Wood pallets and wooden blocks used in export packaging can trigger ISPM 15 treatment, marking, and inspection requirements. Paper pallets and paper support blocks may reduce wood-packaging quarantine risk, but load, humidity, ocean freight, and racking conditions must still be verified separately.
International Paper has acquired a corrugated converting facility from Delmarva Corrugated Packaging in Dover, Delaware. The deal may look smaller than a paper mill acquisition, but it points to a key packaging supply-chain issue: the ability to turn board into customer-specific boxes, structures, print, and logistics-ready packaging close to demand.
A practical guide for Korean paper and packaging companies on translating U.S. tariff pressure and low-priced Chinese paper supply into export packaging quotations, sourcing, lead-time terms, and market diversification strategy.
For consumer products sold in France, paper packaging may need Triman and Info-tri sorting information. Exporters should not rely only on EU-level PPWR discussions; country-level French labeling rules can affect carton artwork, inserts, labels, and packaging production schedules.
Molded pulp cushioning is one of the most practical paper-based alternatives to foam and plastic protective packaging. But tooling cost, moisture, surface sensitivity, product weight, and shipment volume determine whether it is the right choice. This guide explains where it works and where other paper structures may be better.
The UK’s packaging EPR system and Recyclability Assessment Methodology connect packaging design, recyclability data, and future cost signals. This guide explains what exporters should prepare.
U.S. packaging EPR is moving at the state level. This guide explains what California SB 54 and Oregon’s Recycling Modernization Act mean for export packaging specifications, recyclability data, and supplier documentation.