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Sappi celebrates the 20th anniversary of Galerie Art at Finngraf 2009
Tuesday 29. September 2009 - Sappi, the leading European producer of coated fine paper, will be exhibiting at this years FinnGraf, the biennial fair for the graphical arts and communications industry in Northern Europe, on 24-26th September at Jyväskylä Paviljonki, Finland.
Galerie Art is the market leading coated fine paper in Finland , it has built an enviable reputation for quality, consistency & service with its customers over the past 20 years. Galerie Art is exclusively distributed in Finland by its long-established partner MAP Finland.
Galerie Art is the perfect choice for the most demanding printed products allowing exceptional detail reproduction using the finest screens and superior post press finishing with its unrivalled folding properties and suitability for perforating, embossing, foil blocking, holograms and metallic-colour printing. Galerie Art is available in three surfaces – Matt, Silk and Gloss – and is available in both sheets and reels for sheet fed offset and heatset web offset printing.
Joining Galerie Art at Finngraf will be its sister products from Sappis publication paper range – Galerie Fine, Silk, Brite & Lite. New promotional material will be showcased under the strap line of inspiration is the limit, designed to reflect Galeries on-going commitment to publishers. Renowned for its consistently high visual reproduction, the Galerie range provides infinite inspiration for first-rate publishing and advertising applications.
Harri Kivirinta, Galerie Sales Manager, commented: “Galerie Art creates the appealing look and feel preferred by magazine and catalog publishers across Finland and Northern Europe. The brands enhanced surface, brightness and opacity lays the foundation for high impact imagery and exceptional ability to capture fine detail. In addition, by using Galerie Art, you are buying into the brands reputation for quality and consistency of performance under the toughest pressroom conditions. Galerie Art is part of the Galerie range and widely used for commercial printing, books, posters or magazine publishing; the book commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Finnish Parliament was printed on Galerie Art.”
Peter Tielemans, Sappi Marketing Communications Manager added: “Sappi is commited to ensuring the continuity of the Galerie brand as part of our acquisition earlier this year of M-reals coated graphic papers business. We are delighted to bring Galerie Art into Sappis family of quality products and offer it to our global customer base”
The Galerie Art is manufactured from pulp sourced from sustainably managed forests and bleached without the use of chlorine. Galerie papers are fully recyclable.
All the producing mills for the Galerie range are ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and PEFC chain of custody certified. In addition, EMAS registration certification applies to most of the mills.