Official letter of Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation № 23435/08 dated 03.04.2020
Department of consumer goods industry and forest-industry complex Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation viewed conversion of non-profit organization “National conference of packagers” dated 27.03.2020 № 1-20/176 and Self-regulatory organization Association “League processers of waste paper” dated 01.04.2020 on the issue of fulfillment decree of the President RF № 206 dated 25.03.2020 “About announcing of non-working days in Russia” (further-decree) and informs.

Published by American scientists investigation showed that the coronavirus HCoV-19 causing the pandemic Covid-19 can be kept at the packaging from 24 hours to 3 days, it depends on the surface of packaging material. The investigation doing by employees of Princeton University and National Health Institute (NIH) in Montana estimates spreading of HCoV-19 on definite conditions and the speed of spreading breaking the virus.

The internet –publication «Neue Verpackung» published material devoted to the influence of CoVid-2019 on packaging industry.
Crisis as a chance
Firstly, the situation with the coronavirus will show which company reached during the last years good positions at the market, especially from the viewpoint of the staff. In some staff the unity inside the company in increasing and in other the whole teams can be divided. 

It is planned in Finland (University Aalto, Helsinki) to start pilot project on commercial production textile from birch cellulose. It will be a small factory where the innovation will tested in the volume which is necessary for commercial production. It was informed about March 2 by the designer if technology “Ioncell”.
Fabric from this textile is compostable during its production it is not used chemical material and nontoxical ionic liquid as solvent was designed by professor of the University from Helsinki Ilkka Kilpelyanen.

Traditionally pulp and paper industry is divided into two big sectors: paper production for polygraphy and packaging material. Experts of Coface consider that there will be different tendency in 2020. Volume of consumption the printed product is decreasing: big volume of information is used on electronic devices. But the consumption of packaging paper and board is growing.