Packaging
KORSNÄS WAVE IS THE MATERIAL FOR A NEW PREMIUM SERIES OF BAGS FROM GPS
Tuesday 16. November 2010 - The new collection of stylish shopping bags from the GPS is intended for exclusive brands and will be shown now at Luxe Pack in Monaco October 20 - 22, 2010. The material in the bags is Korsnäs Wave. It is a material with the right appearance and a sense of luxury, with care for the environment in both the production and converting processes.
The town of Schio-Vicenza is located in the beautiful region of Veneto in Northern Italy. Since medieval times, Schio has been the centre of the Italian wool trade. Since 1976 Schio is also the home of GPS, one of the world’s largest producers of shopping bags and labels. Today GPS has grown into an operation with 28,000 m2 of production space and 30 automated production lines with a capacity of 2 million bags a day.
“We use more than 1,200 tonnes of sack & kraft paper from Korsnäs per year”, says Mr. Daniele Grotto, the founder and owner of the enterprise. “So it is fair to say we have a great deal of experience of that material. Korsnäs Wave is a paper that we are very fond of, for the sake of the appearance and the feel but also for its elasticity. Based on this material, we are now busy developing a new collection of shopping bags that we will show at Luxe Pack. In my opinion, paper is often misunderstood and not appreciated to its proper value among customers.”
Innovation is not only about products, but also about how to deal with environmental challenges. Customers continually demand more, not least in the environmental field.
“In this issue we have received approvals from customers. And we pursue an active policy. For example, we have built a facility for waste incineration, we use water-based inks and vegetable-based glue”, says Mr Daniele Grotto.
Korsnäs Wave is a stiff and strong kraft paper, which also has a smooth surface that is suitable for four-color printing and image prints. It has high purity and is made solely of virgin fibers. Korsnäs Wave is avaliable in grammages 120, 140, 150, 155, 180 and 200 gsm.