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International technology Group ANDRITZ has received orders to supply a High Energy Recovery Boiler (HERB) and further environmental technologies for Mondi mills in Slovakia, Sweden, and the Czech Republic. The orders are part of Mondi’s program to increase energy efficiency and environmental protection.

For Mondi SCP, Ružomberok, Slovakia, ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER will deliver a High Energy Recovery Boiler. In terms of its power-to-heat ratio, the new boiler will be one of the most efficient recovery boilers in the world. The new boiler will replace an existing boiler, increase the mill’s electricity production significantly, provide conditions for operation with a minimized amount of fossil fuels and will also enable an increase of pulp production. The delivery also includes an evaporation plant retrofit. The evaporator will represent the latest technology including 7-effect heat economy, enhanced internal condensate purification, and 85% black liquor concentration. Start-up of the boiler and the rebuilt evaporation plant is scheduled for the end of 2014.

Two existing lime kilns at Mondi’s Dynäs mill in Väja, Sweden, will be replaced by a new ANDRITZ lime kiln. Based on its LimeFlash technology, operating costs will be reduced due to lower fuel consumption. Start-up is planned for the fourth quarter of 2013.

For Mondi Štětí, Czech Republic, ANDRITZ will build a packaging paper machine (PM7) to produce a various amount of bleached kraft grades. PM7 will start up in the latter part of 2014. In addition, the mill’s PM5 will receive an upgrade of the dryer section until October 2013. 

Mondi’s new ColorLok® campaign offers a chance to win one of three island holidays to Thailand, Tenerife and Malta

With an online island treasure hunt, Mondi asks participants to find the treasure chest and unlock the benefits of ColorLok® Technology – vivid colours, bold blacks and fast drying times on inkjet printers.  

After further expanding its range of ColorLok^® papers, global packaging and paper producer Mondi has launched a new campaign that highlights the benefits of ColorLok^® Technology. The fast drying times, vivid colours and bold blacks achieved with Mondi ColorLok^® papers are part of the company’s online treasure hunt, where players are led through a course of ColorLok® Islands. The game prizes feature holidays for two to Koh Samui, Thailand; Tenerife, Canary Islands; and Malta. In addition, Mondi will give away four trips within Austria.

For a chance to win one of these prizes, customers must enter a ColorLok^® code at www.mondigroup.com/colorlok. Codes can be found on promotional stickering on select A4, 80 g/m² reams of Mondi papers with ColorLok^® Technology as well as lottery tickets distributed in magazines and by sales agents. Further codes will also be issued on www.mondigroup.com/colorlok.

“Mondi ColorLok® brands bring an added value especially in smaller offices and home offices, where inkjet printers are most often used. Mondi has a wide range of ColorLok® papers, which include high-white, off-white and recycled brands, offering customers a variety of options for any application,” explained Johannes Klumpp, Marketing and Sales Director, Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper.

Mondi’s ColorLok^® Portfolio

Mondi offers twelve papers with ColorLok^® Technology, the latest being NAUTILUS^® Classic, a 100% recycled paper. ColorLok^® Technology is based on a class of paper additives that visibly enhance the print quality of inkjet documents printing while also providing faster drying time. A specific chemical interaction between additives and the pigment holds the pigment on the paper surface while the rest of the ink penetrates deep into the paper, resulting in the crisp, vivid print quality.

Mondi’s online ColorLok^® treasure hunt will be online from 1. March to 30. June, 2013.

At this year’s Hunkeler Innovationdays trade fair in Lucerne Switzerland, Mondi presented its high-speed inkjet portfolio after a year of fast-moving developments that resulted in the launch of several new papers. The international paper and packing manufacturer has focused on creating a wide-ranging high-speed inkjet portfolio, which offers a variety of grammages, haptics, and whiteness levels to accommodate the expanse of applications possible with high-speed inkjet machines.

A main feature at Hunkeler Innovationdays was printing and converting machines for book printing applications. In addition to sponsoring the Digital Book Printing Forum on February 13 with the off-white paper BIO TOP 3^® high-speed inkjet, Mondi papers were also in use by various OEMS and printers at the fair. The Swiss, climate neutral printing house Edubook used Mondi’s DNS® high-speed inkjet CF (coated feel) for a book-on-demand application they displayed at Hunkeler Innovationdays. Edubook specialises in digital printing technologies for book-on-demand and content-on-demand applications for educational or training purposes.

Edubook Director Nicolas von Muehlenen commented: “We used DNS® high-speed inkjet CF in-house on an Océ ColorStream 3700 to print a medical text book with high image content. For this type of an application, we felt the paper was a good fit. It has a smooth even surface that resembles a satin finish and the colour reproduction is excellent.  The ink doesn’t absorb too deeply into the paper, which results in richer colours. We were also impressed with the red shades achieved. Overall, the image quality was sharp and the contrasts were clean, which is why we showcased this book at the Hunkeler Innovationdays.”

Mondi also highlighted DNS® enhanced color inkjet, which delivers a higher colour density due to its pigment coated surface.  With DNS® enhanced color inkjet, dye inks reach density levels comparable to pigment inks. To illustrate this point, Mondi printed several full colour applications on DNS® enhanced colour inkjet, where more critical colours, such as red, were reproduced evenly and accurately in terms of shade.

“The use of colour applications for high-speed inkjet printing is increasing and Mondi has developed a full high-speed inkjet portfolio to stay ahead of this trend. Our high-speed inkjet papers are optimised for both dye and pigment ink so the ink fixes to the surface of the paper while the water absorbs into the paper and dries in the machine. The optimisation process also helps printers reduce ink consumption, because the ink doesn’t penetrate so deeply into the paper,” said Johannes Klumpp Marketing and Sales Director for Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper.

Mondi’s high-speed inkjet portfolio includes smooth, high-white, recycled, off-white and coated high-speed inkjet papers. These include DNS^® high-speed inkjet CF (coated feel), DNS^® high-speed inkjet NF (natural feel), 100% recycled NAUTILUS® high-speed inkjet, BIO TOP 3® high-speed inkjet and DNS^® enhanced color inkjet.

With the growing demand for CO₂ offsetting within the printing industry, Mondi also offers a CO₂ neutral option for all high-speed inkjet papers as well as 100% recycled NAUTILUS^® SuperWhite. Mondi’s colour laser paper Color Copy is fully CO₂ neutral.

All Mondi-branded papers are part of the Green Range of eco-conscious papers that are FSC^® or PEFC™ certified, 100% recycled or TCF (totally chlorine free). More information about Mondi’s complete digital printing portfolio is available at www.mondigroup.com/printing.

Revenue of Mondi Group in 2012 amounted to €5.8 billion, compared to €5.74 billion a year ago, the company said in its full-year report.

"Continued strong profitability resulted in a return on capital employed (ROCE) of 13.7%, once again above our through-the-cycle target of 13%", company's CEO David Hathorn noticed.

While Western European markets remained soft, impacted by both short-term cyclical and longer-term structural challenges, demand growth in Eastern Europe (excluding the CIS region) was marginally positive. Market demand in Russia was down on a very strong 2011. In aggregate, Mondi’s sales volumes for uncoated fine paper were on a similar level to that of the previous year.

In Europe, selling prices were stable throughout the year with average benchmark European uncoated fine paper prices declining by 1% in the year, while marginal price increases were achieved in the Russian market.

Russia entered WTO in August 2012 and, as a consequence, import duties for uncoated fine paper will reduce by 2.5% per year until they reach a level of 5% in 2016. Implementation is due to start in 2013. The reduction in trade duties, coupled with new capacity coming on stream in both Russia and France, is expected to place some pressure on pricing in the short to medium term, Mondi said in its full-year report.

The business in 2012 benefited from lower input costs, driven by lower pulp costs for the unintegrated Neusiedler operation, partially offset by higher wood costs in Russia and generally higher energy costs.

Fixed costs were higher, largely due to a higher depreciation charge offset by ongoing cost optimisation initiatives.

Mondi professional printing papers will be on display at stand I18 and used for print applications by various original equipment manufacturers (OEM). Mondi has sponsored Impika, CANON OCÉ, Hunkeler, HP, Kodak and KBA with digital printing papers for print demonstrations throughout the trade fair.

Mondi’s focus on the digital printing market continues into 2013. At Hunkeler Innovationsdays, the international packaging and paper producer will present its expanded high-speed inkjet portfolio, which comprises a comprehensive offering of grammages and shades for this growing market. 

“In the past year, we have expanded Mondi’s high-speed inkjet portfolio to offer more variety and greater options for businesses and printers. Current printing demands, with applications that vary from transpromo and direct mail to book printing, require a portfolio that offers a wide range of optics, haptics, environmental options and accreditations,” says Johannes Klummp, Marketing and Sales Director for Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper.

At stand I18, Mondi will feature its smooth, high-white, recycled, off-white and coated high-speed inkjet papers optimised for both dye and pigment inks. These include DNS^® high-speed inkjet CF (coated feel), DNS^® high-speed inkjet NF (natural feel), 100% recycled NAUTILUS® high-speed inkjet, BIO TOP 3® high-speed inkjet and DNS^® enhanced color inkjet, which is Mondi’s first high-speed inkjet paper with a pigment-coated inkjet surface.

Klummp adds, “BIO TOP 3^® high-speed inkjet, for example, is our off-white recommendation for book printing. It is a TCF paper with no optical brightening agents and has a natural uncoated feel. On the other hand, DNS^® high-speed inkjet CF could be the perfect fit for stylized marketing applications that require a high-white, smooth coated feel.”

Hunkeler Innovationdays also marks the debut of DNS^® enhanced color inkjet to a broader professional printing market. As a pigmented paper, DNS^® enhanced color inkjet delivers a higher colour density, allowing dye inks to reach density levels comparable to pigment ink. The inclusion of a pigmented grade to Mondi’s high-speed inkjet portfolio adds a further dimension to an already varied assortment.

With the growing demand for CO₂ offsetting within the printing industry, Mondi also offers a CO₂ neutral option for all high-speed inkjet papers as well as 100% recycled NAUTILUS^® SuperWhite. Mondi’s colour laser paper Color Copy is fully CO₂ neutral.

All Mondi-branded papers are part of the Green Range of eco-conscious papers that are FSC^® or PEFC™ certified, 100% recycled or TCF (totally chlorine free). More information about Mondi’s complete digital printing portfolio is available at www.mondigroup.com/printing.

The launch of Mondi’s 2013 Color Copy campaign showcases haute couture made from Color Copy and offers a chance to win trips to the world’s fashion capitals

International packaging and paper manufacturer Mondi launched its new haute couture Color Copy campaign with the slogan, “Only the original makes you look so good”. Color Copy has led the way as an original on the market since its launch in 1989 as the world’s first paper specially developed for digital colour laser systems and more recently as the first CO₂ neutral digital colour laser paper. Mondi’s new campaign features six haute couture designs made from Color Copy through a collaboration with design students from the University of Art and Design in Linz together with the Hetzendorf fashion school in Vienna, Austria.  From these six designs, two will be used in the Color Copy advertisements throughout 2013. The campaign kicks-off with an online game (www.colorcopy.com) that will run until 30 June 2013, which features all six designs and gives participants a chance to win one of 100 iTunes vouchers and one of three trips to the world’s fashion capitals: Milan, Paris and New York.

“Our new Color Copy campaign is about making a good impression with high-quality print outs, whether for an important office presentation, a photo book or marketing collateral. In short, when your printed material looks good, you look good,” explains Johannes Klumpp, Marketing and Sales Director for Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper, Europe and International.

The students selected various grammages from the entire Color Copy portfolio, experimenting with the potential offered by using different weights and textures. Over the last 21 years, the Color Copy portfolio has grown to include a broad range of shades and textures with Color Copy, Color Copy style, Color Copy coated glossy, Color Copy coated silk and Color Copy indigo, an HP 3-star certified paper for HP Indigo digital presses. Using Color Copy papers as the base material for their designs, the students explored the medium’s potential and versatility by washing, ironing and using papier mache, for example, to achieve their sartorial concepts. In the end, Mondi selected six final designs for a high-fashion photo shoot with renowned photographer Mark Glassner.

“Color Copy’s optimum smooth surface is key for delivering outstanding print quality. Furthermore, the even toner adhesion, brilliant colour reproduction and natural contrasts achieved make it an ideal medium for our haute couture marketing material,” Klumpp adds.

The Color Copy advertisements for 2013 feature designs by Miriam Kohlhofer and Moritz Gottschalk. All haute couture designs created for the campaign are featured in the online game (www.colorcopy.com) and the behind-the-scenes video showing the making of the campaign (www.youtube.com/TheGreenrange). 

Color Copy is part of Mondi’s eco-conscious Green Range and is CO₂ neutral, FSC^® certified, and bears the EU Ecolabel – a symbol for products and services deemed to have a lesser impact on the environment. More information about the Color Copy portfolio and the 2013 campaign is available at www.mondigroup.com/colorcopy.

Key environmental issues for the paper and printing industry were highlighted at the 2^nd annual Mondi Green Event   

Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper UK invited key sustainability managers to the Green Event, which covered a variety of topics including how companies stay green, current climate issues, and active environmental projects. Here, the company also launched its latest environmental knowledge-sharing initiatives:  the new Green Video and the Green Range Trivia Game.

Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper UK held the 2^nd annual Green Event at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust’s (WWT) London Wetlands Centre in Barnes, UK, on the 24^th October. Speakers at the event included Mondi sustainability experts and environmental managers from leaders in the printing industry and NGOs.

“Environmental initiatives like the Green Event or our Green Range Trivia Game engage stakeholders and communicate Mondi’s contributions to sustainable paper making. The Green Event encourages knowledge sharing amongst environmental organisations and paper industry experts, which is an important factor driving green innovation to become, as our Green Range slogan states,  As green as it gets,” said Johannes Klumpp, Marketing and Sales Director, Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper Europe and International.

Green Event presentations covered a broad range of topics:

• Peter Gardiner, Mondi’s natural resources manager presented on Mondi’s international environmental projects.
• Damian Fleming, senior programme manager for WWF highlighted issues affecting the Amazon and WWF initiatives in this region.
• Alun Watkins, from PEFC™ UK, demystified the industry terminology with regards to PEFC™ accreditation.
• Bruno Zago, environmental manager at HP, presented HP’s successful strategy as one of the world’s greenest companies (Newsweek Green Rankings® 2012).
• Rob Shore, WWT head of wetland conservation presented the organisation’s conservation projects in the UK and abroad, which protect wetlands for wildlife and people.
• Susan Brunner, marketing manager for sustainable brands at Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper, gave an overview of the Green Range: Mondi’s eco-conscious product range, the new campaign that was launched this year and the new Green Range Trivia Game (www.mondigroup.com/gogreentrivia). 

Held at the WWT’s London Wetlands Centre, the event shed light on the work being done by the WWT. The Green Event closed with the premiere of the Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper UK Green Video (on YouTube), which was filmed at the WWT site in Arundel. Along with the natural landscape of the WWT site, the video starred pupils from the local primary school in West Sussex.

Announced at the event, the new Mondi Green Range Trivia Game (www.mondigroup.com/gogreentrivia)  is now online until March, with monthly prize draws for a Sony Xperia P Smartphone (the European Green Smartphone 2012/13), two sets of MP3 loud speakers made of pulp and three sets of the Green Range collector’s mugs as third prize.  For each participant who plays the Green Range Trivia Game Mondi will donate one euro to OroVerde’s reforestation program; one euro equals one tree planted.

A further testament to Mondi’s efforts in the area of sustainable paper production, the company is the recent recipient of two WWF Environmental Paper Awards in the categories "Transparency" as well as "Best Environmental Performance Paper Brands" for  100% recycled NAUTILUS® SuperWhite; winner of the Pulp and Paper International (PPI) Awards for Managing Risk and Safety (company category, Mondi SCP, Slovakia), Efficiency Improvements of the Year (mill category, Mondi SCP, Slovakia) and Environmental Strategy of the Year (company category, Mondi Group, http://sd-report.mondigroup.com/2011/).

More information about the Mondi Green Range can be found at www.mondigroup.com/gogreen.

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Mondi’s contribution to industry standards in sustainable paper production, efficiency, and safety were recognized at the 2012 Pulp and Paper International (PPI) Awards on 12^th November. The following day, WWF announced Mondi as the recipient of two Environmental Paper Awards in the categories "Transparency" and "Best Environmental Performance Paper Brands".

Mondi, the global paper and packaging manufacturer, received international accolades this week at the 2012 PPI Awards and by WWF, the world´s largest conservation organisation, who announced Mondi as one of the winners of the 2012 WWF Environmental Paper Awards in the category “Transparency”. Mondi also received the Best Environmental Performance Paper Brands Award for 100% recycled NAUTILUS® SuperWhite, which is listed in the WWF's Check Your Paper database, reaching 90% of achievable scores.

Emmanuelle Neyroumande, Manager of WWF International´s global pulp and paper work commented: "Mondi has been applauded by WWF for transparency on its environmental footprint, showing that the company takes their environmental and social responsibility seriously. We welcome that Mondi has published 92% of Mondi-branded uncoated fine papers on WWF's Check Your Paper database of eco-rated papers."

“This was a very exciting and gratifying week for Mondi, having had our efforts and achievements recognised by both PPI and WWF - major international organisations and stakeholders in the pulp and paper industry,” commented Peter Orisich, CEO Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper.

PPI awarded Mondi SCP mill in Slovakia the prize for Managing Risk and Safety in the company category as well as the Efficiency Improvements of the Year in the mill category with regard to machine performance. Mondi SCP is the producer of well–known Mondi uncoated fine papers such as MAESTRO® Print offset, DNS® performance and several IQ and MAESTRO® office grades. The success of Mondi Group was underlined by the award in the company category for Environmental Strategy of the Year (http://sd-report.mondigroup.com/2011/).

“Safety is a key concern in all of our Uncoated Fine Paper mills; therefore it is especially motivating to see Mondi SCP’s success in risk and safety management applauded on an international scale by PPI. We have also recently celebrated 2 million lost-time-injury free hours at the mill,” said Peter Orisich.

The PPI Awards are organised by RISI, one of the leading information providers about the global forest products industry. The awards aim at honouring leadership, vision, innovation and strategic accomplishments within the pulp and paper industry.

Big Buyer visitors interested in green purchasing for their offices can learn more about Mondi’s sustainably produced brands and the full environmental credentials for Mondi’s office brands Color Copy, BIO TOP 3®, NAUTILUS®, IQ, MAESTRO, and DNS®.

Mondi  is  an international packaging and paper Group, with production operations across 28 countries and revenues of €5.7 billion in 2011. The Group's key operations are located in central Europe, Russia and South Africa and as at the end of 2011, Mondi employed 23,400 people.

Mondi Group is fully integrated across the paper and packaging process, from the growing of wood and the manufacture of pulp and paper (including recycled paper), to the conversion of packaging papers into corrugated packaging, industrial bags and coatings.

The Group is principally involved in the manufacture of packaging paper, converted packaging products and uncoated fine paper (UFP).

DNS® color print is the latest development in Mondi’s professional printing portfolio. The new digital colour printing paper falls within the company’s offering of smooth high-white papers for a broad spectrum of applications that demand high-impact colour saturation.

The DNS® brand by international pulp and paper maker Mondi continues to grow with the launch of DNS® color print, the company’s latest development for the fast growing digital printing market. This latest paper offers customers the high whiteness level (170 CIE) characteristic of DNS® premium and DNS® high-speed inkjet, launched in 2010 and 2011 respectively. However, DNS® color print introduces an extra smooth surface to the list of features and benefits comprising the full brand portfolio.

The smooth finish combined with the paper’s high opacity allows for full colour reproduction for duplex printing. With far-reaching potential for print applications, DNS® color print is specially engineered for digital colour printing on laser printers, copiers, and digital colour presses. Moreover, DNS® color print is produced with ColorLok® Technology, which is a class of paper additives that visibly enhance the print quality of inkjet documents while providing faster drying times.

“The research and development for DNS® color print took place at Mondi Neusielder mill in Austria, where the paper is produced. Mondi Neusiedler has been in the paper making business for more than 200 years and has led the way in developing papers for digital printing for more than 20 years. Its reputation for high quality and innovation is well-earned and recognised by professionals in the paper industry,” said Johannes Klumpp, Marketing and Sales Director for Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper.

With a range of grammages from 80-300 g/m2 in A4, A3 (LG/SG) and SRA3 formats, versatility is a prime benefit for printers handling diverse applications from marketing collateral to invitations to business cards. DNS® color print is also suitable for preprint applications such as letterhead and office stationery.

DNS® color print is part of Mondi’s Green Range of sustainably produced papers that fulfil the leading environmental and social guidelines. It is FSC® certified and was awarded the EU Ecolabel as a product that is deemed to have a lesser impact on the environment than other similar products.

All Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper mills are certified FSC®, PEFC™, ISO 9001 (quality management) and ISO 14001 (environmental management system).

Mondi is an international packaging and paper Group, with production operations across 28 countries and revenues of €5.7 billion in 2011. The Group's key operations are located in central Europe, Russia and South Africa and as at the end of 2011, Mondi employed 23,400 people.

Mondi Group is fully integrated across the paper and packaging process, from the growing of wood and the manufacture of pulp and paper (including recycled paper), to the conversion of packaging papers into corrugated packaging, industrial bags and coatings.

The Group is principally involved in the manufacture of packaging paper, converted packaging products and uncoated fine paper (UFP).

Mondi Group has a dual listed company structure, with a primary listing on the JSE Limited for Mondi Limited under the ticker code MND and a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange for Mondi plc, under the ticker code MNDI. The Group has been recognised for its sustainability through its inclusion in the FTSE4Good Global, European and UK Index Series (since 2008) and the JSE's Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Index since 2007. The Group was also included in the FTSE350 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index for the second year.