Overseas

A newly published account of Brohl Wellpappe’s Easyfold system describes operator experience, but provides no independent pre/post dimensional or scrap-rate data.

California carton recycling-label review is not a material-name exercise. It needs collection access, MRF sortation data, recovery-path evidence, and legal hold conditions in one decision file.

German food and consumer-goods buyers are asking packaging suppliers for evidence files before broad sustainability claims. This post turns the request into five practical folders a supplier can answer from within 48 hours.

International Paper held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 20, 2026 for a roughly USD 225 million corrugated plant in Rankin County, Mississippi. The 468,000-square-foot facility, 150 jobs, and Q4 2027 startup are the key numbers. Read alongside the current North American containerboard price cycle, this post organizes how Korean exporters can use the news as negotiation cards for second-half quoting.

With EU PPWR application set for 2026-08-12, the regulation is settling toward proof rather than promises. This post organizes the six documentation packages a Korean export-packaging supplier should have ready at the SKU level.

With the EU PPWR application date (2026-08-12) and California SB 54’s first reporting deadline (2026-05-31) landing in the same quarter, K-food export packaging effectively has to be reviewed against both regimes at once. This post sets out a single checklist covering packaging materials, labels, and EPR documentation in one pass.

Smurfit Westrock’s LSE delisting (effective 2026-06-22) and the consultation on closing the Birmingham SSK paper mill (around 200kt/year) are running in the same quarter. This post walks through what these events mean for Korean export packagers’ containerboard supply, pricing, and quote policy.

Six major North American producers announced $50-$70 per ton containerboard increases for June 2026. Most specified June 1, while Pratt specified June 8. This post treats them as announced increases—not confirmed transaction prices—and models possible effects on Korean import quotes.

California’s SB 54 hit its first producer reporting deadline on May 31, 2026, followed by the June 1 registration deadline. For Korean export packaging suppliers, the more important question is the data infrastructure required for the next deadlines through mid-2026 and CY2026 reporting.

Spain’s Saica Group is acquiring Germany’s Thimm Group. This post unpacks why family-owned consolidation in the European corrugated packaging market is accelerating, and what Korean exporters and packaging buyers should watch.