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Texts: Metsä Group, Marja Berisa, Sami Anteroinen Photos: Metsä Group, Hanne Manelius
Muoto® innovation replaces plastics Metsä Group’s brand-new wood-based packaging Muoto® has attracted a great deal of interest in our customer base. Our joint demo plant with Valmet was started in Äänekoski in May. “We are very excited to introduce a new renewable and recyclable alternative to fossil plastic. I see a lot of poten- tial for the Muoto® product, also combined with paper- board. Such packaging solution will allow us to utilize Muoto®’s endless shapes and sizes with paperboard’s excellent printing properties,” says Jarkko Tuominen , VP, Projects at Metsä Spring. Ready-to-use three-dimensional Muoto® products are suitable for such applications as food packaging. They are manufactured with wet forming from wood-fiber pulp. If the market interest and product viability can be proved on a large scale, Metsä Group will consider building a larger production unit for Muoto® products.
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