Data sources: Manufacture of corrugated paper, paperboard and containers of paper and paperboard
What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| registry/licensing/permits | Environmental regulators (EU E-PRTR/IED permits, US EPA, national agencies); FSC and PEFC certificate databases; company registries | Per site / per certificate | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistics offices (SBS, QCEW), works councils and unions (USW, IndustriBall affiliates); company annual reports | Annual per NACE class per region; headcount per site in filings | public |
| financial filings | Listed packaging groups (Smurfit Westrock, International Paper, Mondi, Packaging Corp of America, Klabin) via SEC/companies registries… | Quarterly/annual per legal entity, with segment revenue and box shipments | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Occupational safety regulators (OSHA injury logs in US, national labour inspectorates in EU); corporate HSE systems; insurers | Per recordable incident per establishment; annual TRIR per company | public |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Converters' scheduling systems and association capacity surveys (AF&PA containerboard operating rate, CEPI utilisation) | Machine hours booked per week per plant internally; monthly industry operating… | public |
| waste & emissions | E-PRTR/US EPA TRI and GHG reporting programmes; corporate ESG/CDP disclosures of packaging groups; EPR/packaging recovery organisations… | Annual per facility (regulatory) or per company (ESG reports) | public |
| production output | Corrugated box plants and integrated packaging groups (Smurfit Westrock, DS Smith/International Paper, Mondi, Cascades); national… | Per machine/shift and per plant internally; monthly or quarterly… | public |
| pricing | Price reporting agencies (RISI/Fastmarkets, EUWID, Fastmarkets FOEX) for containerboard, OCC recovered fibre and corrugated box price… | Weekly/monthly index per grade and region; per-quote/per-order internally | purchasable |
| logistics & freight movement | Converters' TMS and 3PL carriers; road freight statistics offices; recovered-paper and containerboard exporters via customs/trade data… | Per shipment/bill of lading; monthly aggregate trade flows by HS code (4805… | purchasable |
| customer demographics | Converters' CRM and sales analytics; market research firms (Smithers, Freedonia, AMI) profiling end-use segments (food, e-commerce… | Per customer account internally; end-use share by region in market reports | purchasable |
| inventory & supply chain | Converters and containerboard mills; industry associations reporting containerboard mill inventories (AF&PA, CEPI, Fibre Box Association)… | Per-site roll stock and finished-goods daily internally; monthly aggregate mill… | partnership |
| energy consumption | Site energy managers and utilities; regulators via EU ETS (for integrated mills with boilers) and energy-audit schemes; corporate… | Half-hourly metered per site internally; annual per-site under ETS/ESG reporting | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Plant QA labs (ECT, burst, Cobb, moisture per TAPPI/ISO methods); third-party labs and certifiers (ISTA, SGS, Bureau Veritas); food-contact… | Per production run / per board grade test sample; per-site certificate | partnership |
| transactional/sales | Box plant ERP/order-entry systems (Kiwiplan, AMTEC, EFI Packaging Suite, SAP); customer procurement systems of FMCG/e-commerce buyers | Per order line / per delivery, with board grade, flute, dimensions, quantity | exclusive |
| sensor/IoT | Corrugator and converting-line OEMs (BHS, Fosber, Bobst, Mitsubishi, Göpfert) via remote-monitoring platforms; plant MES/SCADA systems | Sub-second to per-minute machine signals (speed, temperature, steam pressure… | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Plant CMMS (SAP PM, Maximo) and corrugator OEM service organisations; roll/anvil and print-die suppliers | Per asset per work order; downtime events per machine | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.