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Andy Silvernail has been elected as Chairman of International Paper's Board of Directors in addition to his role as CEO, effective October 1, 2024. Mark Sutton, who has continued to serve in the role of Chairman of the Board since retiring as CEO in May, will retire from the Board on September 30. Read more: https://lnkd.in/guj3XqPq

In a world increasingly focused on sustainability, misconceptions about luxury packaging continue to persist. Can packaging be sustainable and still offer consumers a premium experience? Put simply, yes, it can. James Copper debunked several sustainability myths while highlighting this luxury fiber wrap they crafted for Bruichladdich Whiskey: https://lnkd.in/gddqqDvx

Consumers expect online product purchases to arrive in pristine condition. Retailers and E-tailers need to minimize costly returns. Shipping in corrugated boxes makes everyone happy. Corrugated packaging combines structural rigidity with wavy flutes to cushion and protect contents from damage. Perfect for stacking, cubing, and meeting the needs of omni-channel distribution to delight consumers with joyful unboxing experiences. When it comes to protecting goods, corrugated delivers.

It’s Fast Fact Friday! In 2022, the corrugated industry manufactured 401 billion square feet of material used to make boxes, displays, and other corrugated packaging.

Congratulations, Cascades, on having four of its young leaders named in Pulp & Paper Canada's 2024 Top 10 Under 40 and its innovative packaging solution Cascades Fresh GUARD EnVi-sionTM, winning a Canadian Grocer's 2024 Impact Award in the Sustainability category: https://lnkd.in/g4HzwnEJ

Michigan lawmakers have introduced an EPR bill that sets recycling and material reduction targets, directs producers to pay for the development of packaging reduction programs, and reimburses local governments to cover the full cost of recycling packaging. Beginning two years after a producer first registers with the state’s selected packaging reduction organization, it would need to reduce the packaging weight by 10%. Every two years following, the target would increase by 10% until it topped out at 50%. The baseline weight is the weight reported the first year the producer registers. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gKrt_MjF

Menasha Packaging has committed more than $50m to transform the preprinted graphic packaging sector through strategic investments in new assets, automation, and robotics, establishing a Preprint hub. The expansion includes the addition of a new approximately eight-colour varnish press to Menasha's asset portfolio, alongside new facility automation and robotics. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gcMFRFUT

This packaging innovation from Paper, Pulp and Film, the TrayCycle Box, not only provides advertising for the customers and is easier to scan at checkout, but more importantly, helps reduce the use of plastic shrink-wraps by as much as 35 percent: https://lnkd.in/gw48e3BA

Veritiv Corporation has agreed to acquire Australia-based Orora’s North American business, Orora Packaging Solutions. The transaction will enhance Veritiv’s specialty packaging distribution capabilities, while Orora will transition to a dedicated beverage packaging business. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g366sv9K

Corrugated: A move in the ripe direction. Trust corrugated packaging to move your products safely from point A to point B. Find out why corrugated packaging is a supply chain hero here: https://lnkd.in/gebfW7Du #NFVM2024 #HaveAPlant