Paper and paperboard shipments fall 6.7%, UFlex plans 12 billion more units a year, instax tops ¥200 billion — and 7 more | BPJ News
As domestic demand weakens even in packaging, overseas capital spending, repeat-purchase physical products and cloud recovery are separating the next profits from the next stoppages.
A shift into packaging alone cannot absorb falling volumes: Japan's major paper and paperboard grades all came in below the previous year. Abroad, large investment is flowing into aseptic packaging, while cloud failures and workflow links are making recovery time and waiting time—not capacity alone—the competitive measures.
Gathered with AI. Thought through on the shop floor. Written for the future of print.
BPJ WIRE: stories selected and drafted by the BPJ desk from world news, fact-checked against the source ledger — published alongside the editor's own picks.
Translated from Japanese by AI. The Japanese original is authoritative.
Domestic demand for paper and paperboard fell below the previous year, including in packaging.
Overseas, investment in large-scale equipment and the strength of markets that repeatedly buy physical products stand out.
Both production equipment and cloud systems raise the question of how to turn speed and functionality into actual profit.
Domestic paper and paperboard shipments fell 6.7%, with packaging down 5.3% too…
Get the weekly digest — free
Enter your email to register free and get a weekly digest of new stories.
The rest is for members
Read the full article. Our feature reports also carry an archive-grade one-page brief (BPJ VISUAL BRIEF) — every figure with its source.
Already a member? Log in
Beyond Printing Journal — read the world through print, and print the future.