Holmen UNIQ is now available from 37 gsm. It’s a super-calendered paper, bright and smooth, with an opacity that is unmatched in low grammages. This is a light weight, climate-smart paper choice from sustainably managed Swedish forests.
ORDER SAMPLESHolmen UNIQ is a super-calendered paper, suitable for heatset and gravure printing. Just as good for catalogues and direct mail as for magazines. With great printability and runnability, Holmen UNIQ is an effective and reliable paper. It challenges traditional SC-papers with its cost-effectiveness. When gloss is a key for your product, Holmen UNIQ Extra will give you that extra edge. With the clean and smooth surface of the Holmen UNIQ products, you get a printed product that really shines.
Holmen UNIQ and Holmen UNIQ Extra are produced from wood fibres that are used for the first time in a termomechanical pulping process (TMP). The stiffness and elasticity of the fresh fibres give our papers a strong advantage: the higher bulk. Thanks to the bulky properties, the paper is more voluminous and weighs less while remaining the qualities that come from thickness. The paper can be used in a lower grammage, and it's available from 37 gsm. It still lives up to the same quality aspects when it comes to opacity as well as image and colour reproduction.
Colour reproduction is so important for a paper used in direct marketing. Holmen UNIQ will give you that extra edge - a light weight paper with power to communicate.
Choose Holmen UNIQ or Holmen UNIQ Extra instead of a standard SC-paper. Your products can become up to 16 percent lighter but with the same thickness. Just imagine what that does to your distribution costs. With higher bulk you can buy fewer tonnes. You will still get the same print surface. Or you can buy the same amount of paper as before and add more pages or more copies.
Calendering is a process where the paper is pressed between two hot rollers under high pressure with added steam. The process is not unlike ironing a shirt. It is used for changing the properties of the paper surface and give it more gloss. The process is mechanical and the paper is uncoated.
A super-calendered paper always includes an amount of filler (pigment) in the paper-making recipe. What is it then that is so unique about Holmen UNIQ? The secret is in the primary ingredient, the strength and elasticity of the fresh fibre. It enables you to go for a very low grammage paper if you like. Super-light, even and smooth is the result.
Holmen Paper operates according to globally recognized standards and Holmen UNIQ is available with FSC® (FSC ID FSC-C020071), PEFC™/05-33-134 and EU Ecolabel certification. The production of Holmen UNIQ has a low impact on the environment. The wood fibre used is 100 percent traceable, originating from sustainably managed Swedish forests. This means that you can rest assured that the raw materials come from a clean and reliable source.
Paper Profile is a voluntary enironmental product declaration scheme showing emissions and energy use per tonne of paper produced, developed and provided by leading paper producers.
This single-page declaration gives essential information regarding the composition of the product, key environmental parameters, environmental management and wood procurement.
Carbon Footprint is defined as the total emissions caused by an individual event, organisation or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent.
Holmen Paper calculates the carbon footprint of our graphical paper products according to the ten toes of the framework set up by CEPI.
We operate according to globally recognized standards for forest stewardship and management of environmental, energy and quality aspects.
FSC® – Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC ID FSC-C020071) – is a system for the certification of forestry, supported by several environmental organisations.
PEFC – (PEFC/05-33-134) Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes is an international system for forest certification.
EU Ecolabel -is the official ecolabel of the European Union. The ecolabelling criteria are drawn up by responsible bodies in the Member States. To achieve certification, the products are assessed from a life cycle perspective from raw material to waste. The products have to meet strict environmental, functional and quality requirements. These requirements are tightened on a continuous basis.
ISO 14001, ISO 50001 and ISO 9001 are international standards for environmental management, energy management and quality management.
ISO 45001 is a standard for occupational health and safety management systems.
Bulk advantage
Our belief in print and paper is what drives our continuous focus on innovation and product development. In 2015 we introduced Holmen UNIQ, a new product for the SC segment, with super calendered smooth surface and excellent printability. A few years later, we welcomed Holmen UNIQ Extra. An extra glossy paper with even smoother surface, without losing the bulk advantage.
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