Presenting the new Aurocard board 

Aurocard is a well-established graphical board brand throughout Europe. Its new quality dazzles with whiteness, brightness, brightness stability and folding strength.

Stora Enso’s Aurocard board now features enhanced brightness, brightness stability and whiteness. In terms of folding strength, the new board outperforms all competing folding boxboard products. It offers an attractive new material option for any type of graphical product, such as book covers, brochures, catalogues and greeting cards.

Aurocard is a well-established brand throughout Europe. The new board grade is produced at Stora Enso Imatra Mills in Finland and stock and sheeting services are provided by Stora Enso ServiceCentre in Baienfurt, Southern Germany.

“The ServiceCentre maintains a reel stock comprising a range of board grades from our Nordic mills, including the new Aurocard board,” says Pasi Ahokas, Vice President, Stora Enso Graphical Boards. “The central location, high service level and efficient sheeting machinery ensure prompt and reliable board deliveries to our customers in every part of Europe. Most of our graphical board deliveries are made via the ServiceCentres. What’s more, merchants can rapidly replenish their stocks from the ServiceCentres when needed.”

New raw material basis for improved properties
Aurocard’s properties have been significantly improved by the change of its raw material basis from groundwood to chemi-thermomechanical pulp (CTMP). The new Aurocard is characterized by a bright, white and smooth surface and a strong multilayer structure. Thanks to its excellent folding strength, the board works magnificently in folded products such as folders, catalogues and covers. The new Aurocard is available in grammages from 200 to 350 gsm.

Stora Enso Graphical Boards’ range also includes Ensocoat and Ensogloss solid bleached sulphate boards and the CTMP-based Performa 2S and Chromocard boards.