We often hear our bosses talking about working in a paperless office. Yet everyone knows that no office can ever be completely paperless. It is hard to conceive of any life without paper, whether in the office or at home. Since its invention, paper has become inseparable from our daily lives. Closely connected to the cultural development of mankind, it can be considered a socio economic indicator of any nation.
Paper is normally manufactured from vegetable fibers such as wood pulp, old rags, bagasse, agro-waste, recycled paper and other ingredients including inorganic non-metallic minerals such as calcium carbonate, talc, kaolin. Some of these minerals play a very important role and are termed as “functional fillers”. With the latest advancements in technologies such as nano technology, the role of minerals is expected to increase even more.
A brief history of papermakingThe basic idea of papermaking is bringing single natural...