Protective Packaging

Molded fiber cushioning is gaining attention as an alternative to plastic foam, but approval depends on tooling cost, strength, moisture behavior, lead time, line compatibility, and total cost—not on a sustainability claim alone.

Sonoco’s North American URB and converted paperboard price increases are a reminder to review quotation validity, shipment-date clauses and raw-material adjustment terms for paperboard tubes, cores, partitions and protective packaging.