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Graphic Packaging International’s Packaging Reinvention: Will Innovation Become a Silent Growth Engine?

Graphic Packaging Holding Company presented its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results with both positive aspects and challenges. The company reported flat net sales in the fourth quarter of $2.1 billion, slightly impacted by volume and pricing both down by less than 1%, but buoyed by a favorable foreign exchange impact of $40 million. For the full year, net sales reached $8.6 billion, a 2% decrease, with the Augusta divestiture and pricing contributing to the decline, although foreign exchange offered some support. Graphic Packaging experienced pressure on its adjusted EBITDA, which came in at $311 million for the quarter and $1.4 billion for the year. The challenges to EBITDA were attributed to competitive pricing pressures combined with softer packaging volumes, resulting in a significant negative impact. Inflation in commodity and operating costs further stressed financial results, alongside decisions to curtail production in response to high inventory levels.