Category: New Product

Premier GPMI are excited to announce they are sole stockists of Stora Enso’s innovative Performa Natura Aqua GR, a dispersion-coated barrier board for foodservice and bakery packaging in the UK and Ireland.

Performa Natura Aqua GR is designed to deliver three main requirements of food packaging in a single product: strength, grease resistance, and print quality. It has a three-layer GC2 cartonboard structure, which makes it strong and stiff – perfect for transporting a wide range of food products.

The packaging also features a special double pigment coating on the top side, and Stora Enso’s ‘Aqua’ dispersion barrier coating on the reverse side, with an indicative kit level of 12 – the highest level of grease resistance for packaging paper.

The barrier provides exceptional grease resistance, which ensures that the end product maintains consistent integrity even when transporting oil-heavy food items. Because this barrier is integrated with the board directly, it’s ready to use immediately, with no extra processing steps.

The Aqua dispersion coating is water-based and uses less plastic content than conventional barriers. This means that the barrier-coated board can be repulped faster using conventional recycling methods, increasing the amount of paper recovered.

The pigment-coated top side of the packaging allows for excellent printing quality across standard printing and finishing processes, and is suitable for offset, flexo and digital printing (subject to trialling). Combined with the stiffness of the board, which helps achieve stable printing runnability, it makes for versatile, customisable packaging suitable for transporting and protecting bakery goods, takeaways, frozen food and more.

Duncan Green, Sales Director – Premier Board says: “Strength, printability and grease proofing together in one product is a mouthwatering combination. That’s why we’re so excited for Premier GPMI to supply Sora Enso’s Performa Natura Aqua. It’s a high-quality product that enables our customers to supply the food industry with robust, sustainable packaging we know they can trust.”

Jenni Kenttamaa, Business Development Manager – Stora Enso said: “Performa Natura Aqua is exactly developed for packaging in everyday applications where grease resistance is needed. Performa Natura Aqua also enables higher fibre recovery in the recycling process compared to PE coated solution, and its enhanced paperboard structure enables further source reduction too.”

Stora Enso Performa Natura Aqua is available to order now from Premier GPMI: https://gpmi.ie/products/performa-natura-aqua/.

For more information contact:

Lizzie Dodd, Product & Brand Marketing Manager: lizzie.dodd@premier.co.uk

Duncan Green, Premier’s Sales Director – Premier Board: duncan.green@premier.co.uk

Premier GPMI

Unit 10,
Fonthill Business Park
Dublin 22,
Ireland
Telephone: + 353 (0)1 456 5620
www.gpmi.ie

About Premier GPMI

A leading supplier of paper, board, packaging and sign & display materials within the UK and Ireland, Premier GPMI is a subsidiary of the Premier Paper Group, part of OVOL Japan Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd., a global corporation spanning 23 countries and 130 companies, each with interests in diverse sectors, including ICT systems, real estate, power generation, and paper manufacturing and distribution.

PremierGPMI, a trusted distributor of sign and display materials across Ireland and Northern Ireland, is proud to announce its appointment as the official distributor of Contra Vision^® window films and laminates. This partnership brings a comprehensive range of innovative window film solutions to the region, enabling printers and businesses to enhance their visual communications and brand.

Contra Vision^® is renowned for pioneering one-way vision window graphics, allowing vibrant, high-impact graphics to be seen from the exterior of the windows while maintaining clear visibility from the inside. Ideal applications include vehicle windows, shopfront displays and building facades. The range also includes specialist films such as frosted and reeded options, which provide complete privacy by preventing visibility from either side, giving printers and clients even more flexibility for creative and functional applications.

As the official distributor, PremierGPMI provides access to Contra Vision’s product range:

• Performance™: Premium polymeric perforated films with exceptional durability and print quality.
• Campaign™: Versatile monomeric films for short-term applications and promotional campaigns.
• AutoGraph™: Exclusive perforated air release films for vehicle windows, designed for smooth application and removal.
• Dual-Color™: Perforated films intended for the production of dual-colour back-lit signage
• Advance™: PVC-free films offering an eco-friendly alternative without compromising performance.
• Privacy Films: Micro-perforated, mirrored, frosted and reeded options for versatile privacy solutions.

Brad West, Wide Format Media Director (UK & Ireland) at Premier, commented, “We are excited to keep developing our Sign & Display product portfolio and with the addition of Contra Vision’s innovative window film solutions, we can continue to cater to the market. As the official distributor in Ireland and Northern Ireland, we are committed to providing our customers with high-quality, versatile materials that meet the needs of their customers. Contra Vision’s range, including their renowned perforated films, specialist privacy options, signage films and laminates, offers our clients the tools to create impactful visual communications with enhanced functionality.”

Beyond distribution, PremierGPMI supports printers with technical guidance, print profiles, and application advice ensuring optimal results and high-quality installations.

Contra Vision® products are available through PremierGPMI’s network of branches across Ireland and Northern Ireland. To request a free sample or for more information, contact us at gpmi.ie/contact-us.

September 2025 – PremierGPMI, a trusted supplier of print media and display materials, has announced the launch of eTEC FibreLite, a 100% fibre-based, premium nano-fluted corrugated display sheet designed for indoor applications.

Combining bright white, rigid liners with a lightweight yet robust structure, eTEC FibreLite offers printers a cost-effective and environmentally responsible alternative to traditional plastic-based display boards. The board’s excellent dimensional stability and flatness ensure outstanding print results, while its nano-fluted core delivers strength whilst remaining lightweight and easy to handle.

eTEC FibreLite is suitable for UV, latex and screen printing and is certified for HP Latex inks. It can be processed using a wide range of finishing techniques, including flatbed cutting (oscillate or drag knife), v-grooving, CNC routing, die cutting, guillotining, hand trimming, scoring and folding. This versatility makes it ideal for applications such as ceiling-mounted signage, point-of-sale displays, short-run packaging and exhibition graphics.

The display board is fully recyclable through national waste paper collection systems, is PVC free, acid free and static free.

Commenting on the launch, Steve Jones, Display Sheets and Thermoplastics Director (UK & Ireland) at Premier said, “Printers are increasingly looking for materials that meet both performance and environmental requirements. eTEC FibreLite delivers on both fronts, it’s easy to work with, produces excellent print results and offers a sustainable end-of-life solution. It’s a win for printers, their customers and the planet.”

eTEC FibreLite is available now from PremierGPMI. For more information, visit gpmi.ie or to request a free sample of eTEC FibreLite, contact your local sales branch.

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