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SHEARD PACKAGING: 160 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE, £85M TURNOVER, AND A BIG BET ON CONVERTINGInside one of the UK’s strongest independent box plantsRoger Whittaker is not a symbolic family-business figurehead. As owner and one of the leaders of a fifth-generation packaging company, he represents the long-...

TECNOMAC: FROM LAMINATION TO DIRECT PRINTING – A SHIFT THAT COULD REDEFINE POP & DISPLAY PRODUCTIONIn the POP and display segment, one of the biggest long-standing problems has been the complexity of the finishing process itself. High-quality graphics were usually printed on a separate substrate and...

NOT ABOUT MACHINES – ABOUT BUILDING THE FUTURE OF CORRUGATED PRODUCTION“We aren’t just building machines anymore. We are engineering the future of smart packaging.”This statement from Marco Bertola, Global CEO of Fosber Group, captures how leading suppliers are now trying to redefine their role in t...

EMMEPI OPEN DAY IN BRAZIL – AUTOMATION SHOWN IN REAL PRODUCTIONEmmepi Group is currently holding its Open Day in Brazil at Klabin’s Piracicaba II facility from April 22 to 24 — not in a showroom, but inside a working corrugated plant. The event is now underway and follows a structured three-day form...

DUNAPACK ACQUIRES STORA ENSO’S GERMAN CORRUGATED PLANTS - INSTANT ENTRY INTO EUROPE’S LARGEST MARKETDunapack Packaging is acquiring three operating corrugated plants from Stora Enso in Southwestern Germany — gaining immediate production, customers and market share in Europe’s largest corrugated mark...

INTERNATIONAL PAPER INVESTS $225M IN MISSISSIPPI – REPLACING CAPACITY, NOT EXPANDING IT$225 million into a new corrugated box plant in Rankin County, Mississippi — but this is not about adding capacity. It is about replacing it.International Paper is building a new greenfield corrugated packaging fa...

BARBERÁN AT FESPA 2026: DIRECT PRINTING ON CORRUGATED BOARD COMES INTO FOCUSAt FESPA Global Print Expo 2026 in Barcelona, the new Corrugated platform brings corrugated converters into the centre of the event — and Barberán is one of the companies to watch. The exhibition runs from 19 to 22 May at Fi...

WEPACK 2026 OPENED YESTERDAY — AND THE CORRUGATED INDUSTRY IS ALREADY MOVING IN SHENZHENWEPACK 2026 opened yesterday, April 15, at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center in Bao’an, bringing together more than 1,500 exhibitors across 120,000 sqm and more than 100,000 professional visitors ...

HOW FOSBER CAME TO LIGHTI love what I call a “financial flash” - those rare moments when a real number breaks through the fog of corporate reports and press releases. Not a forecast, not a “guidance range,” but a figure confirmed by an actual transaction in the open market.In 2014, Guangdong Dongfan...

EPS BRINGS WARP CONTROL INTO FOCUS AT SINOCORRUGATED SOUTH 2026At SinoCorrugated South 2026, ePS is not coming to Shenzhen with generic talk about digital transformation. The company is focusing on something far more practical for corrugated producers: warp, corrugator instability and the margin los...

FROM A 10-METRE EGG DROP TO CORRUGATED BOARD STANDS: THREE STORIES THAT SHOW HOW INTERESTING CORRUGATED HAS BECOMEOne company drops a raw egg from more than 10 metres. Another builds a corrugated board stand for a major industry exhibition. A third draws attention with a smart corrugated POS display...

ANTALIS PUSHES DEEPER INTO GERMANY’S CORRUGATED MARKET WITH HEIN DEALAntalis announced the acquisition of Hein Verpackungen on April 7, 2026, after KPP Group had formally disclosed the deal on April 2.“We are delighted to welcome Hein Verpackungen’s teams to Antalis. Their extensive expertise in cus...