Outstanding product portfolio

Mika Paljakka, VP, Sales, EMEA

Capital Markets Day 19 November 2015

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• Outstanding performance in packaging

• Case stories

• Q&A

Contents

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RETAIL-READY

FOOD SERVICE

CONSUMER GOODS

Outstanding performance in packaging

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In consumer goods packaging

perception and product safety are

key differentiators

• Metsä Board’s paperboards are designed for

specific end-uses in consumer goods packaging.

• They are suitable for different types of printing

and converting processes, including microflute

applications.

• Our boards are globally used and recognised by

brand owners and converters as a sustainable

material made from renewable resources.

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• Metsä Board’s linerboards are a great success

in displays and shelf-ready packaging in

particular.

• In this packaging category our liners have a

strong foothold which was boosted by the

launch of double-coated kraftliners three years

ago.

• High-quality fresh fibre liners offer great

printability, strength and product safety.

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In retail-ready packaging focus is

on colours and strength

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• Metsä Board’s portfolio for food service

offers advantages such as formability,

product safety and recyclability.

• Increased expectations for food safety

provide good growth opportunities.

• Paperboard offers a sustainable option

for plastics

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In food service packaging

convenience and recyclability

are essential

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Case stories

• Paperboard safe for direct food

contact

• Odour and taint neutral

• Great colour separation and

printability

• Catching packaging design

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Sustainability Award

• Winner: Fazer Alku new mill

products

• Brand owner: Fazer Mill &

Mixes

• Paperboard: Metsä Board’s

Simcote 290gsm

• Carton producer: A&R

Carton

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• Smoothness for excellent

printability

• Great formability

• Tactile soft feel

• Appealing embossing and

textures

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Beauty and cosmetics

• Winner: Müller Soft Star Tissue

Duchesse

• Brand owner: Müller

Großhandels

• Paperboard: Metsä Board’s

Carta Solida 250gsm

• Carton producer: Mayr-Melnhof

Packaging, C.P. Schmidt

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• Whiteness and purity as consumer

experience

• High stiffness

• No cracking

• Paperboard used also as the

cushioning material

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Healthcare and

pharmaceuticals

• Winner: Multipack for Clinical

Trials

• Brand owner: Hoffmann La

Roche

• Paperboard: Metsä Board’s

Carta Elega 315gsm

• Carton producer: Rondo

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Scanstar 2015

• Great printability

• Smoothness

• Formability

• Winner: Iittala Ruutu

• Carton producer: Pyroll

• Brand owner: Fiskars Home Oy Ab

• Paperboard: Carta Solida 200gsm

• Special: diamond-shaped corrugated

packaging with soft touch varnish

• Metsä Board material used as top

liner supporting Iittala brand value

*) Scanstar is a Nordic packaging competition, organised by

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Packaging Printing*

• Innovative and out-of-box thinking

• Catching design to consumer

• Design by Metsä Board

*) To be published on 7 December

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design

New design by

Metsä Board

• Hong Kong Print Award winner: Victorinox

rescue tool

• Material: Metsä Board’s Carta Elega

• Design: Metsä Board Packaging Services

• Paperboard thickness and stiffness utilized

to provide a small, sturdy structure

• Foil film laminated, special inks in key

graphics, glueless

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Thank you!

Q&A