Stora Enso has introduced Performa Nova to its portfolio, a folding boxboard (FBB) designed to meet growing demand for renewable and recyclable packaging in segments such as dry, frozen and chilled food, chocolate and confectionery.
Performa Nova is available to customers following the start-up of Stora Enso’s consumerboard production line in Oulu, Finland. The new packaging is produced using FiberLight Tec, the company’s proprietary technology for creating ‘strong yet lightweight’ board.
Apparently, the resulting product has higher material efficiency, allowing for more packages to be produced with less raw material without sacrificing packaging strength or visual appearance. According to Stora Enso, the board offers ‘excellent stiffness, box compression strength and a smooth surface’ for high-quality printing, making it well-suited for demanding end uses.
It is reportedly engineered for food safety and can be combined with barrier coatings for enhanced protection. Performa Nova is available in grammages from 200 to 315 g/m², designed to support a wide range of packaging applications.
Last year Stora Enso revealed a wood-based pack for Wilfa’s kitchen mixer made from Papira - a protective foam made from wood fibres that can be recycled in paper waste streams. Wilfa says the pack provides the required protection and aesthetic appeal while fitting the “clean Nordic design” of the product.
In the same month Lumene, Metsä Board, and Van Genechten developed a ‘multi-dimensional’ advent calendar for cosmetic products, inspired by Nordic scenery and designed to be recycled in paperboard waste streams at end-of-life. The calendar was made from MetsäBoard Prime FBB Bright and MetsäBoard Pro FBB Bright folding boxboards, said to be made from renewable wood fibres.
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