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corruga.expert analysis · Q2 / H1 2026 We compared the latest results from major corrugated, containerboard and fibre-packaging groups across three continents. Mondi lost €136 million of Corrugated Packaging EBITDA while volumes rose. SCGP lifted profit 128%. Nine Dragons reported...

The global top three barely moved. The real changes begin below the top three. A data-driven corruga.expert feature on production, rank shifts, plants, employment, market value and the changing geography of the global corrugated industry.

Corruga.Expert · Exhibition guide 2026 The exhibitions worth your time before the end of 2026 — and the questions that can turn a trade-show visit into a better investment decision.

North American box volumes are growing. International Paper says it is outperforming the market. Pricing is moving higher. And yet the company still reported a $12 million loss from continuing operations in Q2, adjusted EBITDA fell to $587 million, and...

Dunapack Packaging Hellas, part of Austria’s Prinzhorn Group, has agreed to acquire El Pack’s corrugated packaging operations in Greece, including production sites in Patras, Kapandriti and Thiva. The business generated approximately €43 million in revenue in 2025 and employs around...

Smurfit Westrock entered 2026 as the world’s largest paper-based packaging group, with more than 97,000 employees, over 500 packaging and other facilities, 57 mills and operations in 40 countries. Its 2025 results showed the scale of the company — $31.179...

Nine corrugated plants. Around 2,500 employees. Approximately €539 million in annual revenue. And 1.2 billion m² of production capacity. The European Commission approved Saica Group’s acquisition of Thimm on 23 July 2026. The deal value was not disclosed. One day...

BOBST is entering a more selective phase of the corrugated investment cycle with one of the industry’s strongest strategic advantages: a global installed base, a resilient service organisation and the ability to help converters improve the equipment they already own.

The first Latampaper event in Brazil dedicated entirely to corrugated board and paper packaging opens as the country reports record pulp production and one of the world’s largest corrugated markets.

Andrea Simonetti has only recently joined Emmepi Group as Area Sales Director for Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Before this appointment, announced on 27 July 2026, he spent approximately 13 years at Fosber in credit control, after-sales, group integration and...

Saica Pack’s first-shift team in Hamilton, Ohio, produced 2.92 million square feet of corrugated board in a single shift — approximately 271,000 m². Behind this production achievement is a much larger story: Saica is steadily turning its first American plant...

The packaging group is expanding capacity, automation and customer-focused innovation as Brazil’s corrugated market enters a more competitive phase. Smurfit Westrock has invested R$1 billion — approximately US$197 million — in Brazil over the past two years. From this point...

Stora Enso increased its adjusted EBIT by 27% in Q2 2026. But sales did not grow. That is the most important signal in the company’s half-year report published on 23 July 2026 at 8:30 EEST. Stora Enso reported €2.423 billion...

Koenig & Bauer Celmacch has installed a ChromaCUT High Tech 2400 at Sambo Corrugated Board Co. Ltd. in South Korea. But the most important part of this story is not only the machine. It is the money behind the machine.

Mondi and Turkish furniture manufacturer Büromodel faced a difficult packaging task: how to ship large acoustic office cabins — including fragile glass-and-frame elements used in modern office interiors — across Europe and beyond. These are not simple products. They are...

— Igor, corruga.expert just hit 20,000 followers on LinkedIn, — says Arnie, our editor-in-chief. — I think you should write something. — Arnie. Who are these people. We are useless to anyone who has never touched corrugated board with their...

A company that says it has grown from around USD 100 million in 2000 to a diversified global business of around USD 650 million is moving closer to Brazilian converters. That is the real reason why BW Papersystems’ new base...

While many European packaging companies are becoming more selective with large capital projects, Dunapack Packaging is continuing to strengthen its position in Türkiye. This story is not only about one new corrugator. It is about a country where Dunapack already...

At the Print4All Conference in Varese, Enrico Barboglio shared with me the story behind the creation of Corrugated Experience, which made its successful debut at Fiera Milano SpA during Print4All 2025. Print4All itself has now shifted from a triennial to...

The FIFA World Cup 2026 is happening now — and football is everywhere. On screens. In bars. In fan zones. Around dinner tables. And, very often, in the shopping basket. That is why the new collaboration between Smurfit Westrock and...