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.
Validating AI-Generated Packaging CAD: A Human Release Gate
A human release-gate table for checking product revision, center of gravity, cushioning contacts, logistics conditions, and the physical prototype before AI-generated packaging CAD is released to tooling or packaging suppliers.
Nippon Paper's Yatsushiro Mill Halted: A Supply-Continuity Checklist for Japanese Paper
Nippon Paper officially reported that its Yatsushiro Mill halted operations after the Kumamoto earthquake. This guide provides a fact-based checklist for mill, grade, inventory, in-transit volume, alternate supply and customer approval.
Automated-Warehouse Compatibility Before Using Paper Pallets and Paper Blocks: ISPM 15 Replacement Is Not Enough
An approval test plan for checking paper pallets and paper support blocks before they enter an automated warehouse, covering fork-entry deformation, conveyor travel, sensor detection, rack support, deflection, humidity exposure, pallet orientation, and AS/RS recalibration gates.
Packaging-Free Solid Cosmetics Export: A Channel Control Matrix
A practical control matrix for packaging-free solid cosmetics exports, mapping where labeling, hygiene, picking, transport, and returns functions need to be relocated by sales country and sales channel. Built to be copied directly into a channel-by-channel field checklist.
International Paper’s Texas Box Plant Closure: Lead-Time Checkpoints for North America-Bound Industrial Packaging
A focused checkpoint table for exporters that need to review local repacking, alternate converters, printing plates, cutting dies, and box inventory after a single Texas converting-site closure.
Parcel Overpack Rules and Exceptions: A Box Size Validation Table
A practical validation table for fulfillment teams that need to check parcel void ratio, paper cushioning exceptions, and box-size decisions before shipment.
All-Electric vs. Pneumatic Hot-Melt Dot Dispensing: An A/B Pilot Test Plan for Corrugated Case and Carton Sealing
For lines worn down by clogged pneumatic hot-melt nozzles and adhesive waste, an A/B pilot against all-electric dot dispensing is the logical next step. Rather than taking vendor savings and durability claims as pass criteria, this piece lays out a test plan that measures both options under the same SKU, adhesive, and line speed.
Hot-Fill Linerless Sport Caps: The Supplier Approval Checklist K-Beverage OEMs Fill Out Before Switching
Prompted by Aptar’s July 23 introduction of the linerless hot-fill sport cap Harmonic, this guide lays out the supplier approval checklist K-beverage OEMs should fill in before switching caps — covering supply region, neck specs, filling conditions, capping torque, and tamper evidence.
3PL Fire Inventory Compensation: Build an Evidence and Recovery Ledger Before an Incident
Prompted by a 3PL warehouse fire compensation announcement, this guide outlines how to build an inventory and packaging-video evidence recovery ledger before an incident happens, with role-based action steps.
Before Replacing Wooden Crates with Corrugated: An Export Packaging Transition Test Plan
Before switching from wooden or plywood crates to corrugated packaging, this guide outlines a transition test plan and approval gates tailored to actual logistics routes and product fragility.