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Sappi creates new product group for containerboard
S
appi is expanding its corrugated raw material product line with topliner
and fl uti ng with a new containerboard product group called Containerboard. Bernd Gelder, Product Group Manager for Containerboard, is responsible for the enlarged product group. The product group now includes
corrugated paper (fl uti ng) and topliner. The bright white Fusion topliner is the primary topliner product, while the cartonboard Algro Design and the new folding carton atelier can also be used as topliners. Weights from 90 gm2
to 400 g/m2 are available. In
Europe, Sappi now also off ers the corrugati ng medium Ultrafl ute. The fl uti ng was specially developed by Sappi in weights of 125 g/m2
to 165 g/m2 and is
manufactured in South Africa for the global market. “My goal is to establish Sappi as an att racti ve, long-term
and innovati ve partner in the corrugated card industry with the Containerboard product group,” says Gelder. “The trend toward high-quality yet environmentally friendly packaging soluti ons off ers opportuniti es for growth for packaging converters and their brand owner clients. We help our customers to exploit these opportuniti es and make their products stand out from the rest of the market. Our products allow them to be visually disti nct, save glue and weight, and make processing more effi cient. They also benefi t from our reliable service.” Following the conversion of the
Alfeld factory into a competence centre for special paper and board, and scaling up the producti on of FBB in Maastricht, Ehingen is now Sappi’s third European producti on site for special papers and board. In response to the high demand
for Fusion topliner, Sappi has started producti on at a second site
in Ehingen in additi on to its Alfeld factory. “With a 5.60m-wide paper machine and modern coati ng equipment, Ehingen has the ideal technical capabiliti es for the producti on of Fusion,” said Rainer Lex, manager of PQM (Process, Quality & Technology Management) at Sappi Ehingen. “Through the investments we have made, we are strengthening our special paper business and therefore also the Ehingen factory.” Previously, Ehingen produced only high-quality matt and silk graphic papers with single to triple coati ngs. As a result of the producti on of Fusion in Ehingen and the associated further quality development, a slightly adapted range of product weights is now off ered. Instead of 130 and 140 g/m2
, Fusion is now available in
135 g/m2 and, for the fi rst ti me, 110 g/m2. This off ers corrugated
card processors more opti ons and creati ve possibiliti es.
Bernd Gelder
Pulp Paper & Logistics
Rainer Lex
May/June 2016
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