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Read about packaging machinery, materials, recycling of used paper, paper manufacture and a lot more. Furthermore, find out which paper standards, packaging materials as well as office equipment are used in daily life. Are you an expert in package standards or do you know about the measurement of paper standards? If not, on our B2B-portal on paper and packages you will obtain useful information.

 

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The topic paper and packages is almost as old as mankind itself because as early as in the year 3.200 B.C. the Sumerian wrote on smooth clay plates. Today we know that the origin of paper lies in the ancient Egypt. The papyrus plant – flattened and put one upon the other – served as paper. In details it means that the thready pith of this plant was processed into sheets of paper and respectively roles. Moreover, by the year 2.700 B.C. various coats like for example calfskin or sheepskin was used as “paper”. This is called vellum. Beside these two types of “paper” there is furthermore “Tapa” (paper made of bark on the pacific islands), “Huun” (Maya) and “Amate” (also made of bark by the Aztecs). During the Roman Empire wax plates as well as papyrus were used to write on.

 

The origin of paper manufacture is not located in Egypt but in China, because the Chinese manufactured paper from hemp yet in the early Han-Dynasty (80-50 B.C.). Around the year 105 AD the skill of paper manufacture is mentioned in writing for the first time. Since that time paper manufacture has developed rapidly and revert to the latest technology. The first paper mill in Germany was founded in 1390 by the councilman and merchant Stromer near Nuremberg.

 

Nowadays we know many types of paper which vary in colour, weight, production and usage. However, paper is not exclusively used to write on it, but is multifunctional. For instance, paper which is basically very lightweight can be used as packaging material. In general, cardboards are based upon paper and are on the one hand lightweight but are on the other hand incredibly robust.

 

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