In addition to protecting the content, cartonboard is an important medium for product information and promotion in retail packaging. Packaging represents a way of influencing consumer behavior. Crucial surface properties are whiteness, opacity and gloss, which are optimized by chemical means. We offer a complete range of process chemicals and functional chemicals to help our customers ascertain the desired product properties.
For this grade we recommend:
- Hydrores Gamma sizing technology – long-term success stories with liquid packaging board
- Ponolith and Levanyl - Tinting colorants
World demand for cartonboard is forecast to grow by 2,4% per year, reaching 56 million tons by the year 2020. Production growth in mature markets is expected to remain minor, but markets in Eastern Europe, China and the rest of Asia will continue to expand by 4-5% per year.
Concepts:
Binders
Coating Pigments
Colorants
Defoamers
Deinking Agents
Deposit Control
FennoBond 4000X
Fillers
KemFlite - hydrophobic particle management
Retention
Sizing
Slime Control
Water Quality Management
Wet Strength