New · Introducing Northstar FBB
Premium Cartonboard · Virgin Fibre · Triple Coated

Paper with
a higher standard.

Northstar supplies premium folding boxboard for the world's most demanding packaging. Quality, consistency, and exceptional service - container after container.

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Now available — Northstar FBB Fine Triple coated virgin fibre FSC · EUDR · ISO 9001 · ISO 14001 Three bulk grades · 205–400 gsm Now available — Northstar FBB Fine Triple coated virgin fibre FSC · EUDR · ISO 9001 · ISO 14001 Three bulk grades · 205–400 gsm
§ 01 — About Northstar

A single focus: the best cartonboard money can buy.

Northstar is a premium folding boxboard brand built for converters, printers, and brand owners who refuse to compromise on consistency. Every reel — from the A4 sample to the tenth container — is the same board, made to the same tolerances.

That sameness is the point. It's what lets our customers run faster, waste less, and ship packaging that looks the way it was designed to look. No surprises, no resets, no recalibrations.

We make three grades of GC1 — Fine, Fine Bulk, and Super Bulk — so you can optimise stiffness and weight for the job, not over-spec to be safe.

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§ 02 — Why Northstar

Eight reasons
printers keep coming back.

We're judged on one thing: how the board runs in your machine. Everything else is marketing. Here's what converters tell us they notice first.

01
Consistency
What you see in the A4 sample is what you get on the pallet — and on the tenth container. Batch-to-batch uniformity is exceptional. No surprises.
Batch ∆ ≈ 0
02
Surface smoothness
An extremely smooth print surface from the triple-coated front. Converters tell us this is the first thing they notice on press.
PPS ≤ 1.5 µm
03
Ink absorption
Efficient, uniform ink take: converters use less ink for the same coverage. Real yield savings at scale.
Less ink · same coverage
04
Moisture profile
Stable moisture across the sheet: fewer cracking, curling or web-break problems in converting.
± 1.5 % tol.
05
Low dust
Cleaner on press, fewer stoppages for cleaning, fewer defects. Pressmen notice it immediately.
Clean-running
06
High-speed runnability
Stable tension and uniform caliper let the board hold up at full press speed — no slowdowns to avoid web breaks or registration drift on long runs.
Stable at speed
07
Three bulk options
Fine, Fine Bulk, Super Bulk — optimise the stiffness-to-weight ratio for your specific application without over-paying in grammage.
Right-sized caliper
08
Full certifications
FSC-certified with full chain of custody, EUDR-ready with complete traceability, ISO-certified production, CO₂ footprint independently verified to ISO 14067 by SGS.
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§ 03 — New Product Line

Northstar FBB GC1.
Three grades, one standard.

Folding boxboard with triple coating on the print side and single coating on the reverse. Choose the bulk that fits your application — pay for stiffness, not for weight you don't need.

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01 / Standard
FBB Fine

Our flagship. High brightness, excellent flatness, built for high-speed printing and premium packaging.

Grammage210–400
Thickness270–555µ
Brightness90 ± 3
SmoothnessPPS ≤ 1.5 µm
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02 / High Bulk
FBB Fine Bulk

More stiffness for less weight. For converters who need rigidity without paying for grammage.

Grammage225–360
Thickness340–555µ
Brightness90 ± 3
SmoothnessPPS ≤ 1.5 µm
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03 / Super Bulk
FBB Super Bulk

Our highest caliper-to-weight ratio. Maximum stiffness per gram for general packaging.

Grammage205–345
Thickness310–545µ
Brightness89 ± 3
SmoothnessPPS ≤ 1.6 µm

All grades share the same top surface: triple-coated virgin fibre, FSC certified, EUDR-compliant.

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§ 04 — Certifications

Certified,
verified, documented.

Every claim on this page is backed by third-party documentation. Ask us for the certificates, the chain-of-custody numbers, the lab reports — we'll send them.

✓ Certified

Forest Stewardship Council. Sustainably sourced fibre with full chain-of-custody verification. Increasingly required by European brands and retailers.

Chain of custody

FSC

✓ Compliant

EU Deforestation Regulation. Geo-coordinates tracked, wood-chip traceability ensured. Ready for the full enforcement deadline.

Traceability · 2025

EUDR

✓ Certified

ISO 9001 quality management and ISO 14001 environmental management. Systematic quality control at every production stage.

9001 · 14001

ISO

✓ Verified

ISO 14067:2018 carbon footprint, independently verified by SGS with reasonable assurance. Full lifecycle — cradle to grave.

ISO 14067 · SGS

CO₂

§ 05 — Next Steps

Start with
a trial run.

We'll send sample reels straight from the mill so you can run them on your machines. Tell us your grammage and application — we'll take it from there.

01
Spec
Agree on grammage, grade, and quantity.
02
Sample
Reels shipped direct from the mill.
03
Trial
Technical support during the test run.

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