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.