VTT and LUT’s F3 project shows how cellulose-based films and coatings could reduce plastic in paper packaging, but the commercial test is barrier performance, sealing, recyclability and machine compatibility.
A recent PPWR briefing for the steel industry shows that packaging regulation is no longer only a consumer-goods issue. Industrial exporters also need structured data on packaging materials, weights, dimensions, recyclability, and supplier records.
German food and consumer-goods buyers are asking packaging suppliers for evidence files before broad sustainability claims. This post turns the request into five practical folders a supplier can answer from within 48 hours.
FEFCO Summit 2026 in Madrid set the European corrugated agenda for the next cycle. This post reads that agenda from a Korean export-packaging perspective: not standalone green marketing, but PPWR implementation, recycling-rate evidence, and AI and cyber risk bundled together under one axis called plant resilience.
With EU PPWR application set for 2026-08-12, the regulation is settling toward proof rather than promises. This post organizes the six documentation packages a Korean export-packaging supplier should have ready at the SKU level.
With the EU PPWR application date (2026-08-12) and California SB 54’s first reporting deadline (2026-05-31) landing in the same quarter, K-food export packaging effectively has to be reviewed against both regimes at once. This post sets out a single checklist covering packaging materials, labels, and EPR documentation in one pass.
A 30-day preparation guide for packaging suppliers facing buyer ESG audits, covering raw material evidence, recyclability records, and regulatory response documents.
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.
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.
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.