Consumables-Substrates - Paperboard

Sothys, the French cosmetics company, has chosen Metsä Board’s paperboard for its 2021 advent calendar.

Metsä Board has won the Finnish Circular Economy Award and the Finnish Quality Award in the Laatukeskus Excellence Finland assessment. Both awards are based on the international European Foundation for Quality Management model, which looks at a company’s strategic sustainability work and its level of competitiveness.

Graphic Packaging International has scooped up 12 awards at the North American PPC Carton Awards, including the prestigious Judges’ Award that recognizes outstanding design and execution.

For this week’s POW!, we look at a 500-ml paperboard carton that delivers powerful shelf impact in aisle thanks to the printed packaging’s efficacious design with a strong colorway. The wine varietals and their respective colorways leverage the simple design to create a coercive billboarding effort at retail.

Hemp is the hippest kid on the paper block. But beyond the obvious — it makes for a fabulous paper story — there are other factors you want to be aware of before diving deep into these new paper options.

Since 2018, Sappi and Rovema have been collaborating as partners in the development of integrated packaging solutions for customers that wish to position themselves sustainably in the market. The companies now introduce the latest in their partnership and eco-minded mission.

Holmen Iggesund launches paperboard coated with Bio E, a barrier coating solution made from 75% renewable raw materials and approved for industrial composting.

Exclusive partnership with reusable packaging pioneer Loop highlighted in Kroger's 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance report.

BillerudKorsnäs is introducing two new low grammages of its flagship cartonboard product, CrownBoard Prestige. Made at KM7, the world’s most modern board machine, the two new low grammages are particularly interesting for the graphics industry.

The International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) recently named the Hazen Paper 2020 holographic calendar “Best Applied Decorative/Packaging Product” at the Excellence in Holography Awards 2020.