Iceland is the latest country to adopt Stora Enso´s Performa Natura CTMP board for packaging chocolate. The use of the board by confectioner Nói Síríus of Iceland means that it is now used by all leading Nordic chocolate manufacturers. This breakthrough comes at a time when Stora Enso is planning to introduce a new member of the Performa family. During summer this year Performa Cream will be launched.

The chocolate industry has been the most important target group of the board family launched a year ago and the result reflects this well. The biggest Nordic chocolate manufacturers such as Marabou (Sweden), Fazer (Finland), Freja (Norway), Anthon Berg (Denmark) have chosen Performa for their premium products and other European manufacturers such as Nestlé and Ferrero also utilise Performa in their packages. Most recently, the board was introduced in Iceland where the leading chocolate manufacturer Nói Síríus switched over to Performa. The packages are manufactured by Nordic Packaging Solutions.

"It was a challenge to change the packaging solution, as we wanted to ensure that our products retain their image of high quality. The package must be able to keep the chocolate's odour and taste properties within our quality standards. We tested the packaging material ourselves, and on the basis of the recommendations of the test panel we chose the Performa board," says Rúnar Ingibjartsson, R & D Director of the Nói Síríus Group.

Performa CTMP is a multilayer board with CTMP (Chemi Thermo Mechanical Pulp) in the middle layer and chemical pulp in the outer layers. The structure and raw material basis of the board provide sufficient stiffness and tear resistance as well as ensure optimisation of raw material consumption. In addition, the board is taint and odour free, which has been demonstrated in both organoleptic and chemical tests.

"Performa has conquered the chocolate packaging market amazingly quickly. We have reached the same results in all chocolate manufacturers' own tests: products packed in Performa CTMP maintain their low taint and odour level. In addition to these organoleptic properties, the board has brought savings in packaging costs for the chocolate industry. This is because board of a 10-20 per cent lower grammage can be used for the packages," says Joakim Stockhaus, Sales Director of Stora Enso Scandinavia AB.

Currently, Performa CTMP comprises three brands. Performa Natura is especially suitable for packing odour and taste sensitive products, and it contains no added optical brighteners. Performa White is the brightest and whitest version of the board and thus suitable for multi-colour printing. The newest member of the product family, Performa Cream, is one side coated with a cream back and suitable for packing odour and taste sensitive products. It will be launched on the market this summer.


For further information, please contact:

Stora Enso Oyj
Mr Yrjö Aho, Vice President
Special Food Packaging Boards
FIN-55800 Imatra
FINLAND
Tel: +358 2046 121
Fax: +358 2046 24767
E-mail: yrjo.aho@storaenso.com

Stora Enso Australia Pty Ltd
Mr Alan Rochford
Level 17, NCR House
8-20 Napier Street
AUS-North Sydney NSW 2060
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 2 9955 4855
Fax: +61 2 9955 7933
E-mail: alan.rochford@storaenso.com.au

Stora Enso Barcelona
Mr Patrick Collyer
Ctra. Nacional II km 592,6
08755 Castellbisbal (Barcelona)
SPAIN
Tel: +34 3 631 1000
Fax: +34 3 631 1021
E-mail: patrick.collyer@storaenso.com

Stora Enso Danmark A/S
Mr Flemming Wulff
Vognmagergade 7
DK-1120 Copenhagen K
DENMARK
Tel: +45 33 155 815
Fax: +45 33 328 303
E-mail: flemming.wulff@storaenso.com

Stora Enso France S.A.
Mr Alain Piattier / Maila Grastilleur
15/25 boulevard de l'Amiral Bruix
F-75782 Paris Cedex 16
FRANCE
Tel: +33 1 5364 79 00
Fax: +33 1 5364 79 90
E-mail: alain.piattier@storaenso.com / maila.grastilleur@storaenso.com

Stora Enso Interamericas, Inc.
Mr Mikko Jaatinen
8750 Doral Boulevard
Suite 270
Miami, FL 33178
U.S.A
Tel: +1 305 716 9799
Fax: +1 305 716 5441
E-mail: mikko.jaatinen@storaenso.com

Stora Enso Italia srl
Mr Renato Somekh
Via A. Volta, 16
I-20093 Cologno Monzese
ITALY
Tel: +39 02 251 514 74
Fax: +39 02 251 514 59
E-mail: renato.somekh@storaenso.com

Stora Enso Nederland b.v.
Mr J.W.Klarenbeek
Postbus 12386
NL-1100 AJ Amsterdam
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: +31 20 650 5555
Fax: +31 20 650 5622
E-mail: jan-willem.klarenbeek@storaenso.com

Stora Enso North America Corp.
Mr Michael Walsh
Two Landmark Square, 3rd Floor
Stamford, CT 06901-2792
U.S.A
Tel: +1 203 356 2300
Fax: +1 203 356 2343
E-mail: michael.walsh@storaenso.com

Stora Enso Scandinavia AB
Packaging Boards
Mr Joakim Stockhaus, Sales Director
P.O. Box 70395
SE-10724 Stockholm
SWEDEN
Tel: +46 8 613 6600
Fax: +46 8 613 6770
E-mail: joakim.stockhaus@storaenso.com

Stora Enso UK Ltd.
Packaging Boards
Mr Roy Bray
1 Phoenix Place, Phoenix Centre
GB-Nottingham, NG8 6BA
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 115 964 7100
Fax: +44 115 964 7170
E-mail: roy.bray@storaenso.com

Nói Síríus
Rúnar Ingibjartsson, R & D Director
P.O.Box 10213
130 Reykjavik
ICELAND
Tel: +354 567 1400
Fax: +354 567 4554
E-mail: runar@noi.is

Nordic Packaging Solutions
Páll E. Pálsson, Sales Director
Köllunarklettsvegur 1
104 Reykjavik
ICELAND
Tel: +354 5959 600
Fax: +354 5959 606

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