Electrastar Max Sage | Catalyst Paper

Electrastar Max™ is the brand name for our highest brightness uncoated product. It has excellent opacity, super optical properties and is bulky, yet light. Electrastar Max is manufactured at our Powell River mill.

Product Benefits

Our Sage line of products are the greenest of our great specialty papers, offering a verifiable environmental pedigree and chain of custody system. And, $1 of every tonne of Sage paper sold goes to support the work of GreenBlue, a non-profit institute working with the private sector to redesign industrial systems.

Environmental Footprint

100% certified fibre
Backed with PEFC chain of custody
Manufactured carbon-neutral
Visibility of environmental footprint

End Use Applications

Product Specifications
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Product Specifications

BASIS WEIGHT (gsm)	52	59.2	62.9	66.5	74
BASIS WEIGHT (# book basis)	35.2	40	42.5	45	50
BRIGHTNESS (%)	84	84	84	84	84
OPACITY (%)	93	94.5	95	95.5	96.5

Key Product Characteristics

Environmentally Preferred — 100% certified fibre obtained from sustainably managed forests

Third-Party Verification — Backed with PEFC chain of custody and manufactured carbon-neutral using ISO standards

Transparency — Visibility of environmental footprint provided through Metafore's Environmental Paper Assessment Tool, a project of GreenBlue

Product Performance — Excellent runnability and printability has allowed it to be the first alternative for super high-bright needs

Yeild Advantage — Wide range of basis weights from 52 gsm to 74 gsm as a bulky alternative to heavier weight papers, saving you money in the mail and on press

Versatile — Great results for special sales events, promotions, front pages, direct mail, pamphlets, publishing and books

Key Features — Super high brightness shade and a very high opacity (up to 96%) delivers clean and sharp print results

Optical Properties — Pleasing blue-white shade is easy on the eyes and improves readability while high print contrast makes graphics look crisp, sharp and colourful

Printability — Fantastic print reproduction: clean, sharp and white