Food Service Boards
Sustainable solutions
for a life on the go
English
Showing the way in
sustainable food service
board packaging
The pace at which people lead their lives in the modern world means they
have less spare time than ever before. As a consequence, packaging needs to
provide convenience for a busy life on the go.
In addition, the range and diversity of food products
continues to grow, making it increasingly important
for brand owners to clearly differentiate themselves
from competitors and ensure their products stand out
on the shelf. Packaging plays a fundamental role in
communicating brand personality and the promise of
the product experience. It is the face of the brand, the
‘silent salesman’ on the shelf, defining the brand and
helping maintain and grow market share.
to show they share their customers’ concerns and
are acting on them. Stora Enso has a long history of
close collaboration with the food industry packaging
converters in developing safe, ecologically friendly
packaging.
Fibre-based packaging is the sustainable option,
providing optimal performance in protection, branding,
product safety and recyclability without compromising
its positive environmental effects.
As consumers become increasingly concerned about
their carbon footprint, resource sustainability and
recycling, it is becoming critical for brand owners
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The raw material for Stora Enso products comes
from sustainably managed forests that sequester
Natural reasons for
choosing fibre-based
packaging by Stora Enso
•Comes from a traceable
renewable resource
• Helps mitigate climate change
• Has good strength properties
•Effectively protects against physical
damage and contamination
•Offers numerous possibilities for
creativity in packaging design
•Delivers excellent printing results
for high product visibility
• Is fully recyclable
CO2 and help mitigate climate change. We support
forest certification everywhere we operate and are a
strong advocate and driver of biodiversity. Produced
from traceable and renewable resources, fibre-based
packaging offers brand owners the opportunity to firmly
establish their green credentials.
The exceptional quality of Stora Enso baseboards, and
an extensive range of polymer coatings, combine to
make Cupforma, Trayforma and Primeforma products
an excellent choice for a wide variety of food and
beverage-related applications.
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Coatings for enhanced
performance and
protection
The barrier coating of packaging boards means applying polymers in extremely
thin layers on the baseboard. The main function of the coating is to protect the
contents against humidity, oxygen and grease.
What’s more, the creative use of different coatings
in combination with the right baseboard, optimises
package performance, ensures high visual quality,
saves materials and simplifies both converting and
packaging. Ultimately, of course, it helps to reduce
the food waste.
Coating Options
Biopolymer
PE
Stora Enso produces a wide selection of boards for the
food service market and provides the largest variety of
polymer-coatings including PE, compostable biopolymer, high-barrier and heat-resistant coatings.
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High-barrier
Heat-resistant
(PET)
PE-LD Low-density polyethylene
PET Polyethylene terephthalate
EVOH Ethylene vinyl alcohol
Here is a brief description of them:
The key feature of PE-coating is humidity protection. It is
typically used in liquid packages, drinking cups, frozen food,
ice cream and yoghurt, and for many moisture sensitive dry
foods.
Stora Enso also offers PE-Green coating, which is made
of renewable raw materials. The coating is made from
sugarcane, which means that none of the raw materials come
from fossil sources and the barrier provides the necessary
protection for the contents.
Our compostable biodegradable coating option is available
for a number of our board grades. Biopolymers are tailormade biodegradable coatings offering humidity and grease
barriers, as well as sealability. Biopolymers are based on raw
materials that come from natural crops or from fossil sources, or
combinations of these. Biopolymer coated paperboard breaks
down to humus and CO2. Compostability is one option to
recover packaging waste. In recycling schemes, biodegradable
products are primarily sorted into the collection of compostable
materials. In case there is no composting infrastructure,
recycling and recovery of biodegradable materials together with
PE-coated materials are viable options. Recycling schemes of
used cartons vary in different countries and regions.
Sealability
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Grease
2
1
Oxygen
0
Heat resistance
Humidity
PE-Coating
Sealability
Grease
3
2
1
Oxygen
0
Heat resistance
Humidity
Biopolymer Coating
Sealability
Grease
3
2
1
0
Heat resistance
Oxygen
Humidity
High-barrier Coating
Sealability
High-barrier coatings use EVOH and PE to provide
outstanding protection against oxygen, humidity and odour.
High-barrier coated boards are also grease-resistant. Highbarrier coating is ideal for packaging sensitive food products
requiring a long shelf-life. Typical uses include chocolate,
cereals and dairy products.
Grease
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2
1
0
Heat resistance
Oxygen
Humidity
Heat-resistant Coating (PET)
The key feature of heat-resistant coating is obviously
described in the name. PET-coating provides heat-resistance,
acts as an excellent grease barrier and possesses solid
WVTR (water vapour transmission rate) properties.
Barrier Performance:
1 Moderate 2 Good 3 Excellent
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Cups to
be proud of
– Cupforma
product range
Cupforma – for a range of
integrated applications
Stora Enso Cupforma is a safe, food contact approved
baseboard offering purity and versatility for all your needs.
Outstanding performance
The Cupforma family
All cupstock grades offer outstanding performance in
such vital areas as strength, formability, convertibility,
printability and runnability. The middle layer can also
be enhanced with CTMP (Chemi-Thermo-Mechanical
Pulp) which translates into lighter basis weight and
thus better material efficiency.
Products made of Cupforma boards are used for a wide
variety of food service and food packaging applications.
Cupforma baseboards offer uncoated and clay-coated
options for cups and plates. They can also be coated
with thin layers of polymer compounds to create a
unique range of individual and integrated applications.
This includes serving hot and cold beverages, ice
cream, yoghurt and other dairy products, dry foods
and even portioning the most aroma-sensitive spices.
All food packaging materials produced by Stora Enso
are safe and food-contact approved. Production sites
have certified hygiene management systems.
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Cupforma Natura offers a really economical and ecological alternative for drinking cup manufacturers.
Cups made of the Cupforma Natura are light but their
functionality is good, thanks to the new structure of
the board.
Cupforma Natura PP is a board grade for microwaveproof cups. Both the board and the coating of Cupforma
Natura PP are crafted to withstand heat, which makes
consumption and serving of such foods, soups and
drinks very convenient.
Another useful member of the family is Cupforma Dairy,
a specially developed two side PE-coated dairy board
that ensures full product protection and offers excellent
sealing properties with paper-based, or other lid materials.
More convenience
Double wall cups have
great insulation against heat
The superb performance is reached via an air gap that
maximizes insulation. The double wall cups are rigid,
safe – yet light – resulting in great user convenience.
Stora Enso offers various material options for the outer
wall, depending on the desired look – matte, glossy or
embossed.
Cupforma Ice is a paperboard for attractive ice
cream packages in a range of sizes. The advanced
construction of the board provides a lower weight
than usual, which helps cut back on raw materials
and spare the environment.
The originality of Cupforma Special lies in the innovative
construction of the baseboard. A clay coated SBS
structure, enhanced by a CTMP mid-layer, allows
the same stiffness and package performance to be
maintained with a lower board basis weight. Thus it
lessens the burden on the environment, especially
when compared with plastics. Combined with high
purity, Cupforma Special makes an excellent choice for
everything from ice cream cartons to spice containers.
Natural reasons for
choosing Cupforma
• Outstanding performance
• Unique range of applications
• Optimal barrier, sealing and printability
• Uncoated and clay-coated options
• Recyclable
In addition to their high performance characteristics,
all members of the Cupforma family deliver excellent
results in offset, flexographic and digital printing.
Bleached cup board is ideal for
hot and cold beverages, ice cream and dry foods.
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Trayforma
– exceptional
formability
Packaging needs to combine high quality innovative graphics with original design
and be available in a variety of shapes and sizes to meet the diverse needs of
today’s demanding brand owners and consumers.
Stora Enso Trayforma boards offer exceptional
formability and printability giving numerous creative
packaging possibilities.
Easily convertible and stable boards
Trayforma boards are easily convertible and extremely stable, offering many opportunities for shelfdifferentiation. Specially developed for use as pressed
or folded trays, bowls and plates, Trayforma SBS board
can be pressed into multi-compartment trays ideal for
a wide selection of convenience foods.
Great print results enhance visibility
Pigment coated Trayforma Special, for lids and folded
trays, has a CTMP mid-layer giving it increased stiff-
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ness, runnability and high yield. The wide printable
area of a folded tray offers a wealth of opportunities
for graphic designers to exercise their creative talents.
Great design combined with the superb print results
clay coated Trayforma delivers, enhances the visibility
and on-shelf differentiation of branded products.
Dual ovenability convenience
Trayforma boards have been developed to warm-up or
heat prepared and semi-prepared foods in their original
packaging, in either a microwave or conventional
oven. This dual ovenability is a convenience highly
appreciated by time-pressured consumers.
Natural reasons for
choosing Trayforma
• Outstanding formability
• Excellent convertibility and printability
• Possibility for white or black coating
• Safe to use in both microwave and
conventional oven
• Freezer to oven flexibility
Black and White PET
for high temperatures
PET coating provides a high degree of protection from
humidity, oxygen, grease, and good heat-resistance.
The food side of the packaging coated with white
PET will remain pure white even when exposed to
high temperatures. The black PET option provides
the same performance, but adds another option to
the overall visual look of the product.
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Tamfold
– the lightness
of all-round
performance
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Natural reasons for
choosing Tamfold
• Great stiffness and bulk
• Reliable and versatile
• Exceptional runnability
• Good value for money
• No added OBA
Tamfold is an excellent board for demanding
packaging applications that require stiffness, bulk
and superior runnability and it has a reputation as
a reliable and versatile board that lives up to almost
any packaging challenge. Tamfold offers excellent
value and performance in food, chocolate and
pharmaceutical packaging. It is particularly well suited
for food service, such as clamshells used for fast food
packaging, since there is no added OBA (Optical
Brightening Agents).
The continuous product development of Tamfold has
resulted in excellent stiffness and bulk attributes, and
the board also has a good visual appearance and
performs well in printing and converting processes
including digital printing. In addition, both laser and
inkjet coding can be used, as well as Braille embossing
and other special finishing effects.
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All-round
printability
While flexographic printing is the main and most cost
effective method for printing packaging materials in
large volumes digital printing has opened up a whole
new world of possibilities for tailoring and localizing
food and beverage packaging. Printing costs come
down while customer value goes up. The cost effective
test marketing of brand concepts, merchandising and
tailored sales promotions are just some of the more
immediate ideas digital printing makes possible.
Digital printing techniques place new and ever
higher demands on board qualities and properties.
Smoothness, surface structure, chemical, electrical
and thermal properties are just a few of the factors
directly affecting digital print quality. To meet these
demands Stora Enso collaborates with printers,
converters and end users to ensure our boards
more than meet the demands and expectations of
our customers.
Packaging
with a good
family tree
Environmental management is a top corporate priority
for Stora Enso and we address environmental issues in
all our operations. Our raw materials come from legal
and traceable forest sources. We strive to develop
products and services that minimize environmental
impact, and can be recycled, recovered as energy,
or disposed of safely. Our packaging boards have a
good family tree – literally!
Redesigning the Future
Stora Enso Renewable Packaging
Consumer Board
Tel.+358 2046 121
renewablepackaging.storaenso.com
08.2014 Covers printed on Ensocoat 2S 220 g/m2, a renewable fibre-based board material. Inner pages printed on LumiSilk 200 g/m2
with Renewable Packaging