Holmen UNIQ is a smarter SC paper designed for performance and impact. Starting at just 37 gsm, it offers a bright, glossy surface with exceptional smoothness for vivid colour reproduction. Its high opacity ensures clarity, even at low grammage. Holmen UNIQ is cost-effective, climate-smart, and built to communicate.
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Holmen UNIQ
Product variations and characteristics
Holmen UNIQ
Print on the SC-paper that makes people look forward to your advertising.
Holmen UNIQ Extra
Or try the extra glossy option – a lightweight paper with extra power to communicate.
From a functioning ecocycle
Buy paper made from residual by-products from sawmills and sustainably growing forests.
Why is our SC-paper a smart choice?
SC-paper stands for super-calendered paper. But what does that mean? And how can someone say that their SC-paper is both smart and climate-smart?
The ultra-light distribution
Nowadays, distribution cost can make or break a direct marketing campain. Get more bang for the buck by making your folders or leaflets as lightweight as possible while still creating the full impact. An SC-paper – slim, smooth, low-grammage – can achieve just that.
The natural gloss
A super-calendered paper comes with a natural shine. Calendering is a process where the paper is pressed between two hot rollers under high pressure with added steam. The process is not unlike ironing a shirt. It is used to change the properties of the paper surface and to give it more gloss. The process is mechanical and the paper is uncoated.
A paper always includes a certain amount of filler and pigment in the paper-making recipe. What is it then that is so unique about Holmen UNIQ? The secret is in the primary ingredient, the strength and elasticity of the fresh fibre. It enables the use of very low grammage paper when desired. The result is super-light, smooth and glossy paper.
The fresh-fibre advantage and low total cost
Holmen UNIQ and Holmen UNIQ Extra are produced from wood fibres that are used for the first time in a thermomechanical pulping process (TMP). The stiffness and elasticity of the fresh fibres give our papers a strong advantage: a higher bulk.
Thanks to the bulky properties, the paper is more voluminous and weighs less while retaining the qualities that come from thickness. This means you can choose a lower grammage, starting from 37 gsm. It will still meet the same quality standards for opacity, image, and colour reproduction. This means you can save on paper, while also reducing distribution weight.
The smaller carbon footprint
By switching to Holmen UNIQ or Holmen UNIQ Extra instead of standard SC-paper, your products can be up to 16 percent lighter while maintaining the same thickness.
When you use paper with higher bulk, you will buy fewer tonnes for your production. You will still have the same print surface. Alternatively, you can buy the same amount of paper as before and add more pages or copies.
When you buy less paper, you will also achieve a smaller carbon footprint – provided, of course, that the paper is manufactured using low‑carbon processes, as in Holmen's paper mills. The fact that the raw material is sourced locally from sustainably managed forests and co‑located sawmills also helps to keep the environmental impact low and the footprint down.
Applications
Glossy lightweight paper
As one of our flagship papers for magazines, catalogues, and direct mail, Holmen UNIQ is designed to meet the demands of everyday printing. The smooth, super-calendered surface of Holmen UNIQ delivers a printed product that truly shines. In marketing and photojournalism, colour reproduction is key – crisp images, vivid colours, and a glossy finish. When extra gloss is needed, choose Holmen UNIQ Extra and get that added edge.
Sustainability
Reduce your climate impact
Is it smarter to use paper with a lower grammage, so that you actually use less paper, made from a smaller amount of raw material, and save weight in transport and distribution? Yes, if it is produced in highly efficient processes with low carbon footprint, as in Holmen’s mills, and originates from sustainably managed forests. Holmen's paper is renewable, recyclable, and traceable.
Technical data
Download the technical data sheet to learn more about key specifications and performance details for Holmen UNIQ, supporting informed selection and use.
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Carbon footprint and environmental declaration
Carbon footprint, Paper Profile and Origin of Wood are all part of the Environmental Declaration that we make available for our products yearly.
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Mill certificates
We operate according to globally recognised standards for forest stewardship and management of environmental, energy and quality aspects.
Chain of custody certificates
FSC® – Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®-C020071) – is a system for the certification of forestry, supported by several environmental organisations.
PEFC – (PEFC/05-33-134) Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes is an international system for forest certification.
EU Ecolabel – is the official ecolabel of the European Union. The ecolabelling criteria are drawn up by responsible bodies in the Member States. To achieve certification, the products are assessed from a life cycle perspective from raw material to waste. The products have to meet strict environmental, functional and quality requirements. These requirements are tightened on a continuous basis.
Environment, energy and quality management
ISO 14001, ISO 50001 and ISO 9001 are international standards for environmental management, energy management and quality management.
Occupational health and safety management
ISO 45001 is a standard for occupational health and safety management systems.
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Experience the difference
Order free paper samples of Holmen UNIQ in our sample shop to explore its quality, touch, feel and printing performance firsthand.