Metsä Board launches Excellence Centre to accelerate packaging innovation

The centre will be used to accelerate material and packaging innovation. It will also be used as a collaboration platform for global customers and technology partners. The centre will cover 1,500 square meters, house R&D facilities, packaging design studio, customer feedback centre and a laboratory providing more than 100 different measurement methods and analytics. Virtual collaboration workshops have also been developed to enable joint development and co-creation considering the current situation which requires physical distancing and inhibits international travel.

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Metsä Board launches Excellence Centre to accelerate packaging innovation
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Growing consumption and demand for more sustainable packaging is boosting the need for new innovations. To develop solutions for packaging today and into the future, Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, has started up operations in its new Excellence Centre at the bioeconomy site in Äänekoski, Finland.