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Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, received the Cradle to Cradle certification at Bronze level for its uncoated fine papers produced in its mills in Austria, Slovakia and Russia. Mondi is thus the first to offer an extensive uncoated fine paper portfolio as Cradle to Cradle Certified® meeting the high standards and demanding requirements of this certification scheme which marks the step from a linear to a circular economy. This includes Mondi´s well-known professional printing brands Color Copy and PERGRAPHICA®, as well as its range of NAUTILUS® branded recycled papers, and a wide office paper portfolio.

“We are proud to kick off the year with this strong sustainability achievement underlining our Mondi Action Plan 2030 (MAP2030) commitment to create circular-driven solutions. For many years, Mondi has been a leader, and often a pioneer, in the sustainability of its uncoated fine papers. For example, Color Copy became the world´s first FSCTM certified colour laser paper in 2005. Thanks to our new Cradle to Cradle certification our customers have a uniquely wide choice of products to support the environment and contribute to the circular economy without sacrificing on quality or price,” says Devan Naidoo, Marketing and Sales Director at Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper.  

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The Cradle to Cradle Certified® Products Program is a globally recognised standard for safe, responsible materials and products made for the circular economy. The holistic approach follows nature´s principle of keeping materials and resources in circulation and eliminating waste. The Cradle to Cradle certification is awarded by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute dedicated to powering the circular economy through products that have a positive impact on people and planet. The programme assesses five categories of sustainability performance: material health, product circularity, clean air and climate protection, water and soil stewardship, and social fairness. Mondi´s uncoated fine paper portfolio has been assessed across all five categories, reaching levels from Gold to Bronze, thereby being Bronze the overall level of the final certification.

Cradle to Cradle Certified® is a registered trademark of the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.

About Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper

Uncoated Fine Paper is a business unit of Mondi Group. In six operating sites in Austria, Slovakia, Russia, and South Africa, Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper produces pulp and environmentally sound office and professional printing papers tailored to the latest professional digital and offset print technologies. The company complies with the strictest international certification standards to support sustainable production processes through the responsible management of forest, water and air resources. All Mondi uncoated fine papers belong to the Green Range of papers that are FSC™ or PEFC™ certified, 100% recycled or bleached entirely without chlorine.

Its renowned brands such as Color Copy, PERGRAPHICA®, NAUTILUS®, NEUJET®, IQ, MAESTRO®, BIO TOP 3®, DNS®, Snegurochka or ROTATRIM are used in office environments on laser or inkjet printers and by professional printers on digital or offset presses to create brochures, transactional material, folders, invitations, business cards, letterheads or other high-impact communication. Converters appreciate the excellent printability and smooth handling of Mondi’s professional printing papers.

About Mondi

Mondi is a global leader in packaging and paper, contributing to a better world by making innovative packaging and paper solutions that are sustainable by design. Our business is integrated across the value chain – from managing forests and producing pulp, paper and plastic films, to developing and manufacturing effective industrial and consumer packaging solutions. Sustainability is at the centre of our strategy and intrinsic in the way we do business. We lead the industry with our customer-centric approach, EcoSolutions, where we ask the right questions to find the most sustainable solution. In 2020, Mondi had revenues of €6.66 billion and underlying EBITDA of €1.35 billion.

Mondi has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (MNDI), and a secondary listing on the JSE Limited (MNP). Mondi is a FTSE 100 constituent, and has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series since 2008 and the FTSE/JSE Responsible Investment Index Series since 2007.

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Mondi, global leader in packaging and paper, has been chosenby the Jane Goodall Institute Austria as the supplier for the first issue of their new annual magazine Be inspired using Mondi's premium recycled paper brand NAUTILUS®.

  • The newly launched annual magazineof Jane Goodall InstituteAustria will beprinted on NAUTILUS® Classic made from 100% recycledpaper
  • The partnership is based on the common sustainability aspirations and values of Mondi, NAUTILUS® and the Jane Goodall Institute

“By inspiring people to conserve the natural world we all share, we improve the lives of people, animals and the environment.Our partners understand the importance to act sustainable and are equally ambitious to protect natural resources in their field”, says Dr. Jane Goodall, scientist and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute.

“When choosing our partners, it is important to us that they share our sustainability philosophy and aspirations.Mondi puts great efforts into recycling paper and a circular economy. NAUTILUS® mission “For the love of nature”is an excellent fit with the values of the Jane Goodall Institute”, says Doris Schreyvogel, Managing Director of the Jane Goodall Institute Austria.

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Founded in 2013, the Jane Goodall Institute Austria is part of the Jane Goodall Institutes network, a global community conservation organisation that advances the vision and work of Dr.Jane Goodall focusing on the protection of chimpanzees, reforestation and education.

The new annual magazine will be presented to the public on 30 September 2021 at a special launch event in Vienna, Austria. The magazine gives an overview of the projects of the Institute showcasing the holistic approach of its work.

“At Mondi we developed an ambitiousaction plan,MAP2030, where we focuson climate resilience through our forests and operations for the future of the planet. Targets include reducing our greenhouse gas emissions in line with science-based targets,maintaining zero deforestation in our wood supply and safeguarding biodiversity and water in our operations and beyond.This ambition fits very well with the mission the Jane Goodall Institute pursues and we are honoured to have been selected as a supplier with our premium recycled paper brand NAUTILUS®”, explains Johannes Klumpp, Marketing & Sales Director Uncoated Fine Paper at Mondi.

With its authentic recycled shade and the two grammages of 200 g/m2and 120 g/m2NAUTILUS® Classic perfectly meets the technical requirements of the magazine. NAUTILUS® Classic is made from 100% post-consumer recycled paper and awarded with certification schemes such as FSCTM Recycled, Blue Angel and EU Ecolabel.

NAUTILUS® not only offers a diverse portfolio of recycled papers in a wide range of grammages and formats, but it also delivers top quality in every sheet. The NAUTILUS® product family provides premium quality recycled papers that help you to look after the environment and reinforce your image as a sustainable company. For more information around NAUTILUS® visit www.mymondi.net/nautilus For information on our sustainability approach in our uncoated fine paper business please visit https://www.mymondi.net/ufp/en/sustainability

About Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper

Uncoated Fine Paperis a business unit of Mondi Group. In six operating sites in Austria, Slovakia, Russia, and South Africa, Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper produces pulp and environmentally sound office and professional printing papers tailored to the latest professional digitaland offset print technologies. The company complies with the strictest international certification standards to support sustainable production processes through the responsible management of forest, water and air resources. All Mondi uncoated fine papers belong to the Green Range of papers that are FSC™ or PEFC™ certified, 100% recycled or bleached entirely without chlorine. Its renowned brands such as Color Copy, PERGRAPHICA®, NAUTILUS®, NEUJET®, IQ, MAESTRO®, BIO TOP 3®, DNS®, Snegurochka or ROTATRIM are used in office environments on laser or inkjet printers and by professional printers on digital or offset presses to create brochures, transactional material, folders, invitations, business cards, letterheads or other high-impact communication. Converters appreciate the excellent printability and smooth handling of Mondi’s professional printing papers.

About Mondi

Mondi is a global leader in packaging and paper, contributing to a better world by making innovative packaging and paper solutions that are sustainable by design. Our business is integrated across the value chain –from managing forests and producing pulp,paper and plastic films, to developing and manufacturing effective industrial and consumer packaging solutions. Sustainability is at the centre of our strategy and intrinsic in the way we do business. We lead the industry with our customer-centric approach, EcoSolutions, where we ask the right questions to find the most sustainable solution. In 2020, Mondi had revenues of €6.66 billion and underlying EBITDA of €1.35 billion.Mondi has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (MNDI), and a secondary listing on the JSE Limited (MNP). Mondi is a FTSE 100 constituent, and has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series since 2008 and the FTSE/JSE Responsible Investment Index Series since 2007.

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Mondi, global leader in packaging and paper, unveils its latest uncoated fine paper highlights and innovations. As the main supplier of uncoated fine paper in Europe (including Russia), and a tradition of papermaking going back to 1793, Mondi has been keeping an eye on innovation, even in challenging times. Recent developments include new shades to enrich the premium brand PERGRAPHICA®; a creative cooperation with Adobe Stock; an innovative grass paper for premium packaging; and the expansion of Mondi’s successful B2B loyalty programme ‘Color Copy Club’.

  • New, extended PERGRAPHICA® offering for premium graphic paper and luxury packaging market
  • Partnership with Adobe Stock for premium brand PERGRAPHICA®
  • Launch of grass paper for premium packaging under the new brand IQ GRASS+ PACKAGING
  • New highlights on Color Copy: Expansion of loyalty programme “Color Copy Club” to Austria in cooperation with Europapier and EU-RO and ColorLok® certification

"Despite the difficult situation we are all facing this year, we have been keeping close to our customers and working intensively on our new uncoated fine paper products. We are pleased to present the impressive results to the market now," says Gunilla Saltin, CEO Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper. "Innovation, sustainability and partnerships have always been central pillars of our work at Mondi and will continue to be a foundation of our success in the future."

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New PERGRAPHICA® shades for premium creative design, print and luxury packaging

Selecting the right paper is at the heart of every creative design, print and packaging project. Mondi has launched 31 new colours in its premium PERGRAPHICA® range to extend its offering. Alongside 10 rich and 10 pale shades, the new portfolio includes a variety of 10 dark and deep shades and the recently launched PERGRAPHICA® Infinite Black, which are ideally suited to luxury packaging for cosmetics, perfumes, wines, champagnes and spirits, as well as boutique bags. The new PERGRAPHICA® deep and dark shades are presented in a stunning ‘Wow Box’ enhanced with special finishing techniques to show how PERGRAPHICA® lends itself perfectly to diverse luxury packaging applications.

Partnership with Adobe Stock for PERGRAPHICA®

To mark the portfolio extension, Mondi is proud to introduce its campaign Catching Feels, developed in a unique digital to analogue partnership with Adobe Stock. The campaign starts on paper with a stunning new lookbook and continues on Mondi´s digital platform for paper lovers, mymondi.net, complemented by virtual events for customers and prospects and many other digital and analogue activities.

As we experience paper with all our senses, Catching Feels takes us on a sensory journey through six feelings with six photographers and illustrators, each chosen for their ability to bring feelings to life. The heart of the Catching Feels campaign is the new lookbook. Drawing on the full range of papers in the new PERGRAPHICA® portfolio, the emotive and technically challenging imagery in the Catching Feels lookbook features two surface finishes, four printing techniques, six paper weights, ten shades and 53 pages of special inks and finishes. The artists featured in the campaign contribute to the Adobe Stock Premium Collection, the premium stock image library, which enhances creative projects and empowers creatives.

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There are a lot of shared values between Adobe Stock and PERGRAPHICA®. Adobe Stock´s motto of inspiring creatives to ‘make something amazing’ is very similar to PERGRAPHICA®’s ‘creatives inspiring creatives’. Mondi’s ‘digilogue’ or ‘digital to analogue’ strategy for uncoated fine paper – the transition from the screen to the page – gave Adobe Stock the opportunity to demonstrate just how well their imagery can leap off the page.

The new PERGRAPHICA® qualities and shades include additional laminated grades up to 400 g/m² and a widened HP Indigo offering. All PERGRAPHICA® papers provide excellent printability on a choice of textures, shades and weights and are perfectly suitable for post-print processing. The full range of PERGRAPHICA® qualities and shades is made in Austria and meets the strict international sustainability standards set by FSCTM as well as EU Ecolabel. They also belong to Green Range, Mondi´s umbrella trademark for sustainable paper solutions. The white shades as well as Infinite Black have a food safety certification.

IQ GRASS+ PACKAGING: launch of a unique grass paper for premium packaging

Partnering with customers for innovation is one of Mondi’s four strategic value drivers. One of the latest innovations using alternative raw materials is IQ GRASS+ PACKAGING which uses fast-growing grass as a fibre source, and was developed in close collaboration with customers. The combination of 30 percent grass fibre and 70 percent fresh fibre from sustainable resources gives this new niche product a natural and unique look and feel making it suitable for premium shopping bags as well as liners for high-quality corrugated and solid board packaging. IQ GRASS+ PACKAGING has a high tear strength compared to typical uncoated fine paper products, is optimised for flexo printing, used for various types of packaging, and has a food safety certification for dry/non-fatty foods. The new material is available to order across Europe from September 2020 onwards. First projects have already been successfully implemented with customers.

Loyalty programme Color Copy Club opens in Austria

In 2019, Mondi successfully launched its loyalty programme ‘Color Copy Club’ in Germany. Now, the B2B platform is being extended to the Austrian market – in an exclusive cooperation with the paper merchant Europapier and EU-RO. The programme was developed to strengthen business relationships and to open new opportunities for cooperation. It addresses resellers, retailers, copy shops as well as commercial digital printers and provides them with bonuses and special promotions.

“It was particularly important to Mondi and Europapier that these bonuses offer real added value to our customers' business. We want to give our customers support for their operational business, personnel, marketing and sales. The club is an active community and a platform for exchange,” says Michael Hicker, Commercial Director Austria at Europapier.

‘Color Copy Club’ in Austria is open to Europapier and EU-RO customers buying Mondi’s digital colour printing paper brand Color Copy. After registering via colorcopyclub.com, customers automatically collect ‘bonus points’ whenever they are buying Color Copy paper through Europapier or EU-RO, which they can exchange for attractive bonuses. Members can also receive further information, promotions and marketing materials via the Color Copy Club online platform.

Mondi has been producing Color Copy for more than 30 years. It is the most well recognised uncoated fine paper brand in Europe1 and the perfect paper for digital printing in offices and professional print-rooms. Color Copy is CO2 neutral, FSCTM certified and available up to 400 g/m2.

Broadening the scope of Color Copy: adding improved inkjet printability with ColorLok® certification

Mondi is continuously advancing Color Copy, the signature collection for digital colour printing. Responding to the trend of an increase in small and home offices and a corresponding increase in inkjet printing, the latest Color Copy development is the ColorLok® certification for Color Copy original. ColorLok® Technology is used during paper production and consists of special additives that ensure high quality print results. The primary benefits of ColorLok® certified papers can be seen in inkjet printing when using pigment inks:

  • Vivid colours: richer, brighter images and graphics
  • Bolder blacks: crisp, sharp text with bolder blacks
  • Faster drying: documents printed with ColorLok® papers dry faster, resulting in less smearing

The ColorLok® certified Color Copy original papers will be available internationally in cut-size from Q4 2020 onwards.

About Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper

Uncoated Fine Paper is a business unit of Mondi Group. In six operating sites in Austria, Slovakia, Russia, and South Africa, Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper produces pulp and environmentally sound office and professional printing papers tailored to the latest professional digital and offset print technologies. The company complies with the strictest international certification standards to support sustainable production processes through the responsible management of forest, water and air resources. All Mondi uncoated fine papers belong to the Green Range of papers that are FSCTM or PEFCTM certified, 100% recycled or bleached entirely without chlorine. Its renowned brands such as Color Copy, PERGRAPHICA®, NAUTILUS®, NEUJET®, IQ, MAESTRO®, BIO TOP 3®, DNS®, Snegurochka or ROTATRIM are used in office environments on laser or inkjet printers and by professional printers on digital or offset presses to create brochures, transactional material, folders, invitations, business cards, letterheads or other high-impact communication. Converters appreciate the excellent printability and smooth handling of Mondi’s professional printing papers.

About Mondi

Mondi is a global leader in packaging and paper, contributing to a better world by making innovative packaging and paper solutions that are sustainable by design. Our business is fully integrated across the value chain – from managing forests and producing pulp, paper and plastic films, to developing and manufacturing effective industrial and consumer packaging solutions. Sustainability is at the centre of our strategy and intrinsic in the way we do business. We lead the industry with our customer- centric approach, EcoSolutions, where we ask the right questions to find the most sustainable solution. In 2019, Mondi had revenues of €7.27 billion and underlying EBITDA of €1.66 billion.

Mondi has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (MNDI), and a secondary listing on the JSE Limited (MNP). Mondi is a FTSE 100 constituent, and has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series since 2008 and the FTSE/JSE Responsible Investment Index Series since 2007.

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Mondi Paper Bags, part of Mondi Group, a leading global packaging and paper manufacturer, has acquired two paper bag lines from Helwan Cement Company and InterCement Sacs, two major cement producers in Egypt. The acquired production lines will increase Mondi’s capacity by approximately 60-80 million bags annually and strengthen Mondi's position in the Middle Eastern bag market, particularly in supporting suppliers to the construction industry.

  • Mondi Paper Bags has acquired two paper bag lines from Helwan Cement Company and InterCement Sacs1.
  • With these acquisitions, Mondi’s paper bag production volume in the country will increase by approximately 60-80 million bags annually.
  • As part of the agreement, Mondi will become exclusive supplier of paper bags to Helwan Cement Company and InterCement Sacs.

Mondi Paper Bags, a global producer that operates two plants in Egypt, will also become the exclusive supplier of paper bags to Helwan Cement Company and InterCement Sacs.

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“We are excited to have signed long-term supply agreements with two of our biggest customers in Egypt further securing our position in the Middle Eastern market. These collaborations will offer Helwan and InterCement access to our latest innovations, industry expertise and our strong plant network and customer service in the Middle East. Thanks to Mondi’s vertical integration, our partners will further benefit from our high quality kraft paper,” said Claudio Fedalto, Chief Operating Officer of Mondi Paper Bags.

“Building sustainable partnerships is InterCement’s tagline, and it is exactly what this deal represents. It is a long and fruitful partnership, in which we will focus on our cement production, while Mondi is supplying us with high quality bags and comprehensive customer service,” said Paulo Dall’Aqua, Legal & Administration Director, Amreyah Cement.

“We are delighted to continue our relationship with a reputable and reliable global paper bags supplier like Mondi, while we can focus on our core operations, the production of grey cement and ready-mix,” said Jose Maria Magrina, Managing Director, Suez Cement Group.

(1) Notes to editors:

Helwan Cement is a subsidiary of Suez Cement Group Egypt, part of leading global cement company HeidelbergCement AG. InterCement Sacs is a subsidiary of Amreyah Cement, part of InterCement, a major Brazilian cement producer.

Mondi Paper Bags in Egypt consists of Suez Bag and Mondi Cairo. Plant photos are set out below.

About Mondi Paper Bags

Mondi Paper Bags, a business segment of Mondi Group, is the leading international producer of industrial paper bags selling more than 5 billion bags per year. Thanks to its broad range of bag specifications, Mondi Paper Bags serves major industries including cement and building materials, chemicals, food, feed and seed. The business segment operates a dense sales and service network, the specialised filling equipment department Natro Tech, as well as its Bag Application Centre, where researchers develop and test innovative packaging solutions.

About Mondi

Mondi is a global leader in packaging and paper, contributing to a better world by making innovative, packaging and paper solutions that are sustainable by design. Our business is fully integrated across the value chain – from managing forests and producing pulp, paper and plastic films, to developing and manufacturing effective industrial and consumer packaging solutions. Sustainability is at the centre of our strategy and intrinsic in the way we do business. We lead the industry with our customer- centric approach, EcoSolutions, where we ask the right questions to find the most sustainable solution. In 2019, Mondi had revenues of €7.27 billion and underlying EBITDA of €1.66 billion.

Mondi has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (MNDI), and a secondary listing on the JSE Limited (MNP). Mondi is a FTSE 100 constituent, and has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series since 2008 and the FTSE/JSE Responsible Investment Index Series since 2007.

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Since the Voith Paper Webshop was launched in 2017 the number of users has risen continuously. Worldwide, more than 96 companies are already using the newly developed online tool from Voith’s digital portfolio. The Mondi Group, which has more than 100 production facilities in 30 countries worldwide, is now also relying on Voith’s simple, time-saving and cost-saving ordering processes.

  • Personalized access with seamless integration into ERP system simplifies procurement of replacement parts
  • High data quality with pre-populated spare parts lists, order history and operating instructions
  • Improved paper machine efficiency and reduced downtimes due to easy-to-plan purchasing processes with order tracking

In the past, Mondi purchasing staff had used electronic catalogs to order replacement parts, raw materials or office supplies. However Wolfgang Stramitzer, who headed the project in his capacity as Project Manager Procurement Excellence at Mondi, stresses that the webshop developed by Voith has little in common with the eProcurement processes previously used: “Thanks to the wealth of extra services like 24/7 availability or order tracking, the webshop offers significantly more benefits. For me it is an outstanding model that further improves the efficiency of our Group.” For example, order tracking allows Mondi to see exactly when an order will arrive. Necessary downtimes can be planned precisely and kept as short as possible. At the same time, the availability of the machine is increased.

For Markus Wenzl, Head of Procurement at the Mondi Neusiedler facility, the webshop is also an important tool for the maintenance of the system. “The webshop offers a high quality of data and simple and secure access to replacement parts. In addition, information like pre-populated spare parts lists, customized packages and the ordering history help us keep production running,” says Wenzl.

: In the Voith Paper Webshop, papermakers are able to purchase Voith products and services quickly and easily.In the Voith Paper Webshop, papermakers are able to purchase Voith products and services quickly and easily.

A further key to the success of the webshop is the personalization of access, which makes the ordering process much simpler. Item numbers in the webshop correspond with Mondi item numbers. In addition, the system stores the details of the specific wear and spare parts for each of the customer’s paper machines. Because paper machines have a high degree of individualization, this function allows significant acceleration of the ordering process. Purchasing staff no longer need to select a product in a catalog from a number of variants but will directly find the right parts for the respective machine. Moreover, a lot of information on the machine, from the original delivery to the ordering history and operating instructions are integrated into the personalized section of the Voith Paper Webshop.

Seamless integration of the Voith Paper Webshop into Mondi’s purchasing system enables optimized processes and reduces administration effort. At the Mondi Group, the integration of the webshop into the SAP Ariba platform will take place in the first quarter of 2020. Currently, the webshop is still integrated into an existing Mondi catalog system via an OCI interface and is being used in the Neusiedler pilot paper mill in Hausmening, Austria. The sharing of all documents important for the ordering process, like order and order confirmation, is already being done fully automatically and electronically, also via SAP Ariba. Currently, the project teams are working on processing the data for the remaining Mondi subsidiaries. In all cases the secure exchange of data is of course guaranteed.

The Voith Paper Webshop is tailored precisely to the needs of customers. “Usually, the supplier comes and shows us what it has. Voith, on the other hand, asked us what we need,” says Markus Wenzl. This willingness to listen to the customer was a characteristic of the entire project and a further key to implementation. The Mondi Group’s extensive experience with eProcurement also helped. “It was fun to work with Mondi. You really noticed that the company has a lot of experience in eProcurement and therefore knows exactly what is needed to make this kind of project a success for both parties,” says Björn Kleigrewe, Project Manager from the Voith Webshop Team. Wolfang Stramitzer adds: “Of course there were always challenges. But thanks to Voith’s willingness to pursue new approaches we were always able to find a sustainable solution.”

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Mondi, the global paper and packaging Group, is launching a new product for their flagship brand Color Copy. Targeted for the office paper segment, “Color Copy Go Office” is a newly developed, best-in-class multifunctional product for high contrast colours. Color Copy Go Office offers a high whiteness paired with the smoothness for which Color Copy is known. It is the first product in the Color Copy portfolio explicitly guaranteed for both laser and inkjet printing, featuring ColorLok® technology to ensure bold blacks, vivid colours and quick drying. As with all Color Copy products, Color Copy Go Office comes with Mondi’s 100% satisfaction guarantee.

2018 10 19 092415“Almost 30 years ago, we invented the colour laser paper with Color Copy. With last year’s redesign of our packaging, we started a journey to become the perfect paper for digital colour printing – inkjet included. Color Copy Go Office is the first step in this direction. In terms of positioning among high white multifunctional papers for high contrast printing, it is the best office paper we offer today. It perfectly complements our flagship brand Color Copy as the premium paper solution for full colour printing with the widest colour gamut and incomparably consistent top quality”, says Johannes Klumpp, Marketing and Sales Director at Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper.

A pipeline of innovations for Color Copy

Earlier this year a new range of digital formats were announced for Color Copy, valid for all our sales partners around the world. For all other future innovations and portfolio extensions under the Color Copy brand, including the introduction of Color Copy in 80 g/m2 as well as new banner formats, there is a new and (semi-) exclusive distribution strategy in place. This means that all new developments are available at selected Color Copy Evolution Partners only.

Europapier will be Mondi’s partner in Austria and Russia, Igepa and Papyrus in Germany, Augusto Berni, Comunica, Officart and Polyedra in Italy, Premier Paper in UK and Papyrus in Benelux, with discussions on-going in several other countries.

“In 2019 we will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of Color Copy and will have more news to share related to the diversification of the brand portfolio. Stay tuned for more details in early 2019,” explained Klumpp.

Go Office range

Color Copy Go Office is available in A4 and A3 and 80, 90, 100 as well as 120 g/m2 , featuring our new easy-open reams for all our A4 products in 80, 90 and 100 g/m2 and improved box strength. For optimal presentation, easy handling and a tidy office space, all A4 products can be ordered in shelf-ready boxes. Color Copy Go Office is produced in our Mondi Neusiedler mill and is offered with FSC® and EU Ecolabel certification.

About Color Copy

Color Copy is the leading brand for digital colour printing and is CO2 neutral. It is specifically designed to meet the needs of digital printing and guarantees true-to-life, brilliant colour copies and perfect print results every time. Color Copy has an elegant and smooth feel and its soft white hue gives accurate colour reproduction that emphasises your image. It also has an exceptional environmental profile, being CO2 neutral in addition to having FSC®, EU Ecolabel and ISO 9706, ISO 14001 and ISO 18001 certifications. Color Copy is part of Mondi’s Green Range of sustainably produced products.

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About Mondi          

Mondi is a global leader in packaging and paper, delighting its customers and consumers with innovative and sustainable packaging and paper solutions. Mondi is fully integrated across the packaging and paper value chain – from managing forests and producing pulp, paper and plastic films, to developing and manufacturing effective industrial and consumer packaging solutions. Sustainability is embedded in everything Mondi does. In 2017, Mondi had revenues of €7.10 billion and underlying EBITDA of €1.48 billion.

Mondi has a dual listed company structure, with a primary listing on the JSE Limited for Mondi Limited under the ticker MND, and a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange for Mondi plc, under the ticker MNDI. Mondi is a FTSE 100 constituent, and has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series since 2008 and the FTSE/JSE Responsible Investment Index Series since 2007.

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About Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper

Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper is a business unit of Mondi Group. In five paper mills in Austria, Slovakia, Russia, and South Africa, Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper produces environmentally sound office and professional printing papers tailored to the latest professional digital and offset print technologies. The company complies with the strictest international certification standards to support sustainable production processes through the responsible management of forest, water and air resources. All Mondi uncoated fine papers belong to the Green Range of papers that are FSC® or PEFC™ certified, 100% recycled or bleached entirely without chlorine.

Its renowned brands such as Color Copy, DNS®, IQ, MAESTRO®, NAUTILUS®, BIO TOP 3®, PERGRAPHICA®, NEUJET®, Snegurochka or ROTATRIM are used in office environments on laser or inkjet printers and by professional printers on digital or offset presses to create brochures, transactional material, folders, invitations, business cards, letterheads or other high-impact communication. Converters appreciate the excellent printability and smooth handling of Mondi’s professional printing papers.

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Sappi uses low SA rates to revise debt

SAPPI, the world’s largest maker of glossy paper, plans to sell bonds to refinance debt even as yields on existing securities rise as the company retools mills from South Africa to the US to produce pulp used in clothing.

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The company will raise at least R1bn, CEO Ralph Boettger said on March 26. Yields on Sappi’s euro debt due in April 2018 climbed by 87 basis points from a record low on January 14, reaching 5.4% on Thursday.

Rates on similarly dated euro bonds of competitor Stora Enso advanced by 45 basis points to 4.3%. South African firms’ dollar-bond yields have added 10 basis points in the period, JPMorgan Chase indices show.

"Sappi is hoping to achieve a more competitive interest rate in the bond market," Mohamed Kharva, a Cape Town-based analyst at Nedbank Group, says.

The Johannesburg-based company, which is also the world’s biggest maker of dissolving wood pulp, is selling debt to take advantage of the lowest South African interest rates in more than 30 years, which have spurred an increase in issuance by companies.

Sappi has to repay R1bn of bonds on June 27. Yields on the debt have climbed to 6.32% since reaching a record low of 5.66% on July 19.

Rates on the South African rand bonds due on August 1 have gained 66 basis points, or 0.66 of a percentage point, to 5.02%.

The company is spending $540m converting parts of its paper mills into plants that make the pulp, used to produce goods from sports clothing to pills and cellphone screens.

Sappi is betting on the product to increase profit and allow it to resume dividend payments, which it stopped in 2008 as it struggled with a high debt burden amid weakening paper sales in Europe.

Debt sales by companies in the continent’s biggest economy, excluding financial institutions, increased to $1.4bn in the first quarter from $1.06bn a year earlier, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

"We can confirm that we are busy finalising the refinancing," Sappi head of corporate affairs Andre Oberholzer says. "We already use banks for other lines of finance. The bond market provides an additional avenue."

The wood-pulp conversion projects at the Ngodwana mill in Mpumalanga province and the Cloquet facility in Minnesota should be completed by the end of the third quarter, in June, raising Sappi’s output of the pulp by about 40% to more than 1.3-million tons a year, Mr Oberholzer says. "The overall dissolving wood-pulp market is growing at 6% a year while the viscose staple-fibre market grows at 8% a year."

The viscose variety, which is made from dissolving wood pulp, is used in sports clothing.

"Our global share of the overall dissolving wood-pulp market for 2012 was 14% and of the viscose staple-fibre market was 20%. These are set to increase once additional capacity comes online," Mr Oberholzer says.

Sappi, which returned to profitability in the year through to last September, said on February 6 that profit fell 62% in the first quarter because of lower paper and pulp prices.

The company derived 25% of its sales from southern Africa in the year to September.

The rand has depreciated 8.6% against the dollar this year, the worst performance among 16 major currencies tracked by Bloomberg after Japan’s yen, which has lost 9%.

The rand slipped 0.5% to R9.2725/$ in Johannesburg on Thursday morning.

Sappi’s stock dropped 7.1% in the first quarter, making it the worst performer in the 25-member Standard & Poor’s global timber and forestry US dollar index, behind Golden Agri-Resources, the world’s second-biggest palm-oil producer.

South Africa’s Mondi was the best performer, rising 34%.

As consumers turn from magazines and newspapers to computers and cellphones to consume media, Sappi’s move away from paper makes sense, Mr Kharva says.

"For them to increase exposure to dissolving wood pulp is a good diversification strategy due to it being a growth market, unlike graphic paper, which is in structural decline."

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Mondi presents expanded range of digital papers at North Print and Pack trade fair in Harrogate, UK from 14th-16th May 2013

The international paper and packaging manufacturer will showcase a broad range of digital printing papers such as the high-white, smooth DNS® color print, Color Copy, Color Copy for HP Indigo, DNS® for HP Indigo, recycled NAUTILUS® grades and off-white BIO TOP 3® next.

thumb dns1The newly expanded digital printing portfolio from Mondi will be presented at the North Print and Pack exhibition in Harrogate from 14th-16th May 2013 on stand A308.

“North Print and Pack is a good opportunity for Mondi to speak directly with printers about their digital printing needs and most frequent applications. We also look forward to introducing to the UK printing market some of our more recent product developments such as DNS® color print,” commented Johannes Klumpp, Marketing and Sales Director for Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper, Europe & International.

Mondi launched DNS® color print in autumn of 2012, offering customers an extra smooth paper with a high whiteness level (170 CIE). The paper’s smooth finish combined with its high opacity is ideal for full colour reproduction with duplex printing. 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.

Amongst Mondi’s digital printing papers on display at Northprint, Color Copy and 100% recycled NAUTILUS® SuperWhite will feature prominently. Color Copy has earned its high-quality reputation in part due to a smooth surface and whiteness level, which are ideal for full colour image reproduction and natural looking contrasts. Moreover, Color Copy is fully CO2 neutral, from cradle to Mondi factory gate. Mondi also offers customers a CO2 neutral option for 100% recycled NAUTILUS® SuperWhite and its high-speed inkjet papers. All Mondi-branded papers are sustainably produced and belong to the Green Range of papers that are FSC® or PEFC™ certified, 100% recycled or totally chlorine free bleached (TCF).

Overall the company’s digital printing portfolio has expanded to accommodate new developments in machine technology and printing trends, making it a versatile portfolio for applications that range from photo books, marketing flyers and brochures, catalogues, digital publishing, Transpromo and personalised direct mail.

For more information about Mondi’s digital paper portfolio, please visit: www.mondigroup.com/printing

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The company will promote the new design with a Russia-wide campaign from March to May 2013 to introduce the new packaging to end users, dealers and distributors at all levels.
 Russia’s office paper market will soon see a new look to a familiar brand. Mondi Syktyvkar has launched a new packaging design for its popular domestic brand Snegurochka.

Snegurochka paper optSnegurochka is Russia’s leading office paper brand recognised for its high whiteness level, smooth surface, good opacity for double sided printing and excellent printer runnability. It is also the first Russian-produced FSC® certified paper.

“Snegurochka’s new packing design reflects the paper’s high-quality profile and strong position in the Russian market. It’s an up-to-date design that clearly displays Snegurochka’s environmental labels, grammage, format and key details that our customers look for,” said Alexey Shamin, Head of Sales for Russia & CIS, Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper. 

The Snegurochka brand was first developed at Mondi Syktyvkar in 1999. The new packaging preserves the brand’s well-known packaging features, such as the recognizable color scheme and Cyrillic brand name, though it is now written in a more contemporary style. The paper’s technical characteristics will also remain in CIS languages. Among the changes to the packaging design, the brand’s environmental profile will feature more prominently. 

In addition to being FSC® certified and part of Mondi’s Green Range, Snegurochka was awarded the EU Ecolabel in 2012. Products and services bearing the EU Ecolabel are certified as having a lower impact on the environment than other products in the same product group. It is a means by which customers choose products deemed environmentally conscious based on core environmental parameters.

Moreover, Snegurochka received a rating of “good” on the WWF Check Your Paper environmental benchmarking tool -- a voluntary initiative which encourages transparency regarding environmental performance in the paper industry and identifies sustainably produced papers on a global scale.

All Mondi branded paper are part of the Green Range and are FSC® or PECF certified, totally chlorine free bleached (TCF) or 100% recycled. More information about Snegurochka and Mondi Syktyvkar is available at www.mondigroup.com/syktyvkar

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key optMondi’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.

chest optFor 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.

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