A new paperboard with higher tearing strength will give the chocolate manufacturer Kraft Freia Marabou in Sweden lighter and stronger chocolate boxes. Performa 350 g/m2 light-weight paperboard from Enso Paperboards in Finland will replace the Solid Bleached Sulphate, SBS, packaging based on 380 g/m2 paperboard currently used by the sweet company. The new paperboard is reported to meet critical odour and taste criteria required for such packaging.  The change will involve the entire annual production of the assorted chocolates, Aladdin and Paradis, in the most popular 500 g packs. Production of the ranges is located to the chocolate manufacturer's largest production site north of Stockholm.

"We are very satisfied with the change to Enso Performa, as we have tried to improve the chocolate packaging for a considerable time. The paperboard's higher tearing strength makes the boxes hold together better. Also, the results of Robinson's odour and taste tests are on the same, or a higher level, than the previous paperboard, says Adam Törnqvist, Packaging Developer at Kraft Freia Marabou in Upplands Väsby, near Stockholm.

Reduced costs
According to Marabou, the new light-weight paperboard will also lead to an annual saving of approximately 27 tons of packaging material, enable waste reduction and lead to substantial cost reductions.
The Performa paperboard from Enso Paperboards is also available with a grease resistant barrier coating, which makes it suitable for packaging of ice cream, frozen products, pet food and tobacco. Through the mixture of CTMP1 and SBS2 pulp, the strength and stiffness is said to be equal to those of FBB3 paperboard, but at 10 to 20 percent lower costs.
"The order from Kraft Freia Marabou shows the possibilities of packaging development in close co-operation with the end users. We have advanced tests going on at several other suppliers of chocolate and food products which are sensitive to odour and taste contamination", says Joakim Stockhaus, Marketing Manager at Enso Sweden AB in Uppsala, Sweden.
The paperboard is available in weight ranges from 180-350 g/m2 and can be coated with all types of extruded plastic coatings: PE (polythene), PP (polypropylene), High Barrier och PET (polyethyleneterephtalate), single or double sided.

Technical notes:
1) CTMP = ChemiThermoMechanical Pulp
2) SBS = Solid Bleached Sulphat
3) FBB = Folding Box Board

For further information, please contact:
Enso Oy, Paperboards
Yrjö Aho, Sales Director
FIN-55800 Imatra, Finland
Tel: +358 2046 224; Fax: +358 2046 24767
E-mail: yrjo.aho@im.egimk.enso.com

Enso Sweden AB
Joakim Stockhaus, Marketing Manager
P.O. Box 2017, SE-750 02 Uppsala, Sweden
Tel: +46 - 18 65 30 00; Fax: +46 - 18 65 30 10
E-mail: joakim.stockhaus@up.mkt.enso.com

Enso Marketing Co. Ltd.
Enso House, New Mill Road
GB-ORPINGTON, Kent BR5 3QA
tel. +44 1689 836 911; fax +44 1689 829 732

Enso-Eurocan Far East Co. Ltd.
KM Nishiumeda Bldg.
20-1, Fukushima 7-chome, Fukushima-ku, J-OSAKA 553, Japan
tel. +81 6 455 6811; fax +81 6 455 8811

Eurofinn Services
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Enso Italia S.r.l.
Piazza S. Camillo de Lellis, 1
I-20124 MILAN, Italy
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Fins Verkoopkantoor
P.O.B. 9030
NL-1006 AA AMSTERDAM, Netherlands
tel. +31 20 667 62; fax +31 20 619 8205

Enso International, Inc.
281 Tresser Blvd., 15th Floor
STAMFORD, CT 06901, USA
tel. +1 203 978 1755; fax +1 203 978 1237

Enso International, Inc.
2550 Leavenworth St., Suite 2
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133, USA
tel. +1 415 567 1295; fax +1 415 567 1281

Enso Interamericas, Inc.
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MIAMI, FL 33178, USA
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CHATHAM, New Jersey 07928
tel. +1 201 635 3530; fax +1 201 635 1680

Paper Agencies (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.
554 Burwood Road
HAWTHORN, Vic. 3122
tel. +61 3 9819 4911; fax +61 3 9819 4250

Paper Agencies (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.
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MILSONS POINT, NSW 2061
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