Sequana

Notice of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of June 27, 2013

m.tall — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:08:52 +0000

The annual shareholders’ meeting called by the Board of Directors chaired by Mr. Tiberto Ruy Brandolini d’Adda at its meeting of 25 april 2013, will be held on 27 June 2013 at 10:30 in Paris at Freshfields, 2-4 rue Paul Cezanne.

Argentine banknote produced using Arjowiggins Security technologies

m.tall — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:05:52 +0000

Arjowiggins Security has leveraged all of its technological prowess to land the contract for the commemorative 100-peso banknote featuring Eva Perón, Argentina’s former First Lady. The paper used contains a 5mm-wide security thread combining two key technologies developed by Arjowiggins Security:
- Picture thread™, a high-precision thread that can contain images. The portrait of Eva Perón on the banknote also serves as a security feature;
- Combifluo®, which features a combination of fluorescent colours on the front and back of the security thread.

Powercoat® paper, revolutionising printed electronics

m.tall — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:40:29 +0000

Produced by Arjowiggins Creative Papers from cellulose fibres, Powercoat® is the very first alternative to plastic for printed electronic applications.

Thanks to its superior heat-resistant properties and incredible smoothness, Powercoat® makes more efficient use of expensive chemicals and inks. This ground-breaking paper facilitates a whole range of electronic possibilities for paper, from embedded RFID tags to more intelligent functionalities, opening up a world of possibilities in packaging, advertising and other industries. Powercoat® is 100%-recyclable, biodegradable and certified FSC®.

New additions to Image – Antalis’ range of office papers

m.tall — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:36:39 +0000

Antalis has always sought to design innovative products using cutting-edge printing technologies that meet the highest environmental standards. Now, its Image range has been further enhanced by three new references: Image Indigo, Image DigiColor and Image Recycled.

Image Indigo and Image Digicolor – part of a range usually designed for end customers – offer new solutions to printers, reprographers and businesses boasting in-house digital printing capacities, while Image Recycled also allows businesses to print all of their communication media on 100%-recycled paper with EU Ecolabel certification.

Sequana signs up to the United Nations Global Compact

m.tall — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:57:39 +0000

Sequana has signed up to the UN Global Compact. This move underscores the Group’s commitment to shaping a long-term CSR policy that embraces the key values of respect for others as well as ethical and environmental concerns.

By signing up to the Global Compact, Sequana, Arjowiggins and Antalis intend to advance these principles within their own spheres of influence and make them an essential part of their strategy, action plans and operations. To ensure transparency, the Group also commits to publishing a record of its progress each year.

Participation in the Global Compact represents a further step in the Group’s efforts to build a more sustainable, inclusive and transparent global economy.

Arjowiggins Graphic commits to reducing its GHG emissions

m.tall — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:16:29 +0000

As part of its strategic partnership with WWF France dating from 2008, Arjowiggins Graphic has committed to reducing its carbon footprint and implementing a resource-efficient business model.
The division has just joined the WWF Climate Savers programme that brings together an elite group of 28 of the world’s leading companies who have committed to voluntarily reducing their GHG emissions.
Arjowiggins Graphic is the first European paper producer to sign up and it is aiming to reduce its carbon footprint by 23% between 2007 and 2014.

Coala, a new digital European product range

m.tall — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:56:18 +0000

Visual Communication is a top priority for Antalis. That is why Antalis has launched a new European range of flexible eco friendly media for Large Format Printing (LFP) in order to strengthen its foothold in this market.
Named Coala, the collection contains substrates adapted to all types of ink for both indoor and outdoor applications including a broad range of papers, self-adhesives, banners, textiles, wallpapers and other innovative media.

Partnering digital printing

m.tall — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:18:14 +0000

Antalis has launched its d2b (digital to business) initiative, designed to help customers harness the full potential of digital printing. As part of the French d2b launch, the group organised a “tour de France” around nine major cities in late 2011 in partnership with HP Indigo and Canon that brought together over 500 players from the digital technology sector.
Antalis also used these occasions to present its Digigreen, 100% digital and 100% green range. This innovative approach will be rolled out to other European countries in 2012.

Improving the de-inking process for printed documents

m.tall — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:55:57 +0000

In 2011, Arjowiggins Graphic partnered with Hewlett Packard to improve the de-inking process for documents printed on HP Indigo and HP inkjet digital web presses, which lag significantly behind standard printed documents in terms of recycling.
This mission has been accomplished thanks to pioneering technologies developed at the Greenfield (France) recycled pulp plant for recycling documents printed on HP Indigo with a liquid toner and HP Inkjet with a solid toner. This helps to divert waste from landfills at the end of the products’ useful lives.

PictureTM thread : two innovations, one security thread

m.tall — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:50:20 +0000

With the launch of PictureTM thread at the 2011 Singapore Currency Conference, Arjowiggins Security once again displayed the full range of its innovation capabilities in security solutions for banknote paper.
This is the first security thread to allow the creation of more sophisticated images in different shades of grey and it represents a major step in the battle against counterfeiting.
PictureTM thread was used commercially for the first time in May 2011 on Kazakhstan’s 1,000 tenge banknote and this is also the first time a 6mm-wide thread has been used on banknotes.
This new product consolidates both the division’s position and its ability to stay one step ahead of the market.