The new packaging solution can be used as a coating base or for laminating single-packs, bags, and wraps, with higher basis weights offered for a range of properties and applications
UPM Solide Lucent offers superior properties for further converting and printing. (Credit: UPM)
UPM Speciality Papers has launched repulpable and recyclable fibre-based high-barrier packaging kraft paper, UPM Solide Lucent.
Designed for recyclability in existing fibre recycling streams, the UPM Solide Lucent is a highly versatile speciality kraft paper with endless possibilities for recyclable packaging innovations.
According to UPM, the kraft paper is made from virgin cellulose fibres from responsibly grown forests.
The company said that the UPM Solide Lucent is also compostable according to the EN13432 standard.
The new packaging solution can be used as a coating base or for laminating single-packs, bags, and wraps, with higher basis weights offered for a range of properties and applications.
It also offers high strength, density, and folding properties to maintain the mechanical integrity and barrier performance of the packaging during converting and throughout the value chain.
UPM Solide Lucent features three new, higher basis weights 72g/m2, 78g/m2, and 90g/m2 in addition to its current weights 45g/m2 and 62g/m2.
UPM Specialty Papers sales head Tommi Heinonen said: “We are always listening to our customers’ wishes, and there has been a strong demand for higher basis weights of UPM Solide Lucent.
“Brand owners choose materials with the functional properties, economics and consumer behaviour in mind. Basis weight requirements depend on end uses, functional needs, and market messages.”
Heinonen added: “Thanks to its outstanding sustainability credentials, this paper is a safe and smart choice for converters and brand owners looking to co-create new products with us. The target is also to reduce value chain recycling fees in the long run.”