Invercote Paperboard - beyond expectations!
Invercote paperboards are carefully designed to give you the optimum solutions for packaging and graphical applications. They offer outstanding aesthetic print quality, faithfully reproducing the most sophisticated printed images. Structurally, their multi-layer construction allows ultimate bulk, stiffness and convertibility for all your packaging and graphical needs. Using 100% virgin fibres assures high whiteness and stability of shade. Invercote is available as single and double-sided coated grades, with a high grammage offering through laminated boards.
Choice
Invercote offers a wide choice of board types. Invercote G, with a fully coated front and lightly coated reverse, gives a nice combination of a smooth outer and natural tactile inner. Invercote Creato offers outstanding aesthetic printing properties on both fully coated sides. The smooth surface is tailored to faithfully reproduce the most sophisticated printed images for all your packaging and graphical needs. For high grammage requirements, Invercote Duo is made by back-to-back pasting of Invercote G, the resultant board is especially suitable for display purposes and packaging of heavy or fragile goods.
Optimum strength and convertibility
Invercote products are designed with optimum strength and convertibility to ensure the protection of packaged products. With excellent foldability without cracking to preserve the quality of your designs.
Sustainability
Sustainability is at the heart of Invercote materials. Fibre comes from well managed forests owned by the Iggesund family, and products are manufactured with maximum recyclability and energy recovery. Invercote materials are available with FSC® or PEFC accreditations.
Print versatility
Invercote materials are naturally suitable for offset printing and also work well in many digital printing presses on the market today.
Create premium packaging with Invercote
Using the right paperboard can make all the difference for creating impactful packaging. Invercote materials are developed for optimum foldability, printability and convertability, allowing creative freedom and enhanced brand perception.
Shelf appeal
Selecting a paperboard with the right whiteness level, to faithfully reproduce the colours and tones of your artworks is critical. It’s equally important that the shade of the board is maintained as exposure to the sun and UV light can cause packaging to fade. Invercote has a good and stable whiteness, due to fresh wood -free fibres and a modest amount of OBA. Invercote paperboards perform brilliantly for special finishing techniques, such as foiling and embossing, which can elevate designs for enhanced shelf appeal.
Protection and durability
Strength, stiffness and folding endurance are extremely important characteristics for packaging. Invercote's properties are optimised to eliminate the risk of tearing and cracking, for perfect, premium results. Its superior strength and durability, compared to higher grammages of other paperboard brands, provides savings on transportation costs, with no compromise on quality.
Duo and Metalprint options
To further enhance the range and increase opportunity, we also offer Invercote Duo and Metalprint, each with unique qualities for enhanced creative packaging design.
Invercote Duo is made from two sheets of Invercote G laminated together; either back-to-back to give balanced, full coated surfaces or back-to-front providing one side with a tactile, uncoated differentiation. Duo perfroms exceptionally well for packaging of wines and spirits, with a grammage range from 450gsm / 520mic to 770gsm / 1010 mic.
Metalprint is ideal for adding luxury to packaging design and enhancing shelf impact. Made from high quality paperboard with a metalised PET laminate on one side, the material has a shiny, reflective appearance for sublime print effect!
Sustainability
With climate change and environmental concerns at the forefront of mind, both consumers and brands are on the lookout for more sustainable choices. When it comes to packaging, paperboard is more eco-friendly than some alternatives. Made from renewable sources, paperboards are also fully recyclable via main stream services.
Certificates and standards are a positive way to set common benchmarks, and can also be helpful in marketing products. Endorsements of Invercote’s wood fibre source include FSC® or PEFC and ISO certificates include 9001, 14001, ISO 45001 and 50001. In addition, Iggesund producers of Invercote products are endorsed by some global indexes that take a more holistic look at sustainability across the company, including EcoVadis and Achilles.
Invercote for digital printing
The Invercote range is becoming increasingly chosen for digital printing applications.
Whether it's for short run packaging, the photo-gifting market (calendars, photobooks, greetings cards) or general graphical applications (book covers, menus, invites or tags) the properties and performance of Invercote are well appreciated by digital printers.
Invercote is certified for many HP Indigo presses, giving excellent results without any pre-treatment requirements. Similarly, the range performs very well on most production dry toner presses.
Due to Invercote’s multi-layer construction, it has very high bulk and stiffness, so a lower grammage can often be chosen compared to a standard coated paper. An even greater benefit lies in the no-cracking when folded element. Designs for digital packaging are perfectly replicated, including corners, with outstanding results. Book covers, greeting cards or menus produced on Invercote will continue to look great, even after multiple openings, and you'll see the impressive strength bulk and stiffness of the material when used for tags and tickets.
At Antalis, we have a range of Invercote G (1-side coated) and Creato (2-side coated) available in precision, mill cut digital formats, to ensure perfect size, squareness and edge quality.
