Kyodo Printing’s oxygen-absorbing tubes, recovered paper exports down after 13 months, 138 EV buses recalled — and 5 more | BPJ News
Recovered paper volumes and prices are moving in opposite directions, while packaging, equipment and AI raise questions about the replacement and verification work that follows adoption.
Recovered paper prices rose even as export volumes fell, while shelf life and ease of sorting became new points of competition in packaging. In equipment and AI, manufacturing defects and false reports are creating extra replacement and verification work.
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Kyodo Printing has made food preservation and easier sorting at disposal central to two new products. In the recovered paper market, export volumes have turned lower while prices for the three main grades have risen. In manufacturing and information technology, the focus is on the replacement costs and verification time created by defects and false reports.…
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