Introduction to the manufacture of paper and use of paper as a print media. Characteristics of paper and what to take into account for graphic design.

1. Max Holmberg

2. • International paper merchant
• 43 countries, headquarters in Paris
• Antalis Sweden
Stockholm, Göteborg & Malmö
• 4 Business Sectors
Print, Office, Visual Communication &
Packaging
• About 7000 SKU (Stock Keeping Units)

3. • the basics of the paper manufacturing process
• be able to take into account the importance
of the choice of paper in print production
Goals

4. Questions?

5. American Psycho, Lionsgate Films, 2000.

6. Paper is fantastic!
• Evokes emotions
• Tactile media
• Activates senses
• Sustainable and lasting

7. Evokes emotions
http://www.rebfre.se/2017/01/10/ellegalan-2017/

8. Tactile media
http://www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/readin-on-bus-1.jpg

9. Activates senses

10. Sustainable and lasting
Källa: Skogsdata 2016, SLU
Skogsmark,
69%
Skogsmark Övrig landyta

11. Making of Paperboard
Källa: Iggesund, The Making of Invercote, 2014, https://youtu.be/rGPnKoMJfT0

12. Raw material
Spruce (Gran) Pine (Tall) & Birch (Björk)
Spruce (Gran)
Eucalyptus and Akacia
Chemical pulpMechanical pulp

13. Manufacture of pulp
Mechanical (grinding)
Chemical (dissolve)

14. Fibre from mechanical pulping Fibre from chemical pulping

15. Yield
Mechanical pulp
Chemical pulp

16. Recycled fibre

17. Bleach
17
Unbleached pulp
Chlorine
dioxide
Oxygen
Sodium
hydroxide
Peracetic
acid
Hydrogen
peroxide
Bleached pulp

18. Fillers
Clay
Titanium
dioxide
Chalk

19. Ingredients
Fibre (~80%)
Filler (~20%)
Chemicals (~1-5%)

20. Process overview

21. Hands On!

22. Break?

23. Direction of grain
45x64
64x45

24. Against the grain

25. Creasing

26. Stiffness
26

27. Calendering
27
Pre-calendering
(before coating)
Finish calendering or Gloss calendering
(after coating)

28. Coating
28
• Pigment
• Binder
• Additives
Coating recipe

29. Under the microscope
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Uncoated Medium coating Double coated Art coating

30. Ink absorbtion
Uncoated
Coated

31. Sustainable Forest
PEFC/05-37-77

32. Grammage/Weight
g/m2

33. Thickness / Grammage = Bulk
Uncoated
Coated

34. Opacity
Low High

35. Readability

36. 36
Uncoated Gloss 150 lpi
Uncoated 150 lpi
Halftone screen
Coated Matt 150 lpi
Uncoated100 lpi

37. 37
Scandia 2000 (Uncoated)
Example uncoated and coated
GalerieArt Gloss (Coated)

38. Reached the goal?
the basics of the paper manufacturing process
be able to take into account the importance
of the choice of paper in print production

39. The End
Max Holmberg
max.holmberg@antalis.com