AI-assisted concept showing palletized board stocks in a warehouse; Not actual Rengo stock or facilities.

Rengo plans a 10%-plus board and paper-converting price revision for January 2027 deliveries

Rengo plans to revise prices for board and paper-converting business products by at least 10% from current prices for deliveries beginning January 1, 2027. Proposals will be made individually according to trading terms and previous revisions.

October 16, 2026 · PackingMaster
AI-generated conceptual image of unmarked cartons and protective packaging components in a generic warehouse; not a Millcraft or P3 facility

Millcraft buys P3: protective packaging is also an assembly and inventory-service deal

Millcraft’s P3 acquisition announcement combines custom corrugated supply with assembly, customer inventory and just-in-time delivery. Separate company-reported metrics from verified outcomes and paper from non-paper materials.

October 15, 2026 · PackingMaster
AI-generated conceptual image: Generic concept with unmarked corrugated boxes, flat blanks, board samples and caliper; not a Shin-An factory photo

Shin-An Packaging's automation interview: verify the route behind short-run corrugated orders

A 2026 Shin-An Packaging interview describes corrugating, printing and ERP, but does not establish a new 2026 investment or prove end-to-end integration. Buyers should verify the plant-specific route and approval trail for each order.

October 13, 2026 · PackingMaster
AI-generated conceptual corrugated-box converting workshop with board stacks; not a Lesters site

Lesters’ Cannock Investment: Separating Die-Cutting Plans from Existing Case Output

Lesters reports an investment of more than £2 million in a Cannock site. Planned November operations, Burntwood’s existing role and a possible second jumbo casemaker are distinct stages.

October 8, 2026 · PackingMaster
AI-generated conceptual study table with corrugated samples and closed workbooks; not the advertised classroom

A Packaging Engineer Course Is Not the Professional Engineer Qualification

A Korean training-course notice advertises a ten-week program, while Q-net administers a separate national Professional Engineer Packing examination. What applicants should verify before enrolling.

October 8, 2026 · PackingMaster
AI-generated conceptual reused corrugated boxes at an inspection bench; not tested samples or measured strength

Can a Reused Corrugated Box Be Stacked Again on Appearance Alone?

Separate a visual reuse screen, representative box-compression testing and distribution tests. The cited guides do not provide a universal residual-strength percentage for reused cartons.

October 8, 2026 · PackingMaster
AI-generated conceptual unmarked corrugated boxes in a generic warehouse; not KKPK or an attack scene

Obukhiv Paper Mill Reports October 7 Damage: A Halt Is Not a Delivery Forecast

Kyiv Cardboard and Paper Mill reported damage and halted production after an October 7 strike. Two stories rely on the same company statement; recovery timing and customer-by-customer supply effects remain unverified.

October 8, 2026 · PackingMaster
AI-generated illustrative view of a quality engineer testing printed corrugated board on a reciprocating rub tester

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.

September 1, 2026 · PackingMaster
Paper reels, a corrugated production line and finished pallets inside a packaging plant

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.

August 28, 2026 · PackingMaster
Factory control room viewing a corrugated line and integrated order, production and warehouse data

Rondo Ganahl’s Integrated Corrugated Production Control: When Master Data Becomes the Bottleneck

Rondo Ganahl connected SAP PP/DS, Digital Manufacturing and EWM. The case shows how variant master data, detailed planning, shop-floor execution and warehouse traceability can form one corrugated order flow—and which unpublished KPIs still determine success.

August 25, 2026 · PackingMaster