M-Real Launches New Cardboard

Source from:  Tobacco Journal 02/13/2012

M-real has launched two new double-coated varities of corrugated cardboard, Kemiart Graph+ and Kemiart Lite+. M-real, a market leader in coated white top kraftliners, says that the double coating provides "a smoother and glossier surface, enhancing printability with improved ink laydown, brighter colours and more accurate detail". The new grades are ideal for retail-ready packaging, point-of-sale and promotional displays and other high-end packaging applications. Kemiart Graph+ has been developed for flexo preprint, as well as offset, screen and water-based inkjet printing, while Kemiart Lite+ is designed for flexo postprint. They join Kemiart Ultra and Kemiart Brite in a range that has a linerboard suitable for every application. The launch of the double-coated products follows a EUR 16 million investment by M-real in upgrading the coating section at the Kemi mill in Finland, completed successfully in October 2011. Enditem