The use of paper and paperboard packaging accelerated towards the end of the nineteenth century in order to meet the emerging needs of manufacturing industry . The manufacture of paper had evolved from a laborious manual operation , to uninterrupted high-speed production with wood pulp swapping rags as the chief raw material . Moreover , there were developments in the techniques for printing and transforming these materials into packaging containers and components and in mechanizing the packaging operation .
The paper and paperboard market has been growing in accordance with the packaging industry . However , with the increasing responsiveness and concerns about the environment , people are opting for eco-friendly packaging solutions , which have a significant impact on the market for paper and paperboard products .
This market is mostly driven by the people switching packaging solutions from plastic packaging to paper and paperboard packaging .