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A sustainable business idea

The first and foremost in sustainability, regardless of trade, is to base your operations on a sustainable business idea. Without a truly sustainable business idea you do not last more than 300 years, like we have done. 

We manufacture high-quality paperboards, Invercote and Incada. They are made from renewable raw material, and after usage they are a valuable input to paper recycling systems.

Iggesund was founded in 1685 and even if the business focus has changed with time we today base our business on the same two main pillars as our predecessors did 300 years ago.

- Wood, coming from nearby forests, providing both the raw material for our paperboard and energy to power our process.

- Water from nearby lakes and rivers, giving us freshwater to use in the manufacturing process and also good energy water power stations.

In 1685 the Swedish queen Hedvig Ellinora saw the opportunities of sustainable business based on the northern forests and rivers and granted Iggesund the right to start up operations. Today we hope you see how we carry the torch further by producing world leading products based on the very same pillars as in the start. And by caring for the environment, never harvesting more than we plant, we today have more wood in our forests than ever before. A sign of a truly sustainable business idea!

300 years and counting

When our company was founded in 1685, the Queen of Sweden entrusted us to use local waters and forests responsibility. She even signed a contract with us that we've followed for nearly 400 years - managing our own forests, keeping nearby waters clean and using renewable energy. 

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Water – an important raw material

Water is a key ingredient in all papermaking. Iggesund uses water to transport and wash fibres in our mills. Water is also used for other operations, such as cooling and steam production. The water used is surface water, that is to say, water taken from lakes and rivers.

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Sustainable forestry

We practice forestry based on hundreds of years of human experience, research and political deliberations. Sustainable forestry will not be achieved at a certain point in time – it has to be developed constantly.

Willow tree plant

Fossil-free energy

By investing a total of SEK 3.4 bn (EUR 357m, GDP 315m) in a new recovery boiler in Iggesund, Sweden, and a biomass CHP plant in Workington, England, Iggesund Paperboard has created the conditions for manufacturing paperboard without fossil emissions from the production process. This is the main reason why Invercote and Incada have such low carbon footprints.

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Iggesund Paperboard strives to inspire next-century packaging with sustainable paperboard products, services and advice that enhance the value of world-class brands. Our market-leading Invercote® and Incada® brands are used by some of the world’s most demanding luxury brand owners. Outstanding characteristics include superior durability, excellent color reproduction, whiteness that does not fade, taint and odor neutrality and design versatility. Established in 1685 and part of the Holmen forest industry group, the company relies on its own sustainably managed forests to ensure a renewable material for centuries to come.

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825 80 Iggesund, Sweden

+46 650 - 280 00
info@iggesund.com

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