FOOD SERVICE BOARD ARE YOU A BELIEVER?

FOOD SERVICE BOARD ARE YOU A BELIEVER?

WE BELIEVE A world without packaging is hard to imagine. It would not work. Packaging is something we see and deal with every day, all the time. We need it for practical reasons: to help us carry goods around and to protect them, to keep food and beverages fresh and to make them last longer. Today, more than ever, convenient packaging is a key element in attracting attention and convincing customers. Unique designs and shelf appeal can only be created with high-quality board. As consumer demand for ecological products keeps growing alongside the need to reduce our carbon footprint, a great packaging solution must meet the expectations for sustainability and responsibility. We believe in high-quality, sustainable paperboard packaging because it is the natural solution to modern challenges. Are you a believer?

Kotkamills new ISLA range of food-service boards represents the next generation of opportunities to support sustainable packaging solutions and waste reduction. With modern, on-the-go lifestyles, consumer demand for coffee, food and drinks to-go continues to grow all over the world. Food-service packaging plays an important part in this convenience lifestyle, as more and more disposable cups and plates are needed. We believe that these solutions should be made as sustainable as possible. Today, too few disposable cups and plates are recycled, even though they could be. That is why we wanted to develop a more easily recyclable and repulpable set of products, resulting in a range of onmachine, coated barrier boards for the food-service industry. By applying our unique waterbased, dispersion-coated barriers to pure, natural cartonboard, cups and plates made from this material can be easily recycled and repulped. Naturally, these new cartonboards are designed to run on existing cup- and plate-making machinery. DID YOU KNOW? Kotkansaari, the centre of the town of Kotka and the place where Kotkamills story originally began, is a small island. The sawmill built on the eastern part of the island in 1872 was the largest in Finland at the time and is still the location where Kotkamills products are made today.

UNIQUE WATER-BASED BARRIERS We believe that in the future all packaging materials will be renewable. Today, we are walking the path towards this vision with the first on-machine, innovative coating process to make foodservice materials that can be easily recycled with normal paper waste. We have developed nextgeneration solutions for water-, moisture vapour- and greasebarrier products that contain no traditional plastic coatings. Our water-based, dispersioncoated barrier boards can be converted in the same way as standard paperboard. They also need no special recycling route, meaning any waste material is likely to be more valuable than plastic-coated board waste. A clear benefit to the user. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF FIBRE-BASED PACKAGING? CONTACT US FOR MORE DETAILS: WWW.KOTKAMILLS.COM

LEADING THE WAY IN SUSTAINABILITY Here at Kotkamills we take great pride in leading the way to a more sustainable future in foodservice and packaging board. Besides offering our customers more sustainable products, we are committed to working in a sustainable way every day and using raw materials, energy, water and other resources efficiently. All our products are recyclable and safe to use, and are mainly produced from renewable materials. The wood fibre used is procured from Finnish wood suppliers who verify the origin of the raw materials and ensure the legality of the fibre sources. CERTIFIED QUALITY SYSTEM ACCORDING TO ISO 9001 CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ACCORDING TO ISO 14001 CERTIFIED OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY SYSTEM ACCORDING TO OHSAS 18001 FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BASED ON ISO 22000 Chain of Custody certification according to FSC (Forest Stewardship Council ), PEFC TM (The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) We are self-sufficient in terms of electricity and heat energy. Approximately a third of the energy used comes from renewable fuels.

ISLA Food Service Board Range ISLA Solo baseboard with a barrier on one side Suitable for the production of hot drinking cups. ISLA Duo baseboard with a barrier on both sides Suitable for the production of cold drinking cups. ISLA Plate Base uncoated baseboard Suitable for the production of plates. ISLA Light board for plates with an integral grease barrier Suitable for disposable plates offering protection against greasy food. ISLA Cup Base uncoated baseboard Suitable for the production of hot and cold cups, using the traditional extrusion coating process. ISLA multiple coating options New technology allows innovations of a totally new kind. The ISLA range offers future solutions to explore.

WHY CHOOSE ISLA? The ISLA product range is developed for the production of food service packaging, such as disposable hot cups, cold cups and plates. The range also includes plain base board ideally suited for extrusion coating to produce the more traditional plastic coated cupstock. All of our products are fully recyclable, including barrier boards. The baseboards are produced from virgin fibre, making the products safe and hygienic. Light-weight with a smooth printing surface. Designed to run on existing cup and plate making machinery. Sustainably made from traceable fibre raw materials procured from certified Nordic forests. The baseboards are produced from virgin fibre extracted from trees grown sustainably, supporting the creation of safe and hygienic food-service packaging. Our unique water-based, dispersioncoated barriers are fully recyclable and repulpable, meaning that after use, cups and plates made of ISLA barrier board can be easily recycled along with normal paper waste.

Kotkamills Consumer Boards 2017 A GLOBAL STORY OF NORDIC WOOD With roots in Kotka, Finland, since 1872, Kotkamills today is a responsible partner that delivers renewable products and high-quality performance for its customers processes via product innovations created from Nordic wood, a renewable raw material. ABSORBEX IMPREX WOOD CONSUMER BOARDS Kotkamills Oy P.O. Box 62 63 FI-48101 Kotka, Finland Tel. +358 5 210 11 sales@kotkamills.com WWW.KOTKAMILLS.COM