PaperPackLog

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.

Conceptual illustration: paper pouch with a reclosable zipper, not a branded commercial product

A Reclosable Zipper for Paper Pouches: Sealing Development Is Not Recycling Proof

Fresh-Lock says it is developing zippers that can seal to paper pouch structures; finished-pouch availability and recycling claims need separate evidence.

Conceptual illustration: view of heat-exchange equipment in a generic paper mill, not the demonstration site

Electrifying Paper-Mill Process Heat: Hot-Water Demonstration Is Not 180°C Steam

Separate Korea’s supported 100°C-plus hot-water demonstration for paper-mill waste heat from the development of 180°C-plus steam technology.

Conceptual illustration: generic tissue machine, not a photograph of the Palatka mill

Georgia-Pacific's Palatka No. 4 Rebuild: Investment Is Not a Shutdown Schedule

Separate the announced $150 million tissue-machine rebuild and expected second-quarter 2028 completion from an undisclosed shutdown window.

Conceptual illustration: generic containerboard mill, not a Smurfit Westrock facility

Smurfit Westrock Q3: The Lag Between Cost Inflation and Board Pricing

Read the company’s freight and energy cost outlook separately from when announced price increases appear in paper and box contracts.

AI-generated illustration of a paper dryer and heat-recovery piping; not a photograph of Ajin P&P equipment

Ajin P&P heat pump: separating commissioning from annual savings

The Ajin P&P paper-mill heat pump is a useful case for distinguishing an installed system and projected savings from measured, sustained operating results.

Editorial diagram of mill process links and disruption risk, not a photograph of Augusta

Clearwater's Augusta mill disruption: separate production risk from insurance recoveries

Clearwater’s SEC filings confirm a late-quarter disruption at its Augusta paperboard mill. Here is how to keep production, company-wide results, insurance proceeds and future maintenance plans in separate columns.

AI-generated illustration of a packed metal component; not a photograph of a customer part or test

Export metal parts: diagnose condensation and handling before choosing VCI or desiccant

A practical sequence for investigating handling, condensation and storage conditions before specifying anti-corrosion packaging for exported metal components.

Generic warehouse worker scanning a carton on a roller conveyor near a label printer

CJ Logistics' next-generation DAS links concurrent inbound sorting with on-site labels

CJ Logistics announced a DAS that lets workers sort inbound goods concurrently by customer or store. Its label workflow and projected productivity gain need careful boundaries.

Generic office desk with small packaging boxes and documents

EU packaging EPR representative proposal: the one-tonne threshold and its limits

The Council and Parliament have negotiating positions on easing packaging EPR representative appointments. The Council’s one-tonne test is limited to EU-established producers.

Generic film-handling line with clear plastic-film rolls and workers inside an industrial hall

Takigawa Vietnam's second plant consolidates flexible-packaging film production

Rengo announced that affiliate Takigawa Corporation Vietnam’s second plant began operating on 5 October. The disclosed equipment and area do not establish annual output.