Arjowiggins Graphic has announced the launch of its Innovative 100% recycled High speed Inkjet paper portfolio, a range of OEM qualified and sustainable products designed to run on all Inkjet digital presses including the latest generation of machines. Once again Arjowiggins Graphic meets market demand and continues to lead industry innovation with an exciting new range of 100% recycled papers, engineered specifically for inkjet colour printing.

“This Inkjet Portfolio complements the rest of our digital product offering. We see this product range as an innovative and alternative solution for printers and their Corporate clients. These specially engineered, premium quality web inkjet papers are already creating profitable new markets in transpromo and direct mail, with increasing commercial print applications,” said Jean Charles Monange, sales and marketing director, Arjowiggins Graphic.

The Cocoon and Cyclus Jet families provide a unique combination of high quality performance at full press speed and Improve color depth in combination with ink consumption reduction.

Our portfolio includes a choice of coated and uncoated papers with a range of high whiteness and grammages

Cocoon Jet Silk

A breakthrough, high performance, treated, silk coated paper for full colour inkjet publishing and printing applications, 100% recycled, FSC® Recycled certified with high whiteness (125 CIE) assessed by Kodak labs, as equivalent to 4 Diamond status.

Cocoon Jet Pro

An uncoated inkjet paper with HP ColorPRO Technology, treated and pigmented for demanding, full colour inkjet printing, 100% recycled, FSC® Recycled certified with very high whiteness (150 CIE). Certified by Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).

Cocoon Jet

A high performing treated and pigmented uncoated inkjet paper for high speed colour inkjet printing, 100% recycled, FSC® Recycled certified with very high whiteness (150 CIE).  awarded 2 diamonds by Kodak and qualified by Oce for dye and pigment machines.

Cyclus Jet Premium

A hybrid uncoated paper for laser preprinting, offset and inkjet printing, ideal for black and white and limited colour printing. The paper is 100% recycled, FSC® Recycled certified with a whiteness of 135 (CIE). Oce qualified for both pigment and dye machines

Cocoon preprint

A preprint qualified uncoated paper, perfect offset quality and a first step towards B&W and colour printed variable data with digital printing systems. The paper is 100% recycled, FSC® Recycled certified with a whiteness of 150 (CIE).

Cyclus preprint

A preprint qualified uncoated paper, perfect offset quality and a first step towards B&W and colour printed variable data with digital printing systems. The paper is 100% recycled, FSC® Recycled certified with a natural shade of 90 (CIE).

Recycled Papers: Keeping Inkjet Printing Sustainable

Arjowiggins Graphic is leading the way in the development of digital print de-inking techniques and the recycling of digital papers. All our inkjet papers contain 100% top quality, de-inked fibre which is process chlorine free; this ensures the highest standard of recycled papers available on the market.

In-depth research and industrial trials have led to the optimisation of processes at Arjowiggins Graphic’s state of the art de-inking plant at Greenfield, France. This ensures that paper collected after inkjet digital printing can be recycled and ultimately avoid being sent to landfill. While the amount of inkjet materials currently found in the recycling process is relatively small compared to analogue prints such as offset lithography; the use of these types of digital printing technologies is increasing. It is therefore essential for the industry to develop effective solutions to ensure compatibility with recycling mills, such as those operated by Arjowiggins Graphic, when digital prints become a more significant portion of the recovered paper stream.

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Our Environmental Benefit Statement (EBS) places the important facts at your fingertips. Each one details the amount of wood, water, energy, carbon dioxide/greenhouse gases and waste diverted from landfill that you’ve saved by using recycled paper.

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Creating your EBS is easy. Just submit the details of your print job into the ‘E-Calculator’ at: www.arjowigginsgraphic.com

This year the awards recognised Arjowiggins Graphic for transparency in providing public information on the environmental footprint of its papers – having 100% of its papers listed on the global WWF benchmark tool, Check Your Papers. Arjowiggins Graphic also received a second award for its “excellent” environmental performance score of at least 90% on the WWF’s eco-rating system.

Jean Charles Monange, Sales and Marketing Director at Arjowiggins Graphic, says:“It is such an achievement to see Arjowiggins Graphic awarded these accolades. Especially as Arjowiggins Graphic was the No1 paper manufacturer in both award categories; highlighting the importance of understanding, and improving, your entire value chain’s sustainability.”

The WWF Environmental Paper Awards 2012 have been created to give credit to manufacturers and suppliers that post their paper brands on Check your Paper, using WWF’s eco-rating method for measuring the environmental footprint of papers.

“Supply chain transparency is increasingly a vital tool for more and more buyers of raw materials and finished goods”, said Emmanuelle Neyroumande, Manager of WWF International´s global pulp and paper work. “WWF encourages responsible buyers worldwide to choose suppliers who provide transparent information on the environmental footprint of their paper production.”

Check Your Paper rates papers out of 100 providing an easy to understand assessment of a paper’s environmental impact. Based on a commitment to deliver unbiased, third party assessments of the environmental impact of paper production – including processes at the paper mills involved – the Check Your Paper scheme ensures transparency in the paper industry by allowing easy comparisons between paper brands.

The best performing stock from Arjowiggins Graphic is Cyclus 100% recycled paper. Cyclus scored an impressive 98 out of 100 making it the highest rated recycled paper in the scheme.

The Cocoon range also scored excellently. Cocoon Offset improved its previous score by six points resulting in a total score of 87, Cocoon Office scored 92 and Cocoon Gloss, Cocoon Preprint and Cocoon Silk all scored 87 out of 100.

Other Arjowiggins Graphic products that are registered in Check Your Paper include: Eural, Maine Gloss Green, Satimat Green, Maine Gloss, Chromomat, Satimat, Maine 1 face, Maine 1 face Green and RePrint. All of the brands have seen an improvement in their score compared to previous submissions.

For more information on WWF’s Check You Paper can found at the WWF website.

This worldwide Cyclus initiative supporting SOS Children’s Villages has been rolled out in 32 countries and in 22 languages across the UK, Europe and Overseas markets. In total the campaign will see 61,500 mailers and 9,400 sample packs distributed. Each time a customer requests a sample pack of Cyclus from the dedicated campaign website http://www.cycluspaper.com an A4 school exercise book produced on Cyclus 100% recycled paper will be donated. 

The exercise books will be distributed through SOS Children’s Villages, which helps 1,649 children in Rwanda each year gain an elementary education. Through this campaign Arjowiggins Graphic will be supporting four schools in Rwanda. The schools are based in Byumba, Gikongoro, Kayonza and the Rwandan capital Kigali.

The campaign launched in October and based around the theme ‘Do you belive in recycling’ commenced with a mailer designed to promote the sustainable nature of Cyclus and its 100% environmental commitment – using imagery of items that are ‘upcycled’ from different materials. This imagery includes a clock made from an old bicycle wheel, a children’s toy cooker created from old tin cans and a table made from discarded magazines There will also be two e-blasts during the campaign directing people to the dedicated website.

Angela De Vorchik, Operational Marketing Manager at Arjowiggins Graphic, comments:

“This campaign gives Arjowiggins Graphic an opportunity to deliver a positive social impact beyond the promotion of sustainable manufacturing, namely supporting the education of children in poverty. The whole creative behind the campaign perfectly visualises the 100% environmental commitment that is so integral to the Cyclus brand and will hopefully encourage our customers to consider a 100% recycled paper when they next choose a print job.”

 More features about the Cyclus campaign on YouTube.

Launched in 2000 by the UN Secretary-General, the Global Compact has 8,700 corporate participants worldwide who, in signing the Compact, agree to respect and promote its ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption.

By signing up to the Global Compact, Sequana, Arjowiggins and Antalis intend to advance these principles within their own spheres of influence and make them an essential part of their strategy, action plans and operations. To ensure transparency, the Group also commits to publishing a record of its progress each year.

Participation in the Global Compact represents a further step in the Group’s efforts to build a more sustainable, inclusive and transparent global economy.

Commenting on this development, Pascal Lebard, Chief Executive Officer of Sequana, said “As an international player through our distribution and production businesses, our Group will promote responsible production and consumption practices. We are proud to have signed up to the UN Global Compact and are sure that it will be a major factor in helping us to consolidate our actions in all countries where we do business”.

• Antalis: European leader in the distribution of paper and packaging products, with around 6,000 employees based in 44 countries.
• Arjowiggins: World leader in creative and technical papers, with more than 5,200 employees.

New campaign showcases Cocoon 100% recycled as leading innovative environmental paper solution.

Arjowiggins Graphic, the leading manufacturer of environmental paper solutions, has teamed up with  Antalis the exclusive distributor of Cocoon to launch a new and exciting direct mail campaign, which aims to underscore the environmental integrity, high levels of whiteness and excellent print results offered by the Cocoon 100% recycled range.

Targeting printers, designers and corporate audiences, the new campaign comprises three premium, eye-catching and colourful mailers, which are being sent to recipients throughout April, May and June.

The mailers, which will be accompanied by tailored emails, aim to inform printers, designers and corporates about the benefits of using Cocoon stocks and the high levels of whiteness that the range can deliver, without compromising on print results or environmental integrity.

Also explained in the beautifully designed mailers is the  Environmental calculator – a unique online resource that has been created to demonstrate the environmental savings of water, CO2, greenhouse emissions, landfill, energy and wood that can be made by electing to print with Cocoon 100% recycled papers.

In addition to the mailers and emails, the campaign also features a dedicated and innovatively designed Cocoon website. The website, which has an easy to navigate, moving block format, houses the  Enviromental calculator, more information about the range of papers, the production process at the Greenfield mill and the advantages of paper recycling.

Visitors to the site also have the chance to enter the Cocoon quiz for the chance to win some fantastic prizes. First prize offers one lucky winner a VIP weekend trip for two to the Greenfield site, including hotel accommodation, train travel, champagne tasting and a candlelit dinner in top restaurant – Les Caves Panier at Château-Thierry. Runner up prizes include  electric bikes and organic gourmet hampers of fine French food and wine.

Angela DeVorchik, Operational Marketing Manager at Arjowiggins Graphic, comments: “With this new campaign, we hope to showcase the high quality results that Cocoon 100% recycled papers can deliver, as well as the range’s commitment to environmental integrity and the innovation behind the production of Cocoon papers.

“The mailers and emails effectively demonstrate to printers, designers and corporates that Cocoon has the ability to contribute towards preserving the environment by turning office waste paper into premium quality bright white 100% recycled paper. Therefore, in choosing Cocoon stocks for print applications, end-users can make their own environmental commitment, without sacrificing on a high quality, bright white print finish.”

Visit www.white-and-recycled.co.uk for more details

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The Besse paper mill, with a capacity of 320 000 tons, is the main production site of AWG. It principally produces high white recycled papers under the well-known brands of Cocoon™,Satimat green™ and Maine gloss green™, as well as CWF and UWF papers from FSC certified virgin pulp under the also well-known brand MCS™.

“This 60 million Euro’s project is another major building block of AWG’s Manufacturing strategy. It clearly supports our current and long term Business strategy to offer the Printing & Writing industry a unique and complete range of papers meeting the growing demand for papers with a low environmental footprint. The Besse mill will see its CO2 emissions divided by 5 times and the green electricity produced will increase the share of renewable energy” said Agnes Roger, AWG chief executive.

The waste wood materials will be sourced locally, supporting the active management of local forests and contributing to their sustainable growth while generating about 60 permanent jobs in logging, transportation, biomass supply chain, as well as power plant operation.

Gilles Lhermitte, AWG’s sustainable development director said: “We are focusing on being best in class in the management of our environmental impact.  We are proud to report that our efforts and actions have been recognized by the WWF, 2011 environmental index, where AWG has been ranked number one among the Fine papers producers. We have also embarked the WWF Climate savers program and this project will be a key contributor to our official commitment to reduce our greenhouse emissions by 10% in 2014 for each ton of paper produced”.

For further information about the Climate Savers Program, go to the WWF website.

The year-long investment project will increase the mill’s capacity by 25,000 tonnes, reaching 150,000 tonnes by the end of 2012.

The first phase of the work began in January and is expected to come on stream at the end of June.

Currently the mills output satisfies demand from Arjowiggins Graphic mills for their production of premium quality, extra-white recycled papers under the well-known brands Cocoon™, Maine Gloss Green™ and Satimat Green™. In addition the needs of external customers in the printing & writing and specialty papers sectors are also served.

This capacity increase underlines the strong commitment of  Arjowiggins Graphic to fulfil the growing needs of the European graphic sector for premium recycled pulps and it is a stated objective of the Company to ensure a fair balance between pulp volumes consumed by its own mills and pulp available to external customers. 

The fast growth of its in-house demand has led Arjowiggins to activate the Greenfield capacity increase as of this year. If trends in European demand warrant it, a further, more ambitious capacity increase is planned for 2013.

Arjowiggins Graphic  today announced a new research relationship with HP aimed at improving the ability to deink printed materials from HP Indigo and HP inkjet digital presses.

The relationship has been forged to ensure that paper from HP Indigo Liquid Electrophotographic (LEP) and inkjet digital print jobs can be recycled and ultimately avoid landfills.

While currently the amount of LEP and inkjet materials found in the recycling process is small relative to analog prints such as offset lithography, the use of these types of digital printing technologies will increase. It is therefore essential for the industry to develop effective solutions to ensure compatibility with recycling mills, such as those operated by Arjowiggins Graphic, when digital prints become a more significant portion of the recovered paper stream.

The two companies have agreed to test new techniques for deinking and test on an industrial scale. After in-depth research and scale-up tests have been performed, optimized process conditions will be run at Arjowiggins Graphic’s state of the art de-inking plant at Greenfield in France and compared to the current process compatibility with digital prints.

John Cooper, Customer Support Director at Arjowiggins Graphic, explains:

“The Greenfield mill is one of the most advanced environmentally friendly de-inking sites in Europe. As a result, it is the ideal place to conduct research into deinking these printed materials. This relationship will contribute to establishing Greenfield as an industry centre for de-inking solutions of digitally printed materials.”

Pinni Perlmutter, Director of Technology for HP’s Indigo division, says, “Digital printing has many positive benefits, such as the elimination of warehousing inventory and reduced make-ready waste. HP is working to extend those benefits by collaborating with Arjowiggins Graphic to develop a greater scientific understanding of deinking fundamentals.”

                                                                          Crédit Photo: Greenfield sas

(Click on the photography for more information about Greenfield Mill.)

• positive impacts on forests, and contain high proportions of post-consumer recycled fibre and/or
• virgin fibre originating from credibly certified, well managed forests.
• reduced contributions to climate change through use of recycled fibre, responsible forest management and
• minimising CO2 emissions from fossil fuels in the manufacturing process, and, indirectly, emissions of CO2 and methane from degrading waste in landfills
• close to zero water pollution through reduction of organic water pollution and
• reduced water pollution from bleaching, through promotion of unbleached or totally chlorine-free bleached products.

• Quality & creativity of the campaign
• Effective Flower logo use
• Relevance of promotional activities undertaken
• Results achieved

For more information visit www.ecolabel.eu

• “Innovative product of the Year” for COCOON, an extra-white 100% recycled paper. Cocoon is FSC® Recycled (No.SGS-COC-003161) and European Ecolabel (No.FR/011/003) certified.
• “Water Efficiency” for DALUM PAPIR, whose mill is located in Odense-Denmark and which produces the Cyclus range; the most environmentally responsible natural white 100% recycled paper.

Mark Rushton, Editor of PPI magazine and chairman of the jury for the PPI Awards 2010, commented, "This is the second year we have organized the PPI Awards and we’re very pleased again with the quality and quantity of the entries. We’ve received more entries from all parts of the globe this year. Making the finalists list is a great achievement for all the companies involved, but we would also like to thank all the people who took the time to enter this year. I look forward to seeing the finalists in Brussels in November.”

Industry renowned names such as Teresa Presas (CEPI), Duncan Pollard (WWF), Rod Young (RISI), Roger Warwick (Association of Print and Paper Technicians) and Jim Keller (ICCA) were involved in the judging, along with other experts in different fields.

RISI will be publishing more information on the finalists in the October issue of PPI magazine as well as on the RISI and PPI Awards websites (www.risiinfo.com)

The campaign address the powerful visual recognition of Cyclus' environmental values, savings of energy and water compared to virgin paper and the very low emission of carbon, being a beautiful paper that achieves a perfect look and feel for your story. The brochures are printed on our different grades of Cyclus in selected substances so you can have the range first-hand.

The mailer is now on its way to more than 50.000 people in 25 countries all over the world. By signing up for the Cyclus’ newsletter on the web, the recipients get a great, large Rockabilly poster and the chance to win a fabulous Tattoo T-shirt.

See the campaign site and get the chance to win a T-shirt on www.cyclus.dk

• Lowest air emission (SO2, NOX)
• Lowest greenhouse gas emissions
• Highest standards of process water cleaning (COD)
• Reduced electric and fossil energy consumption
• Weakest impacts on environment (raw material selection)
• Waste recovery
• Reduction/prevention of risks to human health related to the use of hazardous substances.

In addition, Cocoon was also used for:

- The RTCC observer's report (British Observer : Responding To Climate Change).
The report was distributed all around the Bella Center during the two weeks :  over 15.000 copies were distributed.

The report was printed on Cocoon Gloss and Silk. 

- The Ode Magazine.
The Ode Magazine was distributed at the entrance to the Bella Center as well as in many different points across the City.

Over 75.000 copies were distributed over the two weeks. The inside pages of the magazine were printed on Cocoon Offset 80gsm.

www.rtcc.org
www.odemagazine.com

• It results in savings of 35% in water consumption, 20% in electricity consumption, 20% in CO2 emissions and 55% in landfill.
• Being FSC^®-certified - the independent certification which encourages the practice of responsible forestry worldwide - the environmental responsibility of Maine 1 Face Green and its manufacturer is guaranteed.

The new Maine 1 Face Green means that distributor expectations and consumer demands in terms of environmentally-friendly packaging can now be met .  Using a recycled paper for product labelling and packaging is a tangible way that companies such as retailers or manufacturers can demonstrate a commitment to the environment, which is easy to implement and immediately visible for brands.

Maine 1 Face Green provides a unique combination of product innovation and environmentally friendly design. Key features include:

• Brilliant whiteness equivalent to that of non-recycled paper, which means that it captures the light and intensifies colours.
• Impeccable and consistent printing quality to ensure excellent printability for both offset and traditional printing processes (heliogravure, flexography, typography, silk-screen and hot foil blocking) making it a very high-performance product.
• Customised design for high speed labelling which can be applied to all types of materials. The labels are flat and stable, allowing them to be positioned quickly and firmly.
• Excellent dimensional stability and easy sheet transfer, guaranteeing excellent runnability for printers.
• Maine 1 Face Green also meets the legal and regulatory requirements of materials designed to come into contact with foodstuffs, packaging, packaging waste, toys etc.

The range is produced using advanced ecological technology at the Greenfield S.A.S. mill, entirely from 100% recycled, FSC^®-certified de-inked pulp. The range offers market-leading environmental credentials and is produced with a low carbon footprint, making it an ideal solution for print and design jobs where sustainability is a key factor.

As with all Arjowiggins Graphic papers, Cocoon includes environmental declaration sheets detailing the exact sustainability credentials of the range and providing printers with a clear guide to the product.  Cocoon Offset is available in 10 weights (80 - 350 gsm), all suitable for offset printing and converting. The range is ideal for applications including manuals, brochures, inserts, financial reports and invitations, Cocoon Preprint, meanwhile, is suitable for litho laser preprint applications such as letterheads, corporate documents, invoice forms and direct mail.

• Leaflets were printed on Cocoon Offset 140g/m² and Cocoon Offset 120g/m²
• Postcards were printed on Idéal 1 Face, gloss, 280 g/m²
• Posters were printed on Satimat green 170g/m²

HP Indigo's rigorous certification procedure incorporates several processes including an initial screening followed by a more comprehensive assessment.  Performance is evaluated according to runnability, ink fixing and blanket compatibility.  Satimat Green achieved 3 stars in each category, indicating it is among the best performing papers, fewer print cleaners are needed and there are no blanket memories at least up to 12K impressions.

Satimat Green is ideal for report and accounts, catalogues, brochures, direct mail, publications and any document requiring a sustainable and environmental approach.

• Product innovation - Set up to anticipate and respond to customer needs, the branch will operate within reduced timings for product development. Typically the creation of a new paper takes between 12-18 months but Arjowiggins Graphic will target a 3-month maximum development period. This will ensure it is able to utilise the very latest in green technologies and continually develop cutting edge environmental papers. It will also be the first manufacturer to provide environmental declarations for products including information such as carbon footprint, energy consumption and water consumption to ensure transparency with customers.
• Manufacturing - The new branch will be supported by an extensive manufacturing network with mills at Besse-sur-Braye, Wizernes, Le Bourray and Odense (Dalum - the most environmental paper mill in the world). There will also be de-inking pulp manufacturing at Greenfield S.A.S., Le Bourray and Maglemolle (Dalum).  At Greenfield S.A.S., the company is pioneering a unique process to produce de-inked pulp (of which 20% - 30% comes from UK waste thus reducing landfill). This is used to manufacture quality recycled grades with varying levels of de-inked pulp (15% - 100%) which offer outstanding levels of whiteness only previously experienced with virgin fibres. Across its mills Arjowiggins Graphic is also reducing carbon emissions where possible.
• Route to market - The branch will maximise existing relationships with a network of leading merchants in the UK in the distribution of its products. Key target sectors for Arjowiggins Graphic include general advertising, marketing and printing and it will partner with a number of merchants including Antalis, Elliott Baxter, Robert Horne and The Paper Company for the distribution of its products. A key account manager will be assigned to each major merchant acting as the interface between Arjowiggins Graphic and its customers.