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EPAL, the European Pallet Association, is taking action against the supply of substandard Euro pallets and the use of wood from illegal sources.... [more...]
Huhtamaki has made the decision to consolidate the production footprint of its Flexible Packaging segment in Europe and will be closing its Flexible Packaging production facility in Prague, Czech Republic... [more...]
The German producer price indices for spruce developed upwards in March 2023. On average, the index for log wood increased by 3,7% to 107,1 points. B qualities reached the level of... [more...]
The monthly price index for sawn timber and wood-based materials for wooden packaging and pallets decreased in May 2023 compared to the previous month. The index of... [more...]
The European Commission has taken on the next sector within the framework of the "Green Deal" with its proposal for the regulation of packaging and packaging waste (PPWR). In a draft regulation spanning 172 pages, it lays out its plans for increased reuse and recycling, ranging from waste reduction targets for packaging waste to reusable packaging quotas... [more...]
Supremex Inc. announced the acquisition of the assets of Graf-Pak Inc., a provider of folding carton packaging solutions to a variety of commercial markets. ... [more...]
The monthly price index for sawn timber and wood-based materials for wooden packaging and pallets decreased in April 2023 compared to the previous month. The index of... [more...]
Due to materially lower earnings forecasts for the full year results 2023, Stora Enso’s new guidance is that the full-year 2023 operational EBIT is expected to be significantly lower... [more...]
Following the milestone of producing more than 100 million new EPAL Euro pallets for the first time in a calendar year in 2021, EPAL has increased production to a new record of 109.05 million EPAL Euro pallets.... [more...]
A year ago, the rates for a container in sea transport reached $15,000. As challenging as this immense increase was, the rapid fall back to the original $1,500, which is reached after a year, was also sobering. Since the demand for shipping volume decreased again in the summer of 2022, freight rates also fell from August. Now the... [more...]