The leaders of the paper and cardboard industry are in Lorraine

Lorraine is the largest French region in the paper and board industry with 1,400,000 tonnes manufactured per year (14% of national production). Its assets: important forest resources, a dense hydrographic network, a qualified workforce and proximity to major international markets. As proof, many international paper mills have chosen to establish themselves there.

World-renowned brands from Lorraine

In the 15th century, the Arches vine was already internationally renowned for the Vosges city from which it takes its name. Today, among the companies in Lorraine in the paper and cardboard industry, we can name big names like Clairefontaine with her famous notebooks or France Cartes, a supplier of card games for casinos all over the world, from Las Vegas to Shanghai.

World paper leaders set up in Lorraine

Attracted by the strengths that Lorraine offers, many international groups have established themselves in the region, further strengthening the existing industrial fabric: the American Kimberly Clark , the Italians Sofidel  and Cartiera Lucchese , the Finns Ahlstrom Labelpack  and UPM Kymmene with Raflatacand the Stationeries des Châtelles , the Irish Cartonnages of Lorraine , the Norwegian Norske Skog , the Franco-British ArjoWiggins .

The highly structured paper industry

Most of the paper and paperboard companies in the Lorraine region are members of the Copacel (French Confederation of the Paper, Cardboard and Cellulose Industry ) and Papest (Union of Eastern Paper Manufacturers), the manufacturers’ union. Eastern paper.
On the Fibers Campus in Epinal, alongside the Fibers Grand Est pole, the opening of a CTP (Technical Paper Center) is an additional asset for companies in the sector to which it provides scientific and technical support through its research, industrial development, expertise and information services.