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Arctic Paper launches Pamo Life, a new environmentally friendly book paper

Wednesday 15. December 2010 - Arctic Paper has launched a new environmentally friendly paper for paperbacks Pamo Life; a revolutionary addition to its ever growing Pamo family of book papers. Made with a unique content of 27 per cent recycled fibres, this grade is developed specially for high-quality paperbacks.

Pamo Life is produced at Arctic Paper Mochenwangen in Germany, one of the Groups four paper mills. Its 27% recycled wood-containing paper content is obtained from both magazine and newspaper materials (post-consumer waste), which is ideal for book paper quality. Pamo Life has good printability combined with high paper strength; comparable in quality to many papers produced solely from virgin fibre.
Pamo Life is available in an off-white shade, with a brightness of ISO 74. The range includes grammages of 70, 80 and 90 g/m2 in two bulks 1.5 and 1.8.
Garry Colyer, Managing Director for Arctic Paper UK commented “Environmental considerations are becoming increasingly important in all industries and the book segment is no exception. Arctic Paper has always taken a leading position regarding wood-containing environmentally friendly papers and new Pamo Life highlights to the market that new qualities still can be obtained if you challenge and think in new directions.”
Successful research & development
Behind the new features of Pamo Life lies a comprehensive product development project at Arctic Paper Mochenwangen. This R&D has made it possible to obtain a high-quality, wood-containing environmentally friendly paper that is also durable in the printing process.
“The project has been successful and has presented a number of new exciting results. Among other things, we have optimized the cleaning process for recycled fibre which has given a cleaner and better looking paper. In addition, the surface of the new paper is smoother, with even better printability”, says Garry Colyer.
Environmental certification
To present a fully certified paper quality was another objective for the product development project. Pamo Life is available as both FSC* and PEFC** certified and thus complies with all regulations for sustainability – as one of the first recycled wood-containing papers on the market.