Toppan’s 98% light-shielding paper-based trading card packaging shows that paperization is moving into applications that require opacity, security, and premium print quality. Here is what small high-value product teams should check before replacing plastic packaging.
Vietnam’s move toward sustainable packaging and the recent growth in Korean white paperboard exports point to a practical opportunity: suppliers need not only products, but also technical data sheets, recyclability explanations, certification evidence, and export-ready documentation.
Foldable box pallets and heavy-duty corrugated structures can replace wood in selected industrial and export packaging cases, but not everywhere. This post explains the conditions where they work, the cases where they should be avoided, and the tests needed before rollout.
Bel Group’s Babybel paper packaging transition shows that paperisation is not a simple material swap; it requires food safety, line compatibility, and recyclability to be verified together. This post organizes the items procurement and development teams should check when reviewing food-contact paper packaging.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.