From angle boards and flat boards to paper pallets and tubes — a friendly log of the paper packaging industry’s market trends, products, and technology.
McKinley Paper Pulp-Conveyor Fire: Five Restart Checks
Separate the reported fire knockdown and production restart at a Wisconsin paper mill from unresolved cause, damage and delivery effects, then record hotspot, drive, safeguard, staged-run and item-level supply checks.
Verifying Aspen’s Reported 12% Compressed-Air Reduction
Turn Aspen Products’ reported 12% compressed-air improvement into a plant verification sheet covering production-normalized energy, pressure, flow, leaks, controls, and air quality.
Paper Food Packaging for the U.S.: FDA FCS and 21 CFR Supplier-Declaration Checklist
A practical supplier-declaration checklist for tracing paper, coatings and adhesives to the correct U.S. regulatory basis, intended use, FCN manufacturer and change-control evidence.
Why Cardboard Suppresses Weeds: How Sheet Mulching Works and How to Use It Safely
A practical explanation of how cardboard suppresses weeds by excluding light and obstructing shoots, why germination and establishment differ, and how to sheet-mulch without blocking water and air around desired plants.
Wonju Plant at Peak Load: A Four-Hour Control Board for Packaging Operations
Using a peak-season Wonju plant case as the starting point, this guide turns long operating hours into a four-hour packaging control board linking materials, changeovers, inspection, case packing, warehouse handoff and shift transfer.
Apple-Pomace Paper Packaging at a 20% Blend: Barrier and Scale-Up Gates Beyond the Strength Headline
An early laboratory-handsheet project reported roughly 50% increases in both tensile strength and tensile stiffness when 20% apple pomace supplemented wood pulp. This article keeps that result at proof-of-concept scale and turns the missing feedstock, papermaking, barrier, food-contact, recyclability and line data into a pilot approval table.
Printing-Paper Cartel Damages Move: Building a Price-Change Evidence Ledger After the 19-Group Statement
Nineteen publishing organizations announced a joint damages committee and plans to begin a claim over Korea’s printing-paper cartel. This update avoids treating the announcement as a filed or decided case and provides a ledger linking transaction prices, discounts, volume, notices and pass-through evidence.
Corrugated Hand-Hole Tearing: A Test Plan for Geometry, Reinforcement and Real Load
A practical corrugated-box hand-hole test plan that links geometry to board construction, flute direction, reinforcement, gross mass, environment, repeated handling, asymmetric load and documented failure modes.
Ultra-High-Solids Water-Based PSA Coating: A Pilot Matrix for Drying Energy and Adhesion
A pre-commercial ultra-high-solids water-based PSA announcement is separated from verified performance, with one pilot matrix covering water evaporation load, coatability, peel, tack, shear, ageing and recycling compatibility.
Asia Paper's KRW 195.1 Billion Cheongju Corrugated Plant: When Capacity Becomes Supply
Asia Paper’s half-year report confirms a KRW 195.1 billion investment in a new Cheongju corrugated plant. This guide separates the disclosed investment period from commissioning, yield, grade approval and repeat commercial supply.