PaceSetter Rainier™ Recycled Paperboard

PaceSetter Rainier™ is an innovation in recycled paperboard.

With many of the characteristics of bleached paperboard (also known as solid bleached sulfate or SBS) in combination with recycled content, PaceSetter Rainier offers brightness and whiteness that exceeds that of traditional recycled paperboard, enabling it to compete directly with bleached paperboard. In addition, it provides improved surface smoothness for enhanced printability and tactile performance for truly stand-out printed packaging.

PaceSetter Rainier is also lightweight, and ideal for most consumer product folding carton applications including healthcare, beauty, confectionery, dry goods, dairy, and more.

Available in a wide range of grades, PaceSetter Rainier provides superior package integrity and is designed to provide outstanding packaging line efficiency and performance.

Recycled paperboard is often known as coated recycled board, or CRB.

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PaceSetter Rainier Sustainability Benefits

Renewable Resource

Unlike plastic and other packaging materials that are extracted from the earth, PaceSetter Rainier recycled paperboard is made using 100% recycled fiber content (minimum 35% post-consumer) that starts with trees, a renewable resource

Recyclability

Paperboard cartons are generally viewed as being widely recycled with >90% of U.S. communities having access to recycling for non-poly-coated paperboard and 60% of communities having access to recycling for poly-coated paperboard (American Forest and Paperboard Association’s Access to Recycling Study 2021).

Want to include recycled content in your packaging portfolio without changing its clean, bright look?

Meet PaceSetter Rainier, our newest recycled paperboard innovation.

PaceSetter Rainier Features

Fiber Procurement and Chain of Custody

As part of our sustainability strategy, Graphic Packaging is committed to sourcing wood and paperboard material from certified chain of custody and non-controversial sources. All the recycled paperboard that Graphic Packaging sells meets the requirements of the Recycled Paperboard Alliance 100% (RPA100), Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Certified Sourcing, and Forest Stewardship Council® Chain of Custody certification programs.
The RPA100 certification program, which is third-party audited, validates that the paperboard is made with 100% recycled fiber. A copy of our current certificates can be found on our website.

Environmental and Safety

Complies with California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (California Proposition 65)
Complies with European Union Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
Contains no REACH Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) at levels above the 0.1% threshold
Complies with CONEG/Toxics in Packaging laws and with Article 11 of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (94/62/EC) )
Complies with RPA 100

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PaceSetter Rainier Product Information

Applications

Healthcare
Beauty
Snacks and confectionery
Cereals and dry foods
Toys and recreational products
Electronics
Household goods

Benefits

Superior visual results

PaceSetter Rainier offers brightness and whiteness that exceeds that of traditional recycled paperboard, enabling it to compete directly with bleached paperboard
It provides improved surface smoothness for enhanced printability and tactile performance for truly stand-out printed packaging

Excellent printability and glue adherence

PaceSetter Rainier provides a superior printing surface that is engineered to deliver excellent print results and a cleaner running press. A double clay-coated surface provides a clean surface for high-quality graphics.

Consistent performance in a variety of environments and converting processes

Carefully monitored board production and testing ensures that PaceSetter Rainier will run consistently well in all of your printing and converting operations and provides superior carton performance during carton distribution.

Specifications

Basestock Properties	Units	12pt	14pt	16pt	18pt	Standard
Caliper	Inches	0.012	0.014	0.016	0.018	T-411
Thickness	Microns	305	366	406	457	T-411
Brightness	GE	85	85	85	85	T-452

Compliance

Food contact compliance

FDA-compliant for contact with aqueous and fatty foods

Food contact compliance (USA)

21 CFR 176.170 (components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods)
21 CFR 176.180 (components of paper and paperboard in contact with dry foods)