Containerboard production was up 3.6 percent compared to December 2016 and up 3.1 percent year-to-date. The month-over-month average daily production was 1.8 percent higher compared to November 2017. The containerboard operating rate for December increased from 96.9 percent to 98.9 percent, 2.4 percentage points higher than December of 2016 and production for exports was 3.3 percent higher than December 2016. Year-to-date production of containerboard for exports is up 4.1 percent.
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Huhtamaki welcomes the development of an EU contingency plan to support Europe’s food system in times of crisis and calls for the essential role of food packaging to be fully incorporated into the plan. The EU food supply and food security contingency plan builds on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and is an important component of the European Green Deal and the EU’s Farm to Fork strategy. The availability of food, access to food, stability and utilization of food are key components of food security. Food packaging plays a key role in delivering these. It is critical to the effective functioning of modern food systems, which rely on packaging to store and transport food, while keeping safe from spoilage and disease.
Net sales were $1.8 billion in the second quarter of 2022, up from $1.7 billion in the prior year quarter. Unfavorable foreign currency translation impacted sales by $95 million and $11 million of lower sales was due to divestitures. Higher average selling prices contributed $208 million to sales. Shipments (in tons, excluding divestitures) improved approximately one percent while sales declined $1 million due to the net effect of higher sales volume and a slightly unfavorable change in mix. Other sales improved $17 million driven by higher machine part sales. Segment operating profit was $257 million in the second quarter of 2022 compared to $232 million in the prior year quarter.
The Mondi WorldStar Award winners are: ‘Transit’ category: EnvelopeMailer – by Mondi Corrugated Solutions (Mondi Bupak, Czech Republic); FloralBox – by Mondi Corrugated Solutions (Mondi Tire Kutsan, Turkey); SupremeBox – by Mondi Corrugated Solutions (Mondi Warszawa, Poland); BrakeBooster for aPak AB – by Mondi Corrugated Solutions (Mondi Ansbach, Germany); BrightBox for aPak AB – by Mondi Corrugated Solutions (Mondi Ansbach, Germany) ‘Packaging materials & components’ category: Mono-material film for thermoforming for Hütthaler - by Mondi Consumer Flexibles; PerFORMing for REWE Austria – by Mondi Functional Paper and Films ‘Point of sale’ category: OnePiece –by Mondi Corrugated Solutions (Mondi Tire Kutsan, Turkey) Further details on the award-winning packaging innovations at: https://www.mondigroup.com/en/newsroom/press-release/2021/mondi-celebrates-eight-wins-at-the-2021-worldstar-packaging-awards/