METSÄ BOARD BRINGS PE-COATED PAPERBOARDS TO THE MARKET
Metsä Board will introduce at Drupa 2016 paperboards that are ideal for consumer goods, retail-ready and food service packaging. In today's world, requirements for packaging are increasing and paperboard made of fresh forest fibres has successfully responded to these challenges. Metsä Board's globally adopted paperboards protect and promote brands in a wide diversity of point-of-sale environments.
"To support our customers' businesses, we combine our paperboard know-how with the latest technology. As announced in November last year, Metsä Board is investing in a new extrusion line at the Husum mill. We have recently chosen the main suppliers and the project is proceeding," says CEO Mika Joukio. "At Husum mill we are also operating Europe's most modern folding boxboard machine which started production at the beginning of this year."
The new extrusion line will come on-line during the first half of 2017 and will have a PE coating capacity of approximately 100,000 t/a. Currently PE is the most common barrier against moisture and grease for food and food service packaging. Furthermore Metsä Board is continuing development work on other barrier solutions including the use of bio-based materials.
Metsä Board's Carta Dedica product family responds to the requirements of the food service market by offering an alternative that is based on renewable fresh forest fibres. It is ideal for cups, plates and trays, for example. Before the new extrusion line starts up, Metsä Board is able to offer food service boards PE-coated by external converters.