Wednesday, July 12, 2017 11:15 am

JAPAN -- Nippon Paper Industries launches "b7 Light", a new product in the "b7" series. The new product will be produced with the PM N4 and CM 4 at Nippon Paper Industries' Ishinomaki Mill in Japan, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

The "b7" series uses Nippon Paper Industries' unique bulking technology to produce well-textured coated paper that achieves low base weight and high paper thickness.

The paper is available in 67g/m2, 77g/m2, 87g/m2 and 97g/m2 at 10g/m2 unit in terms of the base weight, and designed under a lineup concept similar to that of b7 TRANEXT in terms of paper thickness.

Nippon Paper Industries expects that the paper will find diverse applications, including magazines that require expressiveness in printing while simultaneously featuring rough and natural tones, and color-printed yet small-sized books that are also expected to offer an excellent page-turning experience.

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