Industrial paper cores and paper tubes used to wind film, fabric, paper, and label stock are not simple cylindrical packaging; they are load-bearing components supporting production, storage, and transport. This post explains how to organize a purchase specification around inner diameter, outer diameter, wall thickness, length, compression strength, moisture conditions, edge reinforcement, and test documentation.

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.

A practical look at where paper-based insulated shipping boxes can replace EPS and plastic cold-chain packaging in fresh food delivery, with clear limits based on performance, cost, recyclability, and operating conditions.

A practical look at WPO’s Interpack 2026 wishcycling signal, explaining why recyclable claims must match actual collection, sorting, and reprocessing systems, and how B2B paper packaging teams can turn that into design checkpoints.

For K-beauty ODM/OEM manufacturers and brands, EU PPWR and UK pEPR should be managed as one packaging data workflow covering containers, folding cartons, cushioning, transport packaging, buyer evidence, and fee exposure.

A practical guide to reading and applying ECT, BCT, and the McKee formula at the quoting stage. Covers compression strength calculations, stacking load, safety factors, humidity effects, and pallet conditions using real-world calculation tables.

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.

A practical look at mixed pulp made with wood fibre and agricultural byproducts such as oat hulls, focusing on strength, yield, supply chain, and packaging applications.

A B2B packaging view of why regional containerboard prices can move differently despite global oversupply, and what buyers should watch in quotes and contracts.

With EU PPWR general application starting August 2026, this guide covers the practical workflow for Korean SME exporters: how to use KOTRA, export support programs, and testing bodies by role, and how to build packaging document folders, verify EPR responsibility, and prepare consultation question sheets step by step.