Germany: solid board packaging sales grow in 2013

摘要

In 2013 a total of 475,000 t of solid cardboard boxes with a production value of €488.5m were manufactured. The German solid board packaging association (VVK) commented in early June that this meant sales had grown by 0.8% last year compared to the previous year. Hence sales growth of solid board packaging had been more pronounced than that of other paper-based packaging and the paper converting business as a whole, explained the industry association.