The corona virus forced companies and consumers alike to look for new solutions to everyday needs. Government’s orders to limit movement influenced the ways people buy and pack supplies – and this impacted packaging production, too. Demand decreased for certain products, but respectively, the orders for home deliveries in boxes increased to an unprecedented level.
Takeaway food, too, has been in great demand during the epidemic. The need for hygienic and safe packaging has been felt at Stora Enso, both in design and production. During the spring, many novelties in addition to existing products have been dispatched from the production facilities to both farms and takeaway providers.
New kind of box for green peas
You can safely pick some green peas at your local store. Organic farmer Niko Ahlqvist packs his green peas into a new kind of takeaway box printed exclusively for his farm. The corrugated cardboard box of 700 grams was designed by Vilma Favén of Stora Enso.
New food-safe premium kraftliner
Stora Enso’s Avant product family of corrugated cardboard materials will have a new flagship member. AvantForte™ by Stora Enso is a premium kraftliner for the toughest needs of superior visual appearance, purity and strength, such as for fresh produce, greasy or moist food products, and high-quality online sales. AvantForte uses the new patent-pending three-layer Tri-Ply™ technology that maximizes the strength of the product, makes packaging lighter, and improves its printing qualities. Fabricated in both brown and white, AvantForte production is to begin in Oulu in the end of 2020.
