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2019-01-31
Paperboard adds value to cherry tomato packaging in a recent study
Paperboard adds value to cherry tomato packaging in a recent study
2019-01-03
PACKAGING MATERIAL - A KEY ISSUE FOR THE CLIMATE
Switching material from plastic to paperboard can reduce a packaging’s climate impact by 99 per cent.
2018-11-12
FOODBOARD™ virgin fibre – award-winning sustainability
The prizes for the best cartons of the European Carton Excellence Award have now been awarded! Outstanding designs and functional solutions were honoured at the ECMA Congress Award Gala on 20 September - in the glamorous setting of the House of the Riga Latvian Society.
2018-10-18
Neuromarketing leads to better packaging design
How can neuromarketing – using combinations of biometric measuring techniques to analyse consumer reactions – be a tool that makes packaging development more efficient? The answers will be supplied by Iggesund Paperboard and Tobii Pro, a global leader in the field of eye tracking, in exclusive seminars targeted at both companies’ customers.
2018-06-27
Metsä Board receives EcoVadis Gold rating for corporate environmental and social responsibility
Metsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards, has been awarded the Gold level rating by EcoVadis for the second consecutive year for its approach to sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Overall Metsä Board was ranked in the top 1% of suppliers assessed by EcoVadis across all categories.
2018-06-22
Paperboard is replacing plastic to reduce climate impact
“When our card supplier, Megacard, suggested we could make our gift cards from paperboard and thereby drastically reduce their environmental impact, it was self-evident to us to switch,” explains Anna Marcusson, product manager for gift cards at SF Bio.
2018-03-30
MMK digital, the new Sales and Service Channel
With MMK digital, Mayr-Melnhof Karton is the pioneer in the digitalisation of the cartonboard industry and sets new standards in terms of speed and communication.
2018-01-30
Metsä Board launches an innovative eco-barrier paperboard
Metsä Board, a leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards, is launching a new eco-barrier paperboard. This new, innovative paperboard with a special barrier treatment is bio-based, recyclable and biodegradable, and developed especially for food service use. On top of the sustainability benefits of this new product it also offers efficiencies in printing and converting.
2017-12-12
Multiple awards success for Metsä Board’s SkinCare 2.0 gift box design
On 4 December Metsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards, was named Champion of Packaging Printing, Paper Packaging, at the 29th Hong Kong Print Awards for its innovative SkinCare 2.0 gift box design.
2017-11-21
Iggesund’s mills receives the highest sustainability rating from EcoVadis
Iggesund Paperboard’s both mills – in Iggesund, Sweden, and Workington, England - have been awarded the highest rating for sustainability in an evaluation done by the EcoVadis firm of analysts.
2017-11-17
European paper industry calls for a reviewed Bioeconomy Strategy that bolsters investment
The European paper industry takes a positive stance on the European Commission’s Staff Working Document on the review of the 2012 Bioeconomy Strategy.
2017-11-07
Packaging design competition “Better with Less” challenges designers to create more environmentally-friendly solutions
Billions of consumer packages are consumed globally every day, and the amount is growing. The Better with Less – Design Challenge is challenging packaging designers to create ever more environmentally-friendly, functional packaging solutions for everyday goods. The international competition jury includes renowned packaging design experts.
2017-10-24
Metsä Board recognised by CDP as a global leader in sustainable water management and climate action
Metsä Board has once again been rewarded a position on the CDP Water A List as well as on the CDP Climate A List.
2017-10-24
Apple’s Tim Cook plants trees at Iggesund, acknowledges Holmen’s climate-smart efforts
When Apple CEO Tim Cook wanted to discover more about the sustainability work that lies behind the paperboard material Invercote, he visited the forest outside Iggesund in Sweden.
2017-10-23
EU decide against plastic tax
The EU has decided against taxing plastic products, in favour of raising public awareness about the harm that plastics are doing to the environment.
2017-10-23
How are cities becoming more sustainable?
Curious to know what cities are doing to become more sustainable, and how packaging can be part of the solution?
2017-10-09
Luxury goods need bold packaging
It was a great moment for the Finnish family distillery Lignell & Piispanen, when the company’s new Gustav Dill vodka was at the top podium in the International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC) in London.
2017-09-05
Curtains up for WEIG-Karton – at the Global Gypsum Conference & Exhibition 2017
WEIG-Karton will be presenting themselves in a new light at the 17th Global Gypsum Conference & Exhibition in Kraków in Poland in October. The focus will be on three aspects: the new positioning of “Driven by care”, the UNIPLAC® plasterboard liner for maximum production stability and worldwide reliability of supply at the same high-level quality standards. The latter will be visualized by the new “global hands” key visual.
2017-09-05
European paper industry shows the way in innovative solutions for energy efficiency and renewables
In a first of its kind project the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) has called upon its member companies to voluntarily exhibit innovative, emissions-reducing projects that centre on increasing energy efficiency and promoting the use of renewable energy sources.
2017-07-06
Finally – a plastic-free blister pack
One of the world’s most widely used forms of packaging – the blister pack – can now be made totally in paperboard. Two major benefits are reduced environmental impact and less consumer rage and self-injury.
2017-07-06
Metsä Board’s white kraftliner chosen to package one of the world’s finest gins
Metsä Board's uncoated white kraftliner, MetsäBoard Natural WKL Bright, provided the ideal solution for Kyrö Distillery's gift packaging for its premium Napue Gin brand.
2017-07-06
With an 18-unit Speedmaster XL 106, packaging manufacturer MPS, part of WestRock, offers designers and brand owners exceptional finishing options
The international packaging manufacturer Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS), part of WestRock, has installed the world’s first Speedmaster XL 106 with 18 units at its Scottish site in East Kilbride. MPS is responding to the high level of customer demand on the part of designers and brand owners for a wide variety of finishing options and premium quality.
