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Why use fresh fibres?

The essential guide to fresh wood fibres and its impact on paperboard quality and the recycling process.

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In this guide we share our take paperboard making and the benefits of using fresh wood fibres as raw material.

  1. Superior performance
    Fresh fibre based packaging allows 40-50 percent higher stiffness and smoothness than recycled paperboard. The fresh fibres are also pure and odourless, features that are extra important for packaging within areas such as food, pharma, and cosmetics.

  2. Necessary for recycling
    Aging fibres lose quality, and a recycled fibre eventually reaches the end of its life. This means that the whole recycling process relies on continuous fresh fibre input.

  3. Sustainable forests
    It is a great responsibility to make sure that fresh fibres are sourced from sustainably managed forests, and that the whole tree is used to its best purposes.

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Holmen produces premium paperboard and innovative paper products suitable for multiple packaging solutions and graphical applications. Conscious customers appreciate our products due to their product properties and low climate impact. We use fresh fibres from sustainably managed forests and have four production facilities in Sweden and the UK. 

Our paperboards are developed for purposeful packaging solutions and graphical applications in sectors including cosmetics, electronics, pharmaceuticals and food. 

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