Mohawk Fine Papers, headquartered in Cohoes, New York, will begin the transition for its sourcing of cast coated products from the Kromekote brand to Chromolux, manufactured by M-real, (soon to be known as Metsa Board Corporation).

Mohawk, which should be accepting orders by August, will in the meantime continue to support sales of Kromekote until current inventories are depleted.

Mohawk Fine Papers is one of the largest premium paper manufacturers in North America and operates three mills (six paper machines) with over 175,000 tons capacity producing writing, text, cover, and digital papers.

It operates four distribution centres in North America and one in the Netherlands to serve the European market. Today Mohawk papers are distributed in over 50 countries worldwide.

Mohawk will offer Chromolux for traditional commercial printing, and will also launch a new range of Chromolux digital papers to complement its digital paper products in the rapidly growing digital printing market.

Thomas D O’Connor, Jr, chairman and chief executive, Mohawk Fine Papers, says:

“Cast coated papers play a key role in our product offering and we intend to create a world-class line up for every leading print platform. We are happy to announce this partnership with a globally recognised brand and to be working with the M-Real. This partnership is strategic to our growth plan."

Scott Forsberg, sales director, M-real USA, echoes these sentiments: “We couldn't be more pleased than to be partnering with a company the calibre of Mohawk Fine Papers which is clearly the leader in premium and fine printing papers in North America."

The new partnership is expected to create significant business opportunities for both companies. It is the second joint venture that Mohawk has formally announced this year. In January, it teamed up with MOO.com to create a custom paper application for Luxe business cards.

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