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Our Uncoated options are expanding, with new sizes arriving soon for Fern Offset paper/card and Drink Coaster Board.

Fern Offset - a competitively priced, high-white paper and board that delivers high-resolution images and text will soon be available in a 90gsm option.

Drink Coaster Board is now available in a larger format - SRA1 (640x900mm), enabling printing on digital machines. Drink Coaster Board is a stiff, white, absorbent board made specifically for ... well, coasters!

For uncoated paper, card or board, contact your B&F rep or visit our website: bfpapers.co.nz

On this World Environment Day, we’re basking in the glow of responsible, sustainable choices thanks to the installation of our new solar power system. ;)

Recently our sister company, Accolade Packaging, moved into our Takanini plant. Twice the machinery meant twice the power needs, and in line with our commitment to environmental responsibility we decided to explore solar.

Cameron Dick from Vital Energy worked with us on a comprehensive solution. A 78kw solar battery enables us to store electricity pulled through on cheaper overnight rates and ensures that, in an outage, neither B&F nor Accolade will be caught without power.

Cameron suggested installing solar panels too (140kw capacity), drawing in more power from the sun (40% of our total site power is from solar); we also have the option to add more panels and capacity in the future.

This new solar hybrid system has no downsides – it makes both economic and environmental sense, being more affordable and more sustainable than electricity.

The future, as they say, is bright. 🌞

The sensation of touch is one of our five main senses, and along with how a paper looks, it is one of the most basic elements in making different papers stand out.

When paper is created, it can be made to feel very smooth, slightly rough or textured to a specific pattern.

Papers with a ‘wove’ finish are amongst the most common papers used for general printing. A ‘wove’ paper is a natural (i.e. uncoated) paper with a smooth surface. A felt roller covered in fine woven wire runs over the wet paper sheets as they are being created, smoothing them but, because it is uncoated, it will not have a pristine smoothness.

You can choose paper with a variety of touches, such as waves, laid and feltmarked, so explore the world of texture contained in our Specialty range by contacting your B&F rep.