Metsä Board is strengthening its creative teams with the appointment of two new packaging design experts: Marko Leiviskä and Iiro Numminen.

Metsä Board operates Packaging Service teams on three continents – Europe,...

Metsä Board operates Packaging Service teams on three continents – Europe, the Americas and APAC

Marko Leiviskä, Metsä Board’s new Graphic Packaging Designer, has a strong global background working for brand owners, converters and board mills. He moves to Metsä Board from OneMusketeer Oy, where he worked as an entrepreneur and head of design. He has experience of designing and conceptualising global campaigns for companies like Metsä Board, Stora Enso, Kotkamills, Walki Group and Woikoski. Before OneMusketeer, he worked for Konsepti Advertising and Drum Communications.

This experience has given him a unique perspective on how packaging can strengthen a brand and this role will allow him to combine his technical skills into design and brand strategy,” said Metsä Board in a statement.

For its part, Iiro Numminen, Metsä Board’s new Structural Packaging Designer, has worked as a structural designer for almost eight years and has a deep knowledge of production methods related to the conversion of paperboard as well as digital tools. He constantly seeks new innovative ways to use the fibre based materials. His latest innovation Stretching Inner Part’ was chosen as the winner of Metsä Board’s Better with Less – Design Challenge in 2018. He moves to Metsä Board from the packaging design team at Pa-Hu Oy, a manufacturer of corrugated board and packaging solutions.

Metsä Board operates Packaging Service teams on three continents – Europe, the Americas and APAC – "to jointly, with customers, create lighter, more environmentally friendly and efficient packaging".