Ahlstrom-Munksjö is a key player in the packaging tape industry and is currently providing tape backing solutions for water-activated and pressure sensitive adhesive tapes. We are strongly dedicated in developing innovative fiber-based materials that are addressing mega trends like e-commerce and the global need for more sustainable packaging solutions.
Thanks to our new capabilities, we expanded our product range for PSA tape backings with high performance, ready to be adhesive coated products. This complete range of MasterTape™ Pack Products is available in a wide range of basis weights, from saturation base paper to already saturated. It can be reinforced with synthetic fibers, release coated and/or coated with different types of primers, barrier coatings, etc. Our flexible assets along with input from our product development team can make your product stand out from the competition with innovative and performing designs.
We source our wood fiber from sustainably-managed forests, which means that their regenerative capacity and biological diversity is maintained. All of Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s pulp mills and pulp suppliers are certified according to FSC™.
Our approach to sustainability is based on minimizing the environmental impacts of our operations and products. We use the principles of «Green Chemistry», Eco-Design and life cycle assessments in our product development, so we can determine the impacts our products and processes have on the environment and reduce them.
Our R&D department works directly with customer to select the right chemisty for tailor-made solutions. We can propose various saturants with different features in order to provide high internal cohesion and very good mechanical properties, to ensure shock resistant tapes.
In order to shorten the supply chain of our customers and reduce costs, we propose online saturation and release coating with different systems for easy, medium and tight release levels. Various functionalities such as printability or waterproofness can be proposed upon request.
Formerly based in Pont-Audemer, France and Longkou, China, we strengthened our position in Europe with unique new capabilities for saturation and release coated products, located in Arches, France. With our recent acquisitions, we now have a strong presence in the Americas with our Kaukauna and Mosinee plants in Wisconsin, USA and Caieras plant in Brazil.
| Product | Basis Weight | Stretch | Construction |
| MasterTape™ Pack Base Paper |
35 to 100 gsm 22 to 61lb./3000 ft2 |
2% | 100% fiber-based backing, destinated to be saturated. |
| MasterTape™ Pack Saturated |
50 to 100 gsm 31 to 61 lb./3000 ft2 |
4% | Saturated product for light, mid and heavy duty jobs, to be release and adhesive coated. |
| MasterTape™ Pack Saturated & Release Coated |
50 to 100 gsm 31 to 61 lb./3000 ft2 |
4% | Saturated and release coated backing with different levels of release - easy, medium, and tight, ready to be adhesive coated and compatible with different types of adhesives. |
| MasterTape™ Pack Saturated & Barrier Coated |
50 to 100 gsm 31 to 61 lb./3000 ft2 |
4% | Saturated and barrier coated product for light, mid and heavy duty jobs, to be, printed, release and adhesive coated. |
| MasterTape™ Pack Strong Saturated |
90 to 130 gsm 56 to 81 lb./3000 ft2 |
4% | Reinforced backing with synthetic fibers, saturated, for heavy duty jobs, to be release and adhesive coated. |
| MasterTape™ Pack Strong Saturated & Release Coated |
90 to 130 gsm 56 to 81 lb./3000 ft2 |
4% | Reinforced backing with synthetic fibers, saturated for heavy duty jobs, saturated and release coated backing with different levels of release - easy, medium, and tight, ready to be adhesive coated and compatible with different types of adhesives. |
| MasterTape™ Pack Green Saturated |
50 to 100 gsm 31 to 61 lb./3000 ft2 |
4% | Saturated tape backing with high biobased contents, repulpable and recyclable according to EN13430 guidelines |
| MasterTape™ Pack Green Saturated & Release Coated |
50 to 100 gsm 31 to 61 lb./3000 ft2 |
4% | Saturated and release coated tape backing with high biobased contents, repulpable and recyclable according to EN13430 guidelines |