Decor paper for surface upgrading of wood-based panels
We are the global pioneer in high-end decor paper solutions, offering a broad and highly specialized product range for numerous applications. Decor paper is a technically advanced and highly engineered product that provides an excellent surface for decorative printing and resin saturation for use in the production of furniture, flooring and other interior and exterior architectural panels.
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Print base paper
Our print base papers are perfectly suitable for printing and further coating/saturation processes. They provide excellent printability and good surface properties including high consistency regarding color and technical characteristics. They also offer advanced possibilities for dimensional stability control.
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Key facts
Applications:
Kitchen, office, bedroom furniture, laminate flooring
Standard weights:
50–150 g/m²
Max. width:
283 cm
Color range:
Whites, solid colors from cream, beige, brown, grey to black
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Foil base paper
We offer a unique range of four different pre-impregnated foil base paper quality types. They are available with a custom fit to match various finish foil market requirements. Our formaldehyde-free pre-impregnated paper provides outstanding internal bond, immediate glueability, great printability and flatness properties. It is suitable for finish foil applications with high to low demand for scratch and wear resistance.
Foil base paper made with formaldehyde-free impregnation system
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Key facts
Applications:
Home furniture, doors, wardrobe, bookshelf, wall partitions, ceilings, wall and floor panels, and inside/backside cabinet coverage
Standard weights:
50–130 g/m²
Max. width:
274 cm
Color range:
White, colors from cream, beige, brown, grey to black
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HPL/CPL solid color paper
We offer solid color papers for HPL/CPL* transformation processes with excellent surface properties for demanding applications. Thanks to our extensive color expertise, we can ensure color homogeneity, consistency, and repeatability. Our HPL/CPL papers support the highest demands on wear and tear, features aesthetic surfaces, and post-forming capabilities for excellent durability.
We also provide a unique range of solid colors specifically designed for HPL compact laminates for outdoor usage like building facades, balconies, playgrounds, urban furniture, as well as color solutions for indoor HPL compact applications like counter/table tops, worktops, shelves, and shop fittings.
*HPL=high pressure laminate, CPL=continuous pressure laminate
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Key facts
Applications:
Countertops, tabletops, worktops, backsplashes, doors, postformed surfaces, furniture for receptions or laboratories, windowsills
Standard weights:
70–200 g/m²
Max. width:
265 cm
Color range:
A range of more than 6000 solid colors from white to light, dark and intense colors
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LPL solid color paper
Our solid color LPL* paper enables high-speed impregnation with fast and homogeneous resin penetration. It additionally provides excellent resin-saving properties and strikes an exceptional balance between durability and cost for the most frequent low-pressure laminate surface applications.
*LPL=low pressure laminate
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Key facts
Applications:
Home and office furniture, doors, wall panels, shelves, wardrobes, flooring laminates
Standard weights:
60–150 g/m²
Max. width:
283 cm
Color range:
A range of more than 6000 solid colors from white to light, dark and intense and bright colors
“We are well-known for our proven technical expertise in colors.”
Didier Galerne
Art Director / Designer
Our design studio continually challenges the status quo with a bold and dynamic approach in creating new solid color paper and predicting future decor market trends. Our colors are a daily source of inspiration for HPL/CPL and LPL laminate surface material.
We offer a unique range of marketing tools that provide customers with a wide range of HPL/CPL and LPL color solutions:
- Regular “Trend collection”: new colors that reflect major trends and future consumer preferences in the interior decoration segment.
- “Range 4” guide: the current best-selling colors and most popular globally established decor colors. The regular production of colors from this collection ensures their availability, stable quality, optimized procurement lead time, and the best quality-price ratio.
- “Outdoor 2” collection: a rich variety of 83 colors devoted to the design of exterior compact laminate surface applications.
- “100% Color” collection: 18 colors made of heavyweight decor papers for HPL interior compact laminates used in furnishing applications.
Get inspired by our new solid color Trend collection 2023/2024:
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elementa®
Thinprint paper
Our elementa® opaque thin print papers are low base weight paper with high opacity, excellent printability, and foldability, as well as resistance and long-term durability. elementa® thin print papers are ideal for patient pharmaceutical & cosmetics leaflet information, inserts and outserts, legal publications, dictionaries, books, guides, agenda and religious texts.
We offer three different quality types covering most market demands:
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Basic Bluishwhite
elementa® Basic Bluishwhite is an optimal solution for patient information leaflets, cosmetic leaflets, and other packaging inserts. It provides high opacity, luminescence, and cleanliness, excellent sheet formation, stiffness and folding properties. It is also well balanced to guarantee good runnability on press and easy converting. elementa® opaque Basic Bluishwhite is available in basis weights between 37gsm and 60gsm.
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Opaque Classic
elementa® opaque Classic has excellent stiffness and folding characteristics for well-balanced press runnability and easy converting. It also offers very good opacity, making it ideal for books with high pagination such as dictionaries, religious literature, law books, and timetables. This paper is well suited to one or multicolor printing applications in web or sheet-fed offset and is available in two shades: Bluish White and Cream.
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Opaque Premier
elementa® opaque Premier has excellent opacity and comes with an enhanced surface and sheet formation for high quality printing. Its pigmented surface allows excellent multicolor printing results without compromising on bulk, in contrast to coated papers. The elementa® PREMIER is also easy on the eye for more reading comfort, while offering excellent press runnability. Its pigmented surface controls ink penetration with excellent ink hold out when printing either web or sheet-fed offset. Elementa® opaque Premier is available in the standard basis weights between 50gsm to 65gsm.
We are one of the market’s leading paper suppliers for pharmaceutical leaflets. Our elementa® papers are available with FSC® Mix sources certification, certified according to FSC® standards (Forest Stewardship Council®) with the license code FSC-C009230.
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