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1.09 million MUJI Card records, Greif exits coated recycled paperboard, Ball aluminium packaging up 4.7% — and 8 more | BPJ News

More than shifts in demand, pass-through clauses, expired data, plant exits and finishing capacity are defining the boundary between profit and entrusted responsibility.

In aluminium packaging, raw-material price pass-through clauses supported profit. In recycled paperboard, a plant exit was decided without waiting for demand to recover. The possibility of access to 1.09 million membership records shows that entrusted responsibility can extend even to information after it has expired.

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1.09 million MUJI Card records, Greif exits coated recycled paperboard, Ball aluminium packaging up 4.7% — and 8 more | BPJ News

The gap in corporate profits showed up less in demand volumes than in contract clauses, purchasing power and decisions to exit plants. Around printing, the response to potential access to 1.09 million membership records raises questions about entrusted responsibility. The basis for comparing equipment is shifting from maximum speed to saleable output, including changeover time, waste and binding.…

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1.09 million MUJI Card records, Greif exits coated recycled paperboard, Ball aluminium packaging up 4.7% — and 8 more | BPJ News — BPJ WIRE