The second quarter of 2025 brought the most stable year-over-year volume results for protective packaging since 2021, said CEO Dustin Semach on Tuesday’s earnings call.| Packaging Dive
The bloc has now paused countermeasure implementation three times. The measures currently put on hold include additional duties for aluminum and steel products.| Packaging Dive
The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors filed a complaint last week. The trade group is “reviewing all of the various proposals to implement EPR programs wherever they are being discussed,” a spokesperson said.| Packaging Dive
Employees in California, New York and Oregon are affected by the closures at paper and glass facilities, according to state WARN filings.| Packaging Dive
The company still aims to divest its global cellulose fiber business by year’s end, but “the markets have been tough,” said CEO Andy Silvernail on Thursday’s earnings call.| Packaging Dive
Closing the steel drum and polymer container manufacturing facility aligns with the company’s plan to cut $100 million in costs by fiscal year 2027.| Packaging Dive
President Donald Trump signed an executive order codifying rates for over 60 trading partners while extending a USMCA tariff pause and levying a 35% tariff on non-compliant imports from Canada.| Packaging Dive
The addition is expected to boost acceptance in recycling streams and at mills. It comes as Graphic Packaging International preps a new recycled paperboard mill to accept 15 million cups per day as feedstock.| Packaging Dive
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