Innventia signs agreement with packaging company

"We are very happy to welcome Brødrene Hartmann as a partner customer. This agreement is yet another example of the cluster research program attracting companies in new categories outside the traditional pulp and paper industry. Brødrene Hartmann, a packaging company offering products based on renewable raw materials, will make a valuable contribution to the program," says Anders Pettersson, Senior Vice President Research at Innventia.Brødrene Hartmann has participated as a so-called Invitee in the wood-derived renewables cluster and the forerunning new fibers new materials cluster for many years. With the new partner agreement, Brødrene Hartmann is one of 21 companies participating in the long-term research work at Innventia called the Cluster Research Program 2009-2011. The volume of this program is approximately 100 million Kronor per year. Each company has signed a three-year contract (minimum). Sharing the investment costs in R&D, the participating companies reduce their risks and benefit many times over from the investment.