The head of the German Schleswig-Holstein State Chancellery, State Secretary Dirk Schrödter, visited the Mitsubishi HiTec Paper’s Flensburg plant on February 2, 2022. The reason for the visit was the Schleswig-Holstein Economy 2021 Environmental Award, which we received at the end of last year for our sustainable barricote® barrier papers. Impressed by the innovative strength and by the completely recyclable barrier papers for flexible packaging, State Secretary Schrödter was able to witness the production of the coated special papers at the traditional Flensburg location during a factory tour.
Subsequently, pressing economic policy issues were discussed with the management: energy policy with the special challenges for the energy-intensive paper industry in Germany as well as the lack of skilled workers and trainees and the resulting effects for a highly specialized production and training company like Mitsubishi HiTec Paper. How politics can promote and support the necessary innovation and transformation process of the paper industry more intensively – against the background of the desired climate neutrality – was finally discussed.