MADE TO MATCH YOUR PACKAGING

GET AN EDGE WITH THE WORLDS MOST EFFICIENT BOARDS

The success of brand packaging depends on responding to change. For example, the environmental issues the world faces call for a sustainable solution: optimising and lightening the packaging material. Rising to the challenge, Mets Boards lightweight folding boxboards offer you competitive advantages in terms of ecology as well as cost-efficiency. Packaging also needs to reflect consumer trends such as the demand for convenient, healthy and environmentally friendly products. Truly fit-for-purpose, our boards help you achieve your goals to create attractive and effective packaging solutions, reduce costs, save time and enhance sustainability.
LIGHTWEIGHTING FOR BETTER YIELD

Mets Board has pioneered lightweighting achieving excellent strength and printability at low basis weights. Based on fresh forest fibres, a strong tradition of R&D, breakthroughs in BCTMP and state-of-the-art mill technology, the development of ever-lighter boards continues. Mets Boards lightweight boards yield significantly more cartons per tonne and reduce customers total costs without compromising quality. Despite their lightness, the boards have the stiffness and the quality consistency to run smoothly and reliably in all production processes. This saves time, money and trouble.
SUSTAINABILITY THROUGHOUT THE PACKAGING CHAIN

As a packaging material, Mets Boards cartonboards have a notably small carbon footprint. Through their light weight, the boards further lessen environmental impacts, as they consume less energy and raw material, decrease transport weights and produce less waste. They decrease waste also by protecting the product and ensuring that it stays intact through the logistic chain.

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All Mets Boards folding boxboards score high points for yield, sustainability, product safety and production efficiency thanks to their lightness, high stiffness, purity and consistent quality. In addition, each board offers properties designed to meet specific requirements.
AVANTA PRIMA

fully coated folding boxboard (GC2) Pure and pleasant to both sight and touch, Avanta Primas uniform surface is suitable for embossing and special features as well as different coding methods.
CARTA ELEGA

fully coated folding boxboard with coated back (GC1) Carta Elega makes a perfect fit for sophisticated brand packaging with its superior visual appearance on both sides, ideal properties for lamination and special features, and a pure, white look.
CARTA INTEGRA

fully coated bleached paperboard with coated back (GC1) The choice for luxurious print designs and special features such as foil blocking, Carta Integra provides brilliant visual and surface properties on both sides.
CARTA SOLIDA

fully coated bleached paperboard with white back (GC1) Carta Solida provides a pure, white look, excellent sensory properties and an ideal base for lamination and special features.
SIMCOTE

fully coated folding boxboard (GC2) Simcote delivers an outstanding combination of printability and packaging performance as well as very good sensory properties and enhanced moisture resistance.
TAKO

fully coated CTMP boards Designed for cigarette packaging, Tako boards offer excellent printability as well as very good sensory properties and runnability on packaging lines.

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ENSURE SAFETY WITH FRESH FOREST FIBRES

Made from pure fresh forest fibres, all Mets Board cartonboards are safe for consumers and the environment, which helps our customers build and maintain brand reliability. The odour and taint neutrality of our boards meets the high sensory requirements of food packaging. We see combining an understanding of the whole value chain with R&D knowledge as the key to product safety. Mets Board sources its wood from sustainably managed forests and uses it responsibly. Our paperboard mills get most of their energy from renewable sources and continuously seek to further improve their energy efficiency.
TRUST THROUGH PURITY AND TRACEABILITY

Product safety is vital, especially in food packaging. In its boards, Mets Board only uses fresh forest fibres, which are pure by nature. Our products do not contain harmful compounds, such as mineral oils. All our raw materials wood, pulp and chemicals are of known origin, traceable and adherent to the relevant standards, and our mills have certified management systems to ensure product safety. Thanks to the fresh forest fibres, our boards are safe for food packaging without requiring a barrier against pollutants or cross-contamination from transport packaging. Eliminating the unnecessary barrier reduces carbon footprint and costs, increases material efficiency, makes recycling easier, and helps reach waste reduction targets.
WOOD FROM SUSTAINABLY MANAGED FORESTS

OPEN COMMUNICATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE

We handle environmental issues openly in co-operation with our customers, the general public and the authorities. Transparent and straightforward environmental communication is part of this.
PAPER PROFILE

All the wood Mets Board uses is sourced from sustainably managed Nordic forests. Most of it comes from forests owned by Metsliitto Cooperatives members and more than 80% from certified forests. We always know the origin of the wood that we use. All Mets Boards mills have both PEFCTM and FSC Chain of Custody certifications as well as FSC Controlled Wood status.. All our products fulfill the requirements of the EU Timber Regulation and the U.S. Lacey Act. We are self-sufficient in fibre raw materials and co-operate closely to further advance the Mets Group expertise in pulp and its optimal use in board production.
RENEWABLE RAW MATERIALS USED RESPONSIBLY

Product-specific, third-party verified information on key environmental parameters for all of Mets Boards products is attached to the product specifications on metsaboard.com -> Products -> Product search.
ORIGIN OF WOOD

All Mets Board mills are able to report on the wood origin and the share of certified wood contained in each product.
CARBON FOOTPRINT CALCULATIONS

In addition to product-specific carbon dioxide emissions, Mets Board reports in its carbon footprint calculations how much carbon originating from wood raw material is stored in the product.
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ON THE WEB

Fresh forest fibres are a renewable, recyclable and biodegradable raw material, which we apply within Mets Group efficiently and responsibly, using wood to the full and providing by-products for other industrial branches. Fresh forest fibres are also needed to maintain the balance in the recycling process.
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND OPTIMISED EFFICIENCY

Information on Mets Boards environmental performance is available on metsaboard.com -> Sustainability.

Mets Board is a major user of biofuels and a large producer of bioenergy. Wood-based fuels account for 55% of the energy consumed by Mets Boards mills. We aim to further increase the already high share of biofuels in our production. All Mets Board folding boxboard production units have Energy Management Systems certified according to ISO 50001. We continuously seek means to further improve our energy efficiency.

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SELECT FROM A PORTFOLIO OF FIT-FOR-PURPOSE PRODUCTS

Mets Board presents a carefully considered portfolio of folding boxboards that makes it easy to select the product that best fits the end-use. In the selection, you will find the board with optimal visual and functional properties for your purpose.
See metsaboard.com > Products > Cartonboards for full board specications.

Beautycare
Typical applications include packaging for: fragrances and perfumes make-up and skincare products hair colouration products toiletries
BOARD FEATURES
High brightness and smoothness Optimised coating Superior surface properties Excellent sheet-cutting quality Light weight

Healthcare
Typical applications include packaging for: prescription and OTC drugs nutriceuticals herbal medicines hygiene and bodycare products
BOARD FEATURES
Pure fresh forest bre raw material Light weight Excellent sheet-cutting quality Brightness and shade consistency Superior surface properties

BENEFITS
Excellent printability and a pure, white look Sharp and uniform print results Ideal base for foil lamination and other special features Dust-free printing Cost-efficiency and sustainability

BENEFITS
High hygiene and a pure, white look Cost-efficiency and sustainability Dust-free printing Uniform printing results and visual appearance Ideal for embossing (e.g. Braille) and brand protection solutions

RECOMMENDED: Carta Elega, Carta Integra, Carta Solida SUITABLE: Avanta Prima, Simcote

RECOMMENDED: Avanta Prima, Carta Solida, Simcote SUITABLE: Carta Integra, Carta Elega

General packaging
The balanced properties of Mets Boards folding boxboards make them excellent packaging materials for a variety of consumer goods from mobile devices to clothing.

Food and beverages

Typical applications include packaging for: chocolate and confectionery tea and coffee breakfast cereals bakery products pasta and other dry foods frozen, chilled and convenience foods
BOARD FEATURES
Pure fresh forest bre raw material Light weight High stiffness and excellent consistency High brightness and smoothness

BOARD FEATURES
Light weight High stiffness and excellent consistency Appropriate brightness and shade

BENEFITS
Cost-efficiency and sustainability Good runnability on printing and packing lines Fast make-ready in printing

BENEFITS
Product safety, low odour and taint Cost-efficiency and sustainability Good runnability on printing and packing lines Excellent printability

RECOMMENDED: Avanta Prima, Simcote SUITABLE: Carta Integra, Carta Elega, Carta Solida

RECOMMENDED FOR FOODS: Simcote SUITABLE FOR FOODS: Carta Solida, Carta Integra, Carta Elega, Avanta Prima RECOMMENDED FOR CHOCOLATE AND CONFECTIONERY: Carta Solida, Carta Integra SUITABLE FOR CHOCOLATE AND CONFECTIONERY: Simcote, Carta Elega, Avanta Prima

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Cigarettes
Typical applications: cartons outers inner frames

BOARD FEATURES
Excellent consistency and high stiffness High brightness and smoothness Pure fresh forest bre raw material Superior surface properties Light weight RECOMMENDED: Tako

BENEFITS
Good runnability on printing and packing lines Excellent printability Low odour and taint Ideal base for foil lamination and brand protection solutions Cost-efficiency and sustainability

GLOBAL SUPPLY, SUPPORT AND SERVICES

Mets Board has a worldwide sales and supply network to serve customers locally on all continents and guarantee global availability of our cartonboard. We pay special attention to continuous improvement of delivery accuracy and have responded to the growing demand for sheeted board by adding new sheeting capacity. Mets Boards service offering further enables you to optimise packaging performance. Our technical team is always at hand to help select the most appropriate board and get the most out of it.

Graphic applications
Typical applications: cards covers CD/DVD packs folders advertising and POS materials
BOARD FEATURES
High brightness and smoothness Consistent quality from order to order Excellent sheet-cutting quality Superior surface properties Light weight

BENEFITS
Excellent printability on both sides Fast make-ready in printing Dust-free printing Ideal base for special features e.g. lm lamination, foil blocking and embossing Cost-efficiency and sustainability

RECOMMENDED: Carta Integra, Carta Elega, Carta Solida SUITABLE: Avanta Prima, Simcote

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Mets Board is Europes leading producer of fresh forest bre cartonboards, the worlds leading manufacturer of coated white-top kraftliners, and a major paper supplier. It offers premium solutions for consumer and retail packaging, graphics and office end-uses. The companys sales network serves brand owners, carton printers, corrugated packaging manufacturers, printers, merchants and office suppliers. Mets Board is part of Mets Group.

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