Apple names a new CEO; EU packaging rules go live; geothermal power deals surge; a paper giant sells down its stake — and print specs get rewritten
Leadership change, new compliance deadlines, power procurement, and capital reshuffles hit at once—shaking the order of spec sign-off and the cost assumptions printers build on.
Apple is handing the CEO role from Tim Cook to John Ternus. In the EU, the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) has started to apply—raising the bar for how export packaging is designed, run, and evidenced.
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On September 1, reports said Apple is changing CEOs. In the EU, the packaging regulation PPWR started applying on August 12, and the compliance deadline for the deforestation regulation EUDR is getting closer. Power procurement is tilting toward long-term geothermal deals; paper companies are re-weighting “adjacent” businesses through capital policy; and in cross-border e-commerce, listed-market scrutiny is …
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