International Paper’s new Mississippi corrugated facility and the June 2026 North American containerboard price wave together point to what Korean exporters need to add to packaging specs and quotations: automation fit, lead time, and raw material cost separation.
The chemical tank incident at Nippon Dynawave Packaging in Washington is a reminder that paper packaging supply chains also need safety, chemical, and environmental risk checks.
Korea’s packaging EPR rules can be confusing for manufacturers and importers. This article explains practical checks for material classification, recycling labels, weight data, and fee management.
Paper packaging is not automatically recyclable in practice. This article explains how Korea’s recyclability grade assessment should influence design decisions around coatings, labels, adhesives, and mixed materials.
A capital policy headline from a corrugated packaging manufacturer can be more than a stock-market story. This article explains how packaging buyers can use public financial signals as one input in supplier stability checks.
A 30-day preparation guide for packaging suppliers facing buyer ESG audits, covering raw material evidence, recyclability records, and regulatory response documents.
How a rebound in North American containerboard pricing can inform export packaging quotations, long-term price discussions, and corrugated specification decisions for Korean suppliers.
A practical guide for export packaging teams on reading PPWR together with ESPR, focusing on recyclability, material records, information duties, and documentation for paper-based packaging.
Drawing on Fraunhofer’s PAPURE project and IOM3 reporting, this post organizes what laser-treating paper surfaces and bonding them under heat and pressure could mean for paper-packaging recyclability. It also walks through the paper conditions, seal strength, throughput, quality control, and pre-commercialization checks that have to be verified.
Saying a package is recyclable is no longer enough. Drawing on the AI-based recycling sortation data case between Greyparrot and Kenvue, this post organizes how labels, pumps, color, and material combinations affect actual recovery rates, and how to translate that into packaging specs and EPR documentation.