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Paperboard know-how

Get all the basic facts about paperboard as a premium packaging material. Holmen's knowledge material speaks to designers, printers or anyone interested in paperboard as a packaging or print medium.

About paperboard

Learn about paperboard for premium packaging made from cellulose fibres: its process, various kinds of paperboards and how fresh and recycled fibres depend on each other.

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How to choose paperboard

What’s the right packaging material for your product? What characteristics should be considered when choosing paperboard? We have some good advice to share in the publication "How to choose paperboard".

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Graphics Handbook

Our Graphic Handbook gives both the designer and printer basic knowledge about paperboard and its possibilities.

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Paperboard Manual

Apart from basic facts about paperboard, our Paperboard Manual contains information about paperboard appearance and performance properties, their interdependencies, as well as conversion methods and the requirements they place on paperboard properties.

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General Technical Information

Find advice and recommendations about various kinds of paperboard and how the paperboard material should be used in our General Technical Information section.

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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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