Ten years ago, almost every heavy machinery relocation was a drama. A corrugator had to be moved. An FFG was purchased from another country. An RDC was heading to a new plant. Everyone understood the value of the equipment. Very...

International Paper has paid $360 million for North Pacific Paper Company — NORPAC. This is not just another paper-mill acquisition on the U.S. West Coast. For independent corrugated board producers, it is a warning signal: after the $7.2 billion DS...

Mondi announced targeted upgrades at two German corrugated plants - and the real story for producers is the system being built around the corrugator.

€600 million in new investment, €500 million already spent, 50 French sites, four net zero plants — and a clear warning for independent corrugated board producers.

“Many people want to see the pallegator in action — but not everyone can travel to operating plants where the technology is already installed. That is why we decided to create a permanent demonstration center here in Leutershausen.”

Sappi is contributing European mills connected with premium liner for high-value corrugated packaging, while UPM keeps its disclosed functional packaging-paper direction outside the announced transaction perimeter