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Box Wars – They may call it cardboard…

    but they sure know how to reuse… Boxwars started with humble beginnings as a group who built armour using cardboard. It has become an epic event called a ‘battle’ where the point is to build something from cardboard, then destroy it, which destroys the point. No one has yet won a battle as there are …

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    Insight : Key Drivers and Trends in Corrugated Packaging

      The corrugated segment of the packaging industry is growing rapidly. Demand for corrugated packaging material is expected to increase by an average of more than 4% annually over the next five years, and will amount to almost 115 million tonnes of converted material worth an estimated $176 billion by 2019. There are a number of …

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      Sharpening your edge | Technology Focus – Folder-gluing/die-cutting

        SIGNS THAT YOU NEED TO UPGRADE Lee Alton, Northern England and Scotland area sales manager, Bobst UK and Ireland, explains the warning signs that a folder-gluer line may need upgrading or replacing. As carton designs get more complex, lead times become shorter, and brand quality requirements ever higher, box makers have come to realise the …

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        5 persistent food and beverage packaging trends

          Food and beverage companies are still making the switch to PET bottles. Ahead of this year’s EastPack show and its “Packaging for Food & Beverage” conference, let’s look at the packaging trends set to take the food and beverage markets by storm. From new designs and material innovations to sustainable approaches, read on to discover …

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          33 Super Easy Cardboard Box Halloween Costumes For Lazy People

            1. Do the robot! 2. Find your inner dragon. instagram.com 3. Get square as a Lego man. 4. Got a few friends and a bunch of boxes? Go as Tetris! It also works great as a couple’s costume. 5. Keep your trick or treating clean and go as a box of laundry detergent. 6. Start a snackwave as a box of …

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            Top 3 trends impacting the containerboard market through 2020

              Technavio’s latest report on the containerboard market in North America provides an analysis on the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook from 2016-2020.  The top three emerging trends driving the containerboard market in North America according to Technavio’s research analysts are: 1)    Growing demand for sustainable packaging solutions 2)    Demand for premium …

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