Food Packaging & Technical Solutions

Food Packaging

Products

• A broad range of specialty papers and unique capabilities for quick service restaurant, food processing, cooking and baking, and flexible packaging markets 

Demand drivers

• Sustainability, recyclability, alternatives to plastics

• Stricter food safety and chemical regulations

• Packaging functionality

• Move toward unbleached papers

Market growth

• About 1-3%

Main competitors

• Domtar, Dunn Paper, Twin Rivers, Metsä Tissue, Purico, Nordic Paper

Technical

Products

• Glass interleave papers, saturating bases, laminating bases, dye sublimation papers, and other industrial packaging fiber-based solutions 

Demand drivers

• U.S. construction and infrastructure activity, particularly homebuilding

• Trends in residential and commercial building segments, and changing building codes

• Increased use of LCD/other displays and continuing need for higher quality materials

• Sustainability in packaging

• Trends and changes in textile production and printing

Market growth

• About 1-3%

Main competitors

• Kapstone, Neenah Paper, Verso

Parchment

Products

• A broad portfolio of sustainable vegetable parchment solutions for food and industrial applications. The product portfolio includes cooking and baking papers, pan liners, trays and molds. 

Demand drivers

• Private consumption, push towards sustainable alternatives
• Brand-owners seeking cellulosic solutions with intrinsic barrier properties to replace plastics
• Stricter food safety and chemical regulations

Market growth

• About 2-3%

Main competitors

• Metsä Tissue, Purico, Nordic Paper