Holmen Board and Paper

More pages, less weight, and stunning quality — all in a high-bulk, fresh-fiber paper. Meet Holmen EPIC — the wood-containing paper with the brightness, opacity, and image quality to rival wood-free options. With an 85% brightness and lighter grammage, it’s ideal for magazines and direct mail that demand vivid visuals and a premium feel. Plus, the high-bulk properties mean you can add more pages without extra weight! Discover Holmen EPIC: https://hubs.ly/Q02ZXgNc0

Finding the perfect paper is a fascinating process where you have to consider a number of factors: brightness, whiteness, surface roughness and stiffness. Holmen Board and Paper's bulk advantage allows you to purchase fewer tonnes of paper without sacrificing thickness. This means you buy less paper, resulting in lower carbon dioxide emissions from production and distribution. 💡 Learn more and explore our paper types: https://hubs.ly/Q02YcmkN0

Last month, we joined our partners at Business Sweden and co-exhibited at Tokyo Pack – Asia’s largest international packaging show! Hashimoto Koji, our Holmen Board and Paper representative, had a busy time at the show. Over three days, hundreds of visitors from several different industry sectors visited the stand. One of the highlights for us was contributing to the “Sweden Packaging Innovation Seminar,” with a presentation on Swedish forestry and a live streaming session straight from our nursery in Friggesund, Sweden. Swipe through the slides below for some snapshots and to learn about Koji’s key takeaways from the show. 

Ever thought typefaces could influence taste and smell? Swipe to discover! ☕ At Type Tasting, Sarah Hyndman dives into the sensory power of fonts—exploring how typefaces can make us feel flavors, smell aromas, and even sense safety or danger. Ever wonder why a curvy typeface feels sweet or why a spiky one seems sour? It’s all about those instinctual connections! 🍬🌶️ 👉 Curious about the psychology of typefaces and how brands use this to shape experiences? Read the full article here: https://hubs.ly/Q02Yv5R00

The latest issue of Inspire Magazine is finally here and on its way to all subscribers! This 73rd issue explores how designers in the packaging industry can harness AI to enhance creativity, efficiency, and sustainability while maintaining the essential human touch that brings designs to life. If you’re not yet a subscriber you can subscribe for free at iggesund.com/subscribe

🌱 Sweden’s forests now hold twice the wood volume compared to the 1920s, thanks to responsible and innovative forest management. 🌱 70% of Sweden’s surface area is covered by forests, while only 3% is built-up. 🌱 This invaluable resource supports 140,000 jobs across the country and delivers climate benefits more than double Sweden’s own emissions. As part of the “Power to Make a Difference” initiative by the Swedish Forest Industries, Holmen is dedicated to continue on responsibly managing our forests and land to deliver fossil-free products and sustainable energy — crucial contributions to both the climate and society. Learn more about the Swedish Forest Industry’s commitments to sustainable development: https://lnkd.in/dDc5e_RD Holmen Skogsindustrierna

UK-based photographer Nick Guttridge has used Incada to share his take on the theme “Touching Tomorrow” in our paperboard sample box. In his images, he drew on an extensive experience of photographing architecture around the world. The sample box aims to inspire brand owners in making the right material selection and invites them to be part of what’s next in packaging. To make his images truly come alive, we partnered with the print and finishing experts at DREYER KLICHE, Foilco, Aksell, Åtta.45 Tryckeri AB and Delta Neo. Which sample is your favourite?

🍫 Chocolate lovers – look this way! 🍫 This award-winning packaging for Malmö Chokladfabrik is made on Invercote Creato and features a design that’s a little more eye-catching than your ordinary chocolate packaging. Utilizing Invercote Creato’s characteristics to a maximum, Pond Design and Nordic Carton AB have come up with a colourful packaging featuring printed information on both sides, glossy UV varnish, foiling and an open-and-close mechanism that is easy to understand. “We needed a paperboard with good printing properties on both sides. Since the construction also required a smooth and strong material with optimal folding characteristics, Invercote Creato was the perfect choice for this job”, comments Per-Oscar Nilsson, Sales Manager at Nordic Carton at Nordic Carton. Over the past month, the stylish packaging for Malmö Chokladfabrik has gained recognition across the globe. It was the winning entry in the “Luxury Packaging” category at the Packnorth Award, which took place at Scanpack in Gothenburg. Shortly after, it also received a bronze medal in the “Food” category at Pentawards in London. 📸 Pond Design & Nordic Carton AB

⭐ Proudness alert! ⭐ Last night, our baby, Inspire Magazine, was awarded GOLD in the “Customer Magazine B2B” category of this year’s Swedish Publishing Prize. The Publishing Prize, which is independent of industry organizations, is a comprehensive annual juried contest that embraces the most established forms of communication. Aspects such as textual content, visual content and technical execution (print) are assessed using a number of criteria. The jury commented as follows on Inspire Magazine: “A stylish and personal magazine with well-balanced graphic expressions and finely executed finishing.” The issue we competed with, Inspire 71, was printed by GBGT Box using foil and embossing tools from DREYER KLICHE. Inlay printing by Exakta Print. Last, but not least, a big thank you to our long-time partners at Content Innovation for continuing to make fabulous issues of Inspire Magazine. 

He's one of a kind, and he's also one of us; people with passion for paper. Christer Sandberg works at Holmen – a PhD with focus on mechanical pulp, and here, 30 kilometres outside of Norrköping, Sweden, he is in his right element. Read the full article below ⬇️