From barrier coatings to digital print and recycling realities, six expert-backed trends explain how paper cups are changing globally—and what converters should prepare for.
A brand manager’s playbook for diagnosing print and food-safety issues on paper cups, from heat-driven failures to migration risks, with practical controls and compliance pointers.
A production manager’s take on the psychology behind paper cup design, the finishes that matter, and practical trade-offs that keep costs, color, and capacity in balance across North American operations.
A step-by-step, brand-minded guide to planning, printing, finishing, and validating paper hot cups for North American food and beverage launches—balancing quality, speed, and compliance.
A designer’s step-by-step view on planning, printing, and converting paper cups for the European market, with real parameters, compliance cues, and workflow tips.
A practical, story-led guide to choosing materials, print technologies, and finishes that express brand values in food and beverage packaging across Asia.
A production manager’s take on design psychology for paper cups—what actually moves buyers, how to balance cost and creativity, and where digital printing fits when time and color tolerances are tight.
A pragmatic, comparison-led guide for production teams choosing substrates, print technologies, and finishes for cups and wraps—plus a concise Q&A on oven use, lids, and certification.
A North American specialty coffee chain rethinks kraft aesthetics, color on cup stock, and consumer clarity around compostability—moving to flexo, water-based inks, and a new materials stack in partnership with ShirongMaterials.
A practical outlook on how European regulation, digital print adoption, and sustainability metrics are reshaping fiber-based paper cups—through the lens of process control, ink migration, and consumer behavior.
A pragmatic, pressroom-tested approach to diagnosing and fixing the three defects that haunt paper cup production in Asia’s climate: color instability, curl/denesting, and side-seam leaks.
