FEFCO Summit 2026 in Madrid set the European corrugated agenda for the next cycle. This post reads that agenda from a Korean export-packaging perspective: not standalone green marketing, but PPWR implementation, recycling-rate evidence, and AI and cyber risk bundled together under one axis called plant resilience.
Japanese food packaging is seeing reduced print colors, paper lid trials, and simpler packaging specifications. This article explains how naphtha-related supply risk can become a packaging specification issue, and where paper-based alternatives can help without overclaiming.
An analysis of the four keywords shaping the global paper packaging market in 2026, and how sustainability, automation, smart materials, and raw material volatility are reshaping the industry together.
As naphtha prices more than doubled due to the 2026 Middle East war, plastic film packaging costs rose by more than 40%. Paper companies such as Hansol Paper and Moorim Paper are launching paper-based alternatives, while Coupang and CJ Logistics are accelerating the shift away from plastic film.