Yatsushiro Chimney Fire: Supply Checks
A chimney fire occurred during recovery at Nippon Paper’s Yatsushiro Mill. Check safety, grades, POs, alternates and shipments in sequence.
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Warehouse Packaging Automation After Exo-Seminar: An Inbound-to-Dispatch Bottleneck Audit
Using the end-to-end and flexible-automation themes discussed at Exo-Seminar Seoul 2026, this guide provides an evidence-based audit sheet for waiting, rework and manual handoffs across inbound, storage, picking, packing, sorting and dispatch.
Catch Packaging Print Scuffing Before Shipment: An Ink Rub Test Plan
A copy-ready ink rub test plan for corrugated boxes and printed packaging, covering specimen condition, contact pairing, test conditions, observations, acceptance evidence and shipment-hold rules without inventing product limits.
Sam Jung Pulp to Halt Cheonan Tissue Parent-Roll Line — What Buyers Should Check
Sam Jung Pulp decided to halt the Cheonan tissue parent-roll line on September 30 and cited overseas sourcing and concentrated production at Haman as its response. This article gives buyers seven checks covering item exposure, POs, manufacturing source, specifications, approvals, inventory and delivery.
Desiccants in PLA-Laminated Paper Sachets: Four Checks Before Replacing a Conventional Silica-Gel Packet
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.
Profit Turnaround and High Line Use: Buyer Signals
Blue Industrial Development’s filing reports 88.0% time-based utilization for the parent’s Pyeongtaek paper machine 3 and 90.2% for subsidiary Blue Package’s Cheongju corrugator. This article explains the different operating assumptions and turns the figures into procurement checks without treating them as proof of shortage or price direction.
Jeonju Paper PM5 Press and Predryer Rebuild: A Steam-Savings SAT Sheet
Valmet will rebuild the press and predryer sections of Jeonju Paper’s PM5. This article separates the planned fall 2027 start-up from undisclosed savings and provides a SAT sheet linking press-exit solids, steam, runnability, quality and accepted tonnes.
Cheonil Paper SRF Appeal Dismissed: An Evidence Gate for Mill Fuel Conversion
Jeonbuk’s administrative appeals committee dismissed Cheonil Paper’s challenge to an SRF-use refusal. This article separates the reported decision from the pending lawsuit and turns the case into a technical and environmental evidence gate for mill fuel projects.
Omya ATMIRE for Paper-Mill Side Streams: Validating the White, Blue and Orange Routes
Omya’s ATMIRE separates lime mud, deinking sludge and fly ash into White, Blue and Orange recovery routes. This article maps the feed characterization, mass balance, product specification, site integration and end-use approval required before a mill treats side-stream recovery as an operating result.
MiraeN Sejong’s Day-Only Shift: Can MES and Press Investment Replace Night Production?
MiraeN’s Sejong printing plant expanded a day-only shift from a May 2026 pilot to the whole factory in August. This article separates reported MES/POP indicators and planned investment from the still-unproven safety, total-output, delivery and wage results.