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For tasty snacks like doughnuts, plastic has typically been used to keep the product intact and safe – and help keep our fingers clean. But with Metsä Board’s help, producers can change to paperboard-based packaging that does the same job but is easily recyclable and compostable. Hélène Lehtinen, Director of Barrier Development at Metsä Board, explains how brands can make the switch with confidence.
The development programme for Metsä Board's white kraftliner mill in Kemi has been completed in parallel with Metsä Fibre's new bioproduct mill. Metsä Board and Metsä Fibre are part of Metsä Group. In addition to increasing the mill’s capacity by 40,000 tonnes per year, the development programme will reduce the mill's energy consumption by 5% and water consumption by around 40% per tonne produced.
From 11 to 13 March 2025, the international corrugated and carton industry will gather at Munich Trade Fair Centre in Germany for the 7th edition of CCE International, Europe’s leading exhibition for the production and conversion of corrugated, cardboard and paper.
Metsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, is reaching the final phases of its folding boxboard capacity expansion at the Husum mill in Sweden. Once the expansion is completed, the mill’s BM1 folding board machine will be delivering 600,000 tonnes of premium lightweight folding boxboard every year to consumer packaging and food service end uses all around the world.
Viipurilainen Kotileipomo is a nearly 100-year-old company that produces pastries and artisan breads from local ingredients using traditional methods. When the bakery was looking for a new solution for its cake packaging, its key criteria were to reduce the environmental footprint of the packaging, and to make assembly quick and easy.
The French cosmetics company Sothys has chosen Metsä Board’s paperboard for its 2021 advent calendar. The impressive, folded calendar is made of the lightweight paperboard – MetsäBoard Pro FBB Bright 320 g/m2.
Smurfit Kappa Group plc (“SKG” or the “Group”) agrees to acquire Verzuolo, a containerboard business in Northern Italy, for a cash consideration of €360 million. The Verzuolo mill owned by the Burgo Group, is situated close to the port of Savona in the northwest of Italy. The PM9 machine was newly constructed in 2002 and converted into a 600,000 tonne capacity recycled containerboard machine in 2019.
On 28 May 1996, Progroup’s corrugated sheetfeeder plant PW02 in Douvrin near Lille started operating. Progroup founder and Chief Executive Officer Jürgen Heindl is using this anniversary as an opportunity to thank the 49 employees for their great commitment over the years by paying a Covid-safe visit to the site.
From 9 to 11 March 2021, the international corrugated and folding carton industry will gather at the Munich Trade Fair Centre in Germany for the 5th edition of CCE International, Europe’s only trade fair for manufacturing equipment in corrugated and carton board production.
