Holmen Iggesund is a premium paperboard company, part of the Holmen Group. Holmen is one of the largest forest owners in Sweden which bases its business in the forest industry and the pulp and paper industry. Holmen's main products are paperboard for consumer packaging and graphical applications, printing paper for magazines, direct mail, books and newspapers.

Holmen Iggesund
Company typeAktiebolag
IndustryPulp and paper industry
Founded1685 Iggesunds Bruk, 1949 Iggesund IPO
Headquarters,
Sweden
Key people
ProductsPaperboard: Invercote, Incada and Inverform
RevenueSEK 5 252 million (2016)
Increase SEK 903 million (2016)
OwnerHolmen Group(100%)
Number of employees
1,406 (2016)
Websitewww.iggesund.com

History

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Iggesund is an industrial village in Sweden. Isak Breant Sr, a businessman and former court commissioner to Queen Kristina, established there a mill in 1685. Iggesunds Bruk (English:mill) was originally an ironworks, and the nearby forests were used to produce charcoal for the factory. In 1771, Iggesund Bruk acquired a small nearby company that made paper, Östanå paper mill. It was one of the first to try to use sawdust and wood to produce paper. However, the technique remained experimental. The mill burnt down in 1842. In 1869, Baron Gustav Tamm became the owner of Iggesunds Bruk, and built a large sawmill. It was a major transformation for the factory, which had always been an ironworks. Iggesund's shares were first listed on Stockholmsbörsen in 1949. Lars G. Sundblad introduced paperboard manufacturing at Iggesund, which started in 1963. The merger of MoDo, Holmen and Iggesund resulted in the delisting of Iggesund shares from Stockholmsbörsen (1988), making Iggesund part of the holding, which was renamed to Holmen AB in 2000 [1]

Products

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Holmen Iggesund's product range consists of two product families:

  • Inverform, a solid bleached board (SBB, GZ) with a natural feel that has been specifically designed for ready-made meal packaging such as pressed and deep-drawn trays. It can also be used to make cutlery and more.

Mills

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Iggesunds bruk (1923)

Iggesunds Bruk manufactures solid bleached board (SBB, GZ) for the Invercote range in Iggesund, Sweden.

Workington manufactures folding box board (FBB, GC1, GC2) for the Incada range in Workington, England

Ströms Bruk produces plastic-coated and laminated paperboard on the basis of paperboard from Iggesund and Workington at a capacity of 40,000 tons/year in Strömsbruk, Sweden [4]

Locations

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Holmen's nursery, close to Friggesund

Head Office:

Sales offices:

  •   Iggesund Paperboard Europe, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  •   Iggesund Paperboard Asia (HK) Limited, Hong Kong
  •   Iggesund Paperboard Asia Pte Ltd., Singapore
  •   Iggesund Paperboard Inc. Sales Office US, Lyndhurst, United States

Sales agents:

  • Worldwide

Distribution terminals:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Johannsson, Jessica: "The History of Iggesunds Bruk", 2001.
  2. ^ "Invercote Family Introduction". Iggesund Website. Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
  3. ^ Iggesund. "Incada Family Introduction". Iggesund Website. Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
  4. ^ "HOLMEN Annual Report 2008". Holmen Website. Retrieved 2009-09-17.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Welcome to Iggesund". Iggesund Website. Archived from the original on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
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