25 August is „Cardboard Day“. We show you what you can do with cardboard packaging and the latest news about this - unfortunately currently very valuable - packaging material.
Whether folding cartons, cardboard boxes or corrugated cardboard containers - cardboard packaging is the ideal shipping and outer packaging for goods of all types and sizes. There are good reasons to celebrate them almost every day. Traditionally on 25 August, however, cartons make a particularly big splash - with their own day.
A second life for outer packaging
Last year, TV manufacturer Samsung changed the packaging of its Serif, Frame and Sero lifestyle televisions. Since then, the boxes have been made from reinforced corrugated cardboard, which buyers can use to create something after unpacking. This creative video shows the possibilities:
The latest news about the carton
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Westwing expands sustainable packaging activities
Mondi closes plants in Europe
Faller expands its PrePackaging Service
EPA tightens PFAS regulation for packaging
Olive oil in a paper bottle
Mondi develops paper-based spice packaging
Delfort switches paper production to fossil-free energy
Fraunhofer software optimises shipping cartons
interpack 2026 puts packaging materials in the spotlight
Metsä Board takes over Winschoten site
Elopak CEO Thomas Körmendi resigns
Change at the top of VVK
South Africa tightens packaging regulations
Cascades sells packaging plant
Graphic packaging under pressure
Deliveroo introduces more sustainable delivery packaging
Smurfit Westrock shuts down paper machine
New packaging law passed
Coveris sells paper business
Paperisation trend in the food industry on the rise
Peyer Group takes over Walke AG
Henkel expands coating business
International Paper divides Group into two units
JH Holding acquires stakes in Akarton and Poprawa
Nextpack replaces polystyrene with honeycomb cardboard
Perlen gets into moulded fibre packaging
Tetra Pak invests in barrier technology
Major order for packaging factory in Egypt
Heavy lifting accident in packaging plant leads to heavy fine
Sustainable tubes for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals
The Imker Group becomes a shareholder of Faller Packaging
Translucent paper seal labels for pharmaceutical packaging
Edelmann Group appoints Uwe Väth to the management board
Grenadier Packaging takes over MM Packaging Leeuwarden
Perfecta examines investor solution in self-administration
EU study sheds light on the sustainability of food contact materials
Mondi develops recyclable paper packaging for bicycles
Groupe Guillin takes over Gruyaert and V de V in Belgium
Gissler & Pass initiates reorganisation of the Rodenberg site
Why the ink makes the difference
Faller Packaging presents efficient packaging concepts for the pharmaceutical industry
Packaging characterises the balance sheet at Marbach
Saica takes over parts of FCC Ámbito's waste paper business in Spain
Top Ten 2025: Smurfit Westrock closes plants in Hanau and Lübbecke
„These regulations tie up enormous resources“
Double-digit growth in plantable packaging
Transferred reorganisation saves Casimir Kast
Koehler Group takes over logistics company Klumpp + Müller
