Performa Light™ the lightest weight GC2 grade with high whiteness and smoothness
Performa Light™ is a renewable, low-carbon material for premium folding cartons and graphical print applications. It offers impeccable visual appearance, runnability in printing and converting processes, providing the print results required for creating a premium brand perception and customer experience.
The board’s robustness enables safe and firm packaging at a low weight. It’s suitable for direct food contact, not to mention taste and odour neutral for delicate products such as chocolate.
Performa Light™ is produced with patented FiberLight Tec™ including microfibrillated cellulose in the structure. This reduces the need for energy and material in the production process. Furthermore, its low weight, leads to lower CO2 emissions in transport.
Characteristics
Performa Light™ by Stora Enso is an exceptional light weight, high yield product offering great packaging performance. The triple coated print surface promises the outstanding print results required for creating premium brand perception. Its excellent, consistent smoothness and high whiteness produce aesthetically pleasing packaging results.
Applications
Food contact approved, and taste and odour neutral, Performa Light™ is the perfect choice for packaging chocolate, snacks and confectionery. The range is also ideal for cosmetics and healthcare packaging and well suited for graphical applications such as book covers, cards and calendars.
Sustainability
Performa Light™ is a renewable, low-carbon material for premium folding cartons and graphical print applications. Performa Light™ is produced with patented FiberLight Tec™ including microfibrillated cellulose in the structure. This reduces the need for energy and material in the production process. Furthermore, its low weight, leads to lower CO2 emissions in transport. Made at the Fors Mill in Sweden the fiber for Performa Light™ comes from sustainably managed forests and trees that are a renewable resource, unlike fossil plastic and other non-renewable materials.
Range and printability
Performa Light™ by Stora Enso can be used with various printing techniques such as offset, flexo, rotogravure and digital printing. In digital printing, the product is suitable for several different sheet or web fed presses. Inkjet, dry or liquid toner technology can be used although in some cases, pretreatment of the substrate might be required. Available in a range of sizes and grammages to suit all your needs, with 240gsm/ 400mic – 285gsm/485mic available next day from stock and further options from 220gsm/345mic – 320gsm/545mic available ex-mill.
