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The Protectors: Who is Who in the Cigarette Packaging Business Source from: Tobacco Reporter 07/05/2013  Cigarette packaging serves many purposes—it protects the product, facilitates transportation and prolongs shelf life. Tobacco companies also use packaging to make their brands stand out from the competition, although that func-tion could become less prominent if plain packaging laws spread beyond Australia. Often, packaging incorporates security measures to deter counterfeiters. Profiled below are some prominent players in the global packaging industry. The list is not intended to be all-inclusive.
Located 12 miles south of Manchester Airport in the United Kingdom, API Laminates is Europe's leading manufacturer of laminated paperboard for luxury packaging. Formerly known as Henry & Leigh Slater, the company started oper-ating in 1865 and has been supplying laminated paperboard for more than 50 years. API Laminates provides a wealth of experience and expertise to leading companies and brand owners in the tobacco, alcohol, luxury cosmetics, pharmaceutical and confec-tionery industries. API Laminates has a reputation for excellent quality and service across a wide spectrum of specialist applications and is a trusted, long-term partner to the tobacco industry. API is the market leader for laminated paperboard in Europe and has a strong reputation for inno-vation, continually developing new and exciting products to help brands stand out from the crowd. Bimo Italia Headquartered in Pescara, Italy, Bimo Italia has become a notable name in the tobacco film industry. Over the past 12 years, Bimo has grown its business constantly. It has con-solidated its market share, serving both multinationals and independent producers of cigarettes worldwide. Bimo's product range includes film suitable for high- and medium-speed machinery with standard, high-shrink and very high-shrink properties (for hinge-lid packs and soft packs). It also supplies to the tobacco industry printable and non-acrylic films for outers and display cartons, and high-tech specific products.
The company produces high-quality printed sealing tapes, security tapes, resealable tapes for pouches, labels and other specialty products Egem Packaging Located in Manisa, Turkey, Egem Packaging has been supplying tobacco and carton packaging since April 2004. The company produces offset- and gravure-printed cigarette packs, display cartons, soft packs, inner frames, tipping papers, offset carton packs and gravure-printed labels. Egem prides itself on short lead times, reliable and flexible service, high product quality and cost-effective solutions. In addition to hot-foil stamping, embossing, debossing anddie-cutting processes, the company offers new varnishtechnologies, such as UV (LCC) tactile varnish, and brand-security solutions, such as holograms, invisible inks and micro-text printing. Recent investments have enabled Egem to offer reel-to-cut gravure printing, helping customers make their goods even more attractive and reducing the time required to bring products to market. Iggesund Paperboard Iggesund Paperboard is best known in the tobacco industry for its Invercote and Incada brands. These product families serve premium consumer-goods markets throughout the world. Iggesund's European sales are coordinated from its office in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The company also has sales offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and the United States. Iggesund has organized its resources to suit its customers' priorities and offer them complete commercial and technical customer support. Iggesund's approach to service is based on the following principles:
Innovia Films Innovia Films' investment in R&D and technical support has helped the company remain a market leader in shrink and collation overwrap films for the tobacco market. The company has a long history of supplying materials for wrap-ping individual cigarette packs and is constantly developing new products. Innovia has introduced a shrink-tightening film, Propafilm GLT18, which provides cost savings and runs well on exist-ing machinery. In collation films, Innovia offers Propafilm RC and SRC acrylic-coated BOPP. Innovia also offers films such as Propafilm SRCZ01 ("Snap Wrap"), which allows two packs to be snapped off a bundle at a time. This helps the consumer and the retailer open the collation packs more easily. In response to the growing interest in haptic ("touch and feel") effects, Innovia is developing a range of embossed films for the tobacco overwrap market Metsä Board Metsä Board has supplied high-quality paperboard to the global cigarette industry for more than 50 years. The long, close cooperation has enabled the company to develop products that directly address the industry's needs. Metsä Board offers a widely used, specialized product range for hinge-lid and round-corner cartons, outers/cartons, inner frames and foil lamination. The company also offers BCTMP and groundwood-based boards. With sales in more than 65 countries, Metsä Board has a 35 percent market share in Europe and a 16 percent market share worldwide. The company produces board for cigarette applications in two of its five mills, and on three machines. Metsä Board's products offer several benefits for cigarette packaging, including high brightness, high smoothness, high stiffness, brightness and shade consistency, printabil-ity, precision, and quality in cutting and embossing. Its boards provide an ideal base for foil lamination and brand-protection solutions. Parkside Flexibles Group Parkside Flexibles Group is an innovative flexographic print-ing and laminating company that has supplied packaging to the tobacco sector for more than 40 years.
A growing business with a global presence, Parkside's manufacturing sites are located in the United Kingdom and Asia, with sales and development offices throughout Europe and in Singapore. The company works closely with its customers as a fully transparent, proactive partner. Parkside provides full "brief-to-shelf" packaging development, supported by technical expertise and efficient yet friendly customer service. Its specialty is delivering new product solutions to cus-tomers, enabling them to be first-to-market. The business has been built on high-quality flexographic printed films and papers, innovative laminates and inner liners, along with shrink sleeves, pouches and coated applications. Parkside continually invests to remain at the forefront in the supply of flexible packaging. Stora Enso Stora Enso has been in the cigarette-board business for more than 30 years. The company supplies an extensive range of well-established quality products, including SBS board, FBB board, white-lined chip board, one-side coated paper, inner liners and, since recently, kraft papers from its Polish mill. In 2012, Stora Enso announced a major project in China. The company will build a pulp mill and a board machine, giving it a solid presence in the world's largest cigarette market. The company recently also announced a major investment in Pakistan, where it now owns 35 percent of an existingpaperboard mill and packaging facility. Capitalizing on its strong R&D and innovation capacities, Stora Enso supports customers in their packaging develop-ment. The group's subsidiaries in China and India deliver individual packaging solutions, and its DesignStudio network offers package design services. Winter, Bell Co. Winter, Bell Co. is a specialty paper and packaging company based in High Point, North Carolina, USA. The firm has more than 50 years of experience manufacturing SBS paperboard inner frame "crush-proof" cigarette boxes. With the support of the "finest manufacturers in the paper industry," Winter, Bell says it can meet all the paper and interior packaging needs of its customers—from management to sales and service to manufacturing and shipping, domesti-cally or internationally. The firm offers precision-cut products, on-time delivery, competitive pricing and personal service. Winter, Bell's award-winning inner frame can be manufactured to any customer's specifications, and the company now also offers printed inner frame. Winter, Bell received several prestigious business awards, including the Philip Morris "Gold Level" Crown of Excellence Award, the Tobacco Reporter/BMJ "Most Committed to Quality" Golden Leaf Award, and—in multiple years— Lorillard's Outstanding Vendor Award. Enditem Related Updates |
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