Spain remains third largest corrugated board producer

Spain’s corrugated board and packaging industry reported total sales of €7.62bn for 2022 compared with €6.27bn in the previous year. However, corrugated board output receded year-on-year in 2022. Companies under the umbrella of the Spanish industry association Afco (Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Envases y...

Sustainability, its future role for the industry and ways to achieve it, were the subjects of the British Sheet Plant Association’s 105th Conference held in Birmingham on 27 February. The event attracted 180 delegates and was kicked off with Dr Matt Winning, author, comedian and environmental scientist. Dr Winning...

Keynote Speaker Tony Smurfit, spoke about the changing role of packaging and the growing importance of sustainability for packaging companies. Smurfit Kappa started off as a sheet plant in Ireland in the 1930s. At that time, corrugated packaging was brown, and its only role was to protect the customer’s products, Mr...