EUWID market report on corrugated board: Despite a slight upturn, there is a massive lack of capacity utilization

The expected upturn after the vacations had not materialized. Accordingly, entrepreneurs who were on the road at Fachpack were also dissatisfied. During the trade fair, many packaging manufacturers had assumed that this would continue until the end of the year and in the most important quarter for the industry.

The mood brightened somewhat at the beginning of October and in the further course of the year. Demand appears to have picked up and is even said to have been “quite good” over the past 14 days. Nevertheless, it is not possible to speak of a turnaround or a return to all shifts - despite isolated positive forecasts circulating on the market and affecting the corrugated board markets.