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Brazilian shipments of corrugated boxes, accessories and sheets totalled 314,015 metric tons in December 2025, according to a monthly bulletin from Empapel cited in the supplied report. The Brazilian Corrugated Index ended the month at 139.8 points, unchanged from December 2024 on the index’s stated 2005 base. Average daily shipments were 12,078 metric tons per working day, down 3.9% year on year.…
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Amsterdam is considering a citywide ban on disposable food and drink packaging as part of efforts to reduce litter. Municipal lawyers have concluded that such a measure would be legally possible, according to the supplied report. The city’s materials say coffee cups and fast-food containers account for about 30% of rubbish left in public spaces.…
AROS Group received two Pentawards 2026 distinctions for its Paper Palette paper-based compact. The company won silver in Supplier Innovation of the Year and bronze in Sustainable Design — Body, Health and Beauty. The awards were presented at a gala ceremony at Magazine London on October 16, 2026.…
UFlex Limited plans to invest US$117.7 million in a packaging-film manufacturing facility in Azerbaijan’s Alat Free Economic Zone. The proposed plant is designed for annual capacity of 60,000 metric tons and will produce biaxially oriented polypropylene packaging film. A Joint Participation Agreement for the project was signed on September 29, 2026, between the Azerbaijan Business Development Fund, Flex Middle East FZE and the Azerbaijan-Uzbekistan Investment Company.…
France-based materials company Z1RO says it has completed industrial trials of materials made from non-wood biomass on automated wet-moulded-fibre equipment at Kiefel in Germany. The materials incorporated bamboo, hemp and fallen leaves.…