Corrugated

Jarshire Ltd has confirmed that it has been appointed as UK and Ireland agent for the German manufacturer, Höcker Polytechnik.

DS Smith has become the latest partner to join the SalutetheNHS.org campaign effort – developing, producing and delivering boxes to ship personal care packs to frontline NHS staff

Packaging Corporation of America reported first quarter 2020 net income of $142 million, or $1.49 per share, and net income of $143 million, or $1.50 per share, excluding special items….

Bobst UK & Ireland has taken delivery of 1,000 face shields from Swanline Group to protect its field service engineers when attending breakdowns at customer sites during the Covid-19 outbreak….

International Paper reported first quarter net earnings (loss) of $(141)m, compared with $165m in the fourth quarter of 2019 and $424m in the first quarter of 2019. The net earnings…

ABB’s next-generation system provides rigorous quality control information, up to 10 times faster than manual testing, to enable the rapid reduction of off-spec production

No one could have predicted the unprecedented disruption to every aspect of human life which has accompanied the Global Covid-19 pandemic.

Following the recent announcement from Orora that it had sold its fibre packaging business to Nippon Paper Group of Japan, the business unit has now been given a new name – Opal.

During April, UK corrugated producers had been warned by paper mills that there would be an increase in cost, in the region of £30 per tonne, for all recycled grades, due to the tightening supply of OCC.

Hamburger Containerboard has confirmed that on 29th March, at around 3:45 pm, there was a fire in the stock preparation area of its mill in Spremberg.

500,000 units per week for a total of 2 million

The current UK increase in prices for certain grades of recovered fibre, especially OCC, would indicate that some areas of the recycling industry is facing real challenges in maintaining segregated…

Orora has confirmed the successful completion of the sale of its Australasian Fibre Business to a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd, for an enterprise value of A$1,720m.

Valmet has confirmed it will supply automation technology to Stora Enso’s Oulu Mill in Finland.

Since 2004, the Brausse name has become an established brand in the European folding carton industry along with its sister brand Eterna for corrugated machinery.

Metsä Board has released its Interim Report for the period 1 January– 31 March 2020. Sales were €472.1m