Packaura
/ October 18, 2026
Packaging industry news moved quickly this week. International Paper confirmed it has unsolicited bids for its EMEA business, the Circular Action Alliance filed a much cheaper California EPR plan, and a Maine water utility took two packaging suppliers to court over PFAS. This packaging industry
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Packaura
/ July 5, 2026
This week’s packaging industry news spans coast-to-coast regulatory deadlines, the steepest paperboard price cycle in years, and a new wave of biobased material breakthroughs. New rules in Virginia, California, Connecticut, and Washington all snapped into effect on July 1, while the EU’s sweeping PPWR looms
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Packaura
/ June 21, 2026
Packaging industry news this week is headlined by International Paper’s $360 million acquisition of North Pacific Paper Company (Norpac), a second wave of containerboard price hikes now biting buyers across the board, several state packaging laws entering enforcement, and Canovation and CANPACK formalizing their resealable
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