What you get from Metsä Board is more than the product you see - it is our in-depth knowledge of our customers’ processes and how our boards should be used to maximise their value. Our continuing cooperation with our partners in the industry deepens our wealth of know-how.
Trends in cigarette packaging:
- Continuing growth of hard packs
- Gravure printing continues to be dominant
- High print speeds realised (300m/min plus)
- Multicolour/unit print necessary for graphical health warnings
- Light-weighting due to cost-efficiency and sustainability issues
- Increase in substances to differentiate premium brands
- Demands for higher performance and lower cost substrates
- Packaging innovations (novel packs) away from traditional hinge lids
- Need to tackle smuggling leads to interest in track and trace technologies
Board requirements for cigarette end-uses:
- Smooth and bright surface
- Cost efficiency
- Consistency
- Print quality
- Functional performance
- Anti-counterfeiting
Metsä Board has supplied paperboards to the cigarette industry for over 50 years. The long and close cooperation has enabled us to develop products that directly address the needs of the industry.
Metsä Board has a widely-used, specialised product range for hinge-lid, round corner and bevel edge cartons:
- Outers / cartons
- Inner frames
- Foil lamination
- New novel pack designs
Metsä Board board benefits for cigarette packaging:
- High brightness, high smoothness
- High stiffness
- Brightness and shade consistency
- Printability
- Precision and quality in cutting and embossing
- Ideal base for foil lamination
- Brand protection solution