Billerud links a Gruvön headbox upgrade to stronger fluting and reports up to 25% box-weight reduction in its packaging tests. Box-level performance and the separate fruit-tray GWP example still require case-specific validation.
Reports of two Hurom packaging design awards are a reason to inspect a packaging specification—not evidence of measured waste reduction or recyclability. Here is a four-part verification guide.
Tetra Pak’s Ice Cream Wrap has up to 85% paper and is in European trials; a phased Q4 2026 rollout is planned. Material and recycling questions remain.
The reported Coop twin-pack avocado conversion replaced pre-printed flow wrap with a linerless fruit lid. Ravenwood’s carton-board tray and kerbside-recycling descriptions are general company claims; transit-test outcomes have not been disclosed in the reviewed sources.
Packaging Dive directly confirmed Sonoco as the paper-can supplier for Mars’ new Cheez-It and Club cracker canisters. Separate the brand launch from the supplier confirmation and ask for SKU-specific body, closure, barrier, seal and collection evidence.
Distinguish the September research agreement from a Grico-related May MOU entry in Jangheung’s work report. Separate earlier commercial supply from the new work plan, then ask for product-specific evidence.
A supplier-reported Korean patent has drawn attention to PLA-laminated desiccant packaging paper. Before replacing a conventional silica-gel packet, packaging teams should separate wrapper and fill changes and verify comparable absorption, seal and line performance, product preservation, certification scope and the actual end-of-life route.
Before a plate-free laser-marked flexible format moves into bag-in-box or eCommerce production, this article provides a staged validation tool for film structure, barrier and sealing performance, mark durability, line speed and recyclability evidence.
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.
Using Hansol Paper’s Protego HS launch as a trigger, this article outlines the oxygen barrier, moisture barrier, heat-sealability, line trial and recyclability documents that buyers should request before switching plastic flexible secondary packaging to paper-based alternatives.