Mailbox News. Stora Enso Re-board Issue 42, May th Annual Re-board Seminar in Asia

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1 Stora Enso Re-board Issue 42, May th Annual Re-board Seminar in Asia The 5 th Annual Re-board Seminar, hosted by our Japanese distributor NSK, took place at the Tokyo International Forum. The meeting was fully booked and the participants learned about the latest news and developments in the Re-board world. This year was also the premiere for the NSK Re-board Design Award.

2 NSK Re-board Design Award Sold-out Re-board training sessions As expected the NSK Re-board Design Award turned out to be a real success. The variety of The contributions training centres coming Osaka, from first Tokyo, time Mexico users City (students) & Dublin to are experienced in demand, selling converters out training shows sessions the months versatility in advance. of Re-board. Our Re-board In the final Partner selection Program of has 35 designs grown at three an incredible was chosen rate over as winners the past and 18 months, all of due them to received increased their awareness well-deserved of our brand, price Re-board. at the Re-board Check with Seminar your local in distributor Tokyo. for more information. Congratulations all winners and participants!!

3 Re-launch in the US Re-board at GlobalShop 2013 GlobalShop 2013, industry s largest annual tradeshow and conference, brought together over 14,000 retail professionals in Chicago April Team Re-board, among other over 600 exhibitors, was also exhibiting and achieved large amount of booth traffic. Nearly 7,400 world s top brands, retailers and designers attended walked through the doors of McCormick Place for GlobalShop. The show achieved over 15 percent attendance growth year-over-year. We met both companies that had seen Re-board before and also, especially retailers and designers, that saw the product for the first time. The combination of strength and light weight continues to amaze even seasoned industry professionals. Designers was intrigued about the ability of creating round and curved shapes with Re-board. Several retailers were looking for more sustainable materials and were excited the possibilities Re-board offers to the retail merchandising industry. Our global network of partners and existing cut files was seen a value especially by the global retailers trying to communicate consistent product image. Thank you for all that attended the show and visited our booth! Please let us know if you have any questions or if we can be or any assistance!

4 Far and wide Re-board Everywhere Roof Tile Upset X-branding in Sweden designed a large roof tile for their client ABECE to promote their products. At an exhibition in Germany the expo organisers had doubts about the wiring used to secure the roof tile. ABECE then asked them to carry the large roof tile which totally changed their mind. Boyant Car Industry One of the classic candy in Sweden is Ahlgrens Bilar. It s been on the market since At BUTIKSLEVERANTÖR 2013, one of Scandinavia's most important meeting place for the retail sector, X-braninf produced a 3 metre long Re-board replica of the candy. Needless to say, the cars were sold out! Re-board Premiere We congratulate one of our newest Partners, Marzohl Graphics AG in Switzerland, for making a great looking stand in Re-board. This was their first job in Re-board returning from our training centre in Ireland. It s for sure not the last. Marzohl Graphics AG, Switzerland /

5 Reproteam sets a new standard for a Re-board office Re-board Office Concept Austrian partner Reproteam has once again taken Re-board design a step further. Their office concept includes a fully equipped conference room with tables, chairs and a "kitchen", a couch plus two chairs, a "bar" and a cabinet display for small print samples. We expect to see more of these Re-board furniture in offices around the world soon. Re-board Pictures The picture of the wall is printed directly on Re-board. Hundreds of similar pictures are used by an Austrian chain of "Eco hotels with a sticker explaining the picture was printed on Re-board. Smart and eco-friendly!

6 FESPA London 2013 FESPA and Re-board in partnership FESPA 2013 will see 23,000+ visitors attend from approximately 130 countries, with approximately 40% of the visitors coming from UK. The majority of visitors are senior figures from wideformat print companies. More details on the show can be found at FESPA has acknowledged Re-board as the leading sustainable board product. In London you will find Re-board in many areas such welcome desks, information counters, the media centre, walls for feature areas, directional signage, podiums and much more. Come visit Stora Enso Re-board in booth P31N

7 Continued Sales Growth! We are proud to report Significant Re-board sales growth over the same period last year. Our growth is in spite of the current challenging economic climate facing us all. The Re-board brand and reputation is rapidly gaining traction and becoming widely known as the material of choice. Importantly Brand Owners and Designers are specifying Re-board for projects. We have seen collaboration between Brands and our Partners across borders for campaign rollouts. Several of our Partners have secured substantial contracts with more in the pipeline. Distributors are reporting maturing markets that are now receptive to Re-board solutions across a variety of industries. We sincerely thank our entire network for making this result possible. Thank you all for your determination, hard work and dedication in pushing Re-board forward Upcoming Events Esko World, Helsingborg 29 th May Andigrafica, Colombia 4-8 th Jun Retail Asia Expo, Hong Kong, 4-6 th Jun Igepa Select, Berlin th Jun FESPA London, th Jun Shanghai Int l Sign & Ad, th Jul Re-board Training Book Early to avoid disappointment Ireland Aug 28/29 Wed/Thr Oct 30/31 Wed/Thr Contact; john@oriamgreen.co.uk Mexico June wk 25 Sept wk 39 Contact; mariana@re-boardmexico.com Osaka & Tokyo Jun ART(Asia Re-board Training) Jun ArtiosCAD Re-board Design Training Sep 3-4 ART(Asia Re-board Training) Sep 5-6 ArtiosCAD Re-board Design Training Contact; kn@nsksystem.co.jp Re-board Network Remember, is distributed and read by Brand Owners and Major Retails around the world. We have a readership of many thousands. Send us images of Re-board projects to include in future newsletters and promote your company globally. Keep us up-to-date with your Re-board events so we can support and help you promote Re-board. Feel free to forward this and all our newsletters onto your own contacts. All newsletters can be found HERE. ********************* 2013 Plant Holiday *************************************** The Norrköping plant is closed during Summer Holiday between Jul 8th - Jul 26th Stora Enso Re-board Newsletter for Partners Video Vault Indonesia, Re-board cabinet made by Re-board Partner PT Eden Pison LINK Brazil, various videos made by Re-board Partner Artwork Digital LINK Hummer LINK Harley LINK Stand Taiwan, Aim Culture show a range of amazing Re-board projects LINK Our Partner in Australia Next-Printing produced this fabulous video LINK Editor: Andreas Hörnfeldt andreas.hornfeldt@storaenso.com You can find copies of past publications at www. storaenso.com/reboard