Your Packaging Costs Went Up in 2026. Here Is What Actually Drove It.

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If your corrugated quotes came back higher this spring, you are not imagining it and you are not being singled out. North American containerboard prices rose a net $100 per ton in the first half of 2026, across two separate rounds of producer increases. For a mid-market manufacturer buying containers by the truckload, that is […]