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INDUSTRY NEWS 9


Paperboard and packaging innovation accelerated by Metsä Board


Centre at the bio-economy site in Äänekoski, Finland, to meet growing demand for more sustainable packaging. The centre, with what is described as cutting-edge technology devoted to R&D, packaging design and paperboard and packaging performance, aims to accelerate material and packaging innovation and provide a collaboration platform for customers and technology partners globally. Mika Joukio, chief executive of Metsä Board, which is part of Metsä Group, said: “As the amount of packaging continues to grow, new, sustainable solutions are needed to replace fossil- based materials and ensure circularity. The Excellence Centre concept enables paperboard and packaging solutions that look at the entire value chain, and not just at its separate parts. With the material knowhow, competence


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etsä Board has started up operations in its newly-built Excellence


Metsä Board’s new Excellence Centre includes R&D facilities, a packaging design studio, a customer feedback centre and a laboratory


and tools now available, we can optimise performance throughout the packaging lifecycle.” The Excellence Centre, which


covers 1,500 square metres, includes R&D facilities, a packaging design studio, a customer feedback centre and a state-of-the-art laboratory providing more than 100 different measurement methods and analytics. The centre


LCA tool launched by Cepi will counter greenwash


Following a decision by the European Commission to leverage the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) method to distinguish between valid green claims and green washing, the European paper industry body Cepi, together with its member companies has developed a life- cycle analysis (LCA) tool based on the Intermediate Paper Product PEF Category Rules (PEFCR). The PEF tool enables any Cepi


member company to calculate product LCAs and validate their green claims within the Green Deal context. The tool has been designed for both LCA experts as well as users less familiar with the LCA methodologies. Having access to an LCA tool makes it significantly easier for small and medium size enterprises to compute complex Product Environmental Footprints for their products, says Cepi.


also features a virtual store and a computer-aided engineering (CAE) tool to allow sophisticated simulation and analysis of packaging performance. “Renewable and recyclable fresh


fibre paperboard can be utilised for packaging in many ways. Fibre- based packaging has a lot to offer, and together with our partners and the new Excellence Centre, we


are able to explore the possibilities even more comprehensively. I am excited about the opportunities this will bring for today and the future,” added Joukio. Äänekoski’s bioeconomy


ecosystem includes a next- generation bioproduct mill, a paperboard mill, plywood mill, the Pro Nemus visitor centre, and a textile fibre demo plant.


MIAC 2020 renamed MIAC Restart for April 2021


The MIAC paper industry exhibition that was to have been held in Italy in October 2020 has been postponed to 21-23 April 2021 and renamed MIAC Restart. The organiser Edipap SRL has


informed all exhibitors of the decision, which is due to the necessary responses related to the ongoing coronavirus


pandemic. The organisers have said


that the decision followed consultations with companies in the paper industry. Arrangements have been made for exhibitors to transfer to the April event, and for participation in the annual MIAC show which will be held from 13-15 October 2021.


September/October 2020


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