Press ReleasesLaunch of Coated one side white duplex board Belight Card~A new product using low-density technology, which makes it around 10% lighter than the conventional product~

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (President: Fumio Manoshiro) started to sell coated one side white duplex board Belight Card on July 29.

Using our advanced low-density technology, Belight Card is 7% to 10% lighter than existing coated one side white duplex board. The product name, Belight Card, indicates the feature of the product, lightness(be light). The product lineup consists of four items having different base weights. They are manufactured with Paper Machine 51 at the Fuji Mill (Fuji, Shizuoka).
Belight Card can be used for packages for food, pharmaceutical products, cosmetics, CD/DVDs, among other goods. There are a variety of uses other than packaging. Since Belight Card is used for packages for foods, it does not use any fluorescent dyes.

We will respond to a wide range of needs of customers more actively through the development of distinctive products.

■Lineup of Belight Card

Base weight

L-type T

80 × 110 cm

K-type T, Y

65 × 95 cm

Ream weight

Number of sheets

in a package

Ream weight

Number of sheets

in a package

210 (230)* 18.5 100 130 100
240 (260)* 21 100 15 100
280 (310)* 24.5 100 17 100
315 (350)* 27.5 100 19.5 100

*The above data are the base weights of the existing coated one side white duplex boards for reference.