Korsnäs Extends Packaging Performance Service to All Product Lines
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. This service involves a team of experts who solve packaging problems, develop new solutions, improve packaging features, and design packages, Korsnäs explains, adding that their expertise includes printing techniques and shelf impact as well as user friendliness. The team also submits packaging to physical testing and offers consulting services for assessments and recommendations.
One of the expert services, for example, is "lightweighting," which means material reduction. A lightweighting project aims to reduce the amount of material, usually by improving the design of the package and using a lower grammage. "Our experts know our material and how it performs, and they have the methods, advanced equipment, and competencies to offer a high-performance product that weighs less," Korsnäs says. The advantages of lightweighting are obvious. Less weight means lower cost. There is less material to pay for while the amount of waste at all stages (manufacturing, converting, packing, and post-consumer handling) is effectively reduced. Less weight means better resource utilization. Less raw material is required for manufacturing, less energy is used, smaller volumes are transported, and the environmental footprint is smaller, Korsnäs notes.
The company adds that it has "every intention of staying ahead in climate-smart packaging, adding that "we will continue to push towards sustainability in all aspects of our operations—responsible forestry, sourcing, production processes, energy management, and distribution and logistics systems.
Korsnäs has three production facilities in Sweden: Gävle, Frövi, and Rockhammar. It has a combined production capacity of 1.1 million metric tpy of cartonboard and paper, with integrated pulp production. The company develops, manufactures, and sells virgin fiber-based packaging materials. Korsnäs also produces bio fuel pellets at two plants in Latvia. The company exports approximately 90% of its products. It employs 1,800 people, and has annual sales of SEK 8,039 m (2009), and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Investment AB Kinnevik.
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