American Forest & Paper Association Releases October 2017 Containerboard Report

Smurfit Kappa has collaborated with a leading UK recipe box company, Mindful Chef, to reduce the company’s carbon footprint by making their packaging more sustainable. Mindful Chef experienced a huge increase in demand for its home-delivered recipe kits during the pandemic. The company, which has been climate neutral since 2020, is committed to making every aspect of its business as sustainable as possible. Its previous recipe box consisted of insulation pouches combined with gel ice packs which, whilst effective at keeping the contents cool, were not easily recycled.

January–June 2023 (compared to 1–6/2022) *Sales were EUR 1,040.2 million (1,232.5). *The comparable operating result was EUR 116.0 million 267.4), or 11.2% of sales (21.7). Operating result was EUR 117.9 million (283.3). *Net cash flow from operations was EUR 142.0 million (95.3). April–June 2023 (compared to 4–6/2022) *Sales were EUR 498.2 million (650.5). *The comparable operating result was EUR 27.3 million (145.9), or 5.5% (22.4) of sales. Operating result was EUR 29.5 million (142.6). *Net cash flow from operations was EUR 15.6 million (2.7).

Our resin suppliers are implementing their fifth increase for the year of 2020. The reasons for this increase are continued strong demand and the rising cost of feedstock. Subsequently, Houston Poly must increase prices by 6% effective on all orders placed on or after January 18, 2021. Houston Poly reserves the right to limit order quantities for immediate shipment.