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Kruger Introduces Krujet LWC

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This past week, Kruger (Montreal, Ont.,Canada) officially introduced Krujet LWC to the public and shared properties of the new production on their website. The company touts that the paper is the world’s first lightweight coated (LWC) paper designed specifically for high-speed inkjet web presses. Krujet is manufactured at the company's Wayagamack mill (Trois-Rivières, Ont.) on the most recent and modern PM in North America. 
 
 
 
Pictured above: A mill worker at Wayagamack manages a component of the state-of-the-art PM being used to produce Krujet LWC papers.
 
Designed to work with pigment-based inks resulting in excellent print quality and finishing characteristics, Krujet will enable printing companies to lower their costs without compromising on quality by using digital inkjet web presses for short run catalogs, magazines, manuals, and inserts.

Currently available in 36-lb. to 45-lb. basis weights (53.3 to 66.6 gsm) and at various brightness levels, Krujet provides printers an alternative to conventional offset printing through previously unavailable low basis weights.

In addition, Krujet paper printed on a KODAK PROSPER 6000 inkjet press (high definition photo of sample) with Kodak’s nanoparticulate pigment inks passed the INGEDE Method 11 deinking test as administered by FPInnovations. Therefore, this Kruger exclusive product offers the unique advantage of being fully deinkable and recyclable with current recycled paper furnishes. 

Furthermore, 38-lb. (56-gsm) Krujet, with a brightness of 71, received Kodak Prosper 4 Diamond rating for Kodak Prosper presses, which makes it the only lightweight coated paper ever to receive a Kodak Diamond rating.
 

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