11/03/2008 Press release 11.3.2008 M-real Consumer Packaging is celebrating reaching a two-million tonne landmark in the production of its Simcastor one-sided coated papers, made at the Simpele Mill in Finland. The Simcastor range is designed for use in many different flexible packaging and label applications including dry foods, drinks, dairy, confectionery and pet foods, as well as pharma and healthcare. Mondi Coating of Zeltweg, Austria, and a long-standing customer of M-real, was delighted to be awarded the two-millionth tonne: “M-real Simpele has been a reliable food packaging partner for many years now, and we really appreciate the good consistency of Simpele's papers,” says Auke Wessels, Senior Procurement Manager at Mondi Coating. Paper production first began at the Simpele site in 1906 with brown wrapping paper. Since the 1980s Simpele has been producing the Simcastor range of high quality one-side coated papers for flexible packaging and wet-glue labels. With a well balanced set of properties, Simcastor papers perform reliably in production and provide an excellent base for effective brand designs that appeal to consumers. NOTES TO EDITORS: The full range of Simcastor papers, available globally through M-real's sales and logistics network, includes: Simcastor Plus - one-side coated supercalendered bleached kraft paper for flexible packaging Simcastor Flex - one-side coated supercalendered bleached kraft paper for the most demanding end-uses in flexible packaging Simcastor Label - one-side coated supercalendered bleached kraft paper for wet-glue labels Link to photo: http://databank.metsaliitto.com/metsaliitto/mreal.jsp?x=6048563&i=21086902014060 12331442221623724176232128 Persons in the photo from left to right: Ralf Stolz, M-real; Auke Wessels, Mondi Coating; Eija Weckström-Rita, M-real; Marko Pekkola, M-real and Gerhard Apaunik, Mondi Coating For further information, please contact M-real Consumer Packaging: Eija Weckström-Rita, Sales Director Mobile +358 50 598 8521 E-mail: eija.weckstrom-rita@m-real.com