1. The Fedrigoni family has a tradition in the paper world since 1717
2. San Colombano paper mill was set up close to the hermitage of the same name in Vallarsa-Rovereto
3. The paper mill was sold in 1814 to the Jacob family following the Napoleonic wars
4. Giuseppe Antonio Fedrigoni, after a long period dedicated to commerce in paper, began paper production in 1888 in the Verona Paper mill,that was subsequently expanded by his son, Antonio.
5. From 1931, Gianfranco Fedrigoni, assisted by brothers Renzo and Arrigo, gave new impulse to the development of the company.
6. The Varone paper mill was taken over in 1938 and the Verona Mill - completely destroyed during the Second World War - was rebuilt in 1945.
7. The Adamas Paper Mill was set up in South Africa in 1948 (later sold to Sappi in 1964); the Arco Mill was founded in 1963.
8. The three mills (Verona, Varone and Arco) were merged in 1979 to form Cartiere Fedrigoni & C. S.p.A. Since then, Group development has continued with special emphasis on the "converting" sector, with the creation of Arconvert in 1989 and the take-over of Manter SA (Manipulados del Ter SA) in 1993, on European distribution through the dedicated companies distribution companies in Germany (1987), Spain (1989), France and Great Britain (1993).
9. As from the 1st January 2000: the Fedrigoni Group was re-organised, with the transfer of production and commercial operations to the new Fedrigoni Cartiere S.p.A. and buildings operations to Acquaviva S.r.l., while Cartiere Fedrigoni & C. S.p.A. itself became the Group Holding Company.
10. At the end of 2001, the Fedrigoni Group was awarded the tender issued by "Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato" for the acquisition of "Cartiere Miliani e Fabriano" (heirs to the century-old tradition of Italian paper-making) and its subsidiaries (Cartamano S.r.l., Miliani Immobiliare S.r.l. and S.I.C.M.A. S.r.l.).
11. As from April 2004, thank to an agreement with "Mantegazza Antonio Arti Grafiche Srl" Fedrigoni Group creates Fabriano Securities which will be active in the area of securities systems with the production of a complete range of products technologically advanced such as holograms security-threads, plastic cards, security prints.
12. Fedrigoni Asia began operations in April 2006 with head offices in Hong Kong. The company will handle sales of Fedrigoni papers in the Far East and Oceani
13. Water and energy are precious resources, and the group works hard to make sure that the management of them improves every year.
14. The paper production is powered completely by methane and renewable hydroelectric energy, (Fabriano is a direct producer).
In order to optimise the enery use there are three cogeneration plants.
15. To further minimise carbon emissions, one third of our raw materials must arrive at our plants by rail.
16. We make sure that at least 70% of the cellulose we use to make paper is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
17. We are also committed to using natural fibres from plant crops that grow rapidly or are replenished annually, such as cotton, hemp, flax and bamboo.
18. Our papers enhance the tactile and visual qualities of any book. For covers, we supply marked, embossed and tinted paper with modern, light-stabilised pulp-dyed colours. For inner sections we offer high-opacity, laid and natural, and white and ivory styles.
19. Our precision and speed in silicone and adhesive coating and other specialist formats make us the market leader in high-tech and highly attractive labels and adhesives, in both sheets and reels.
20. We make paper in special office formats, such as FSC paper for printers and photocopiers. Our office papers have an optimal white point and perfect machining properties.
21. Our security features include metallic strips threaded into the paper, holograms, fibres and watermarks, all following exacting criteria. This makes us one of the few paper manufacturers certified to produce the Euro. Our expertise also qualifies us to make paper for any other specialist applications.
22. The plants for all our companies are ISO 9001-certified and the three main production sites also carry ISO 14001 environmental management certification.
23. Fedrigoni and Arconvert are also OHSAS 18001-certified, having gained the SQS certification of excellence
24. For example, Fedrigoni Cartiere guarantees the availability of its catalogue paper anywhere in Europe within 24 hours. We distribute both our special and commodity paper types through partners and wholesalers in more than 100 countries.
25. Fedrigoni never flags in the attention it pays to sustainability and respect for the environment: that attention starts with its raw materials, which it sources exclusively from suppliers who practice responsible environmental policies, and its production facilities, whose energy comes from cogeneration plants, and continues right through to the finished product and distribution.
26. The Group has dedicated many years to expanding its range of papers bearing FSC Chain of Custody certification. By 2010, the company had achieved a percentage of no less than 85%.
27. The FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) is an international non-governmental organisation, founded by a group of environmental associations, indigenous communities and forest owners, with the common aim of improving forestry management by practising environmentally compatible and socially and economically sustainable policies.
28. Established in partnership with Greenpeace, WWF and Friends of the Earth, its principles lead to product certification. To obtain process certification, a producer must guarantee the Chain of Custody (or chain of traceability), which means always being able to identify the forest from which the wood used originally came, at every stage in its use, especially in the many phases that lead to the creation of the finished product destined for the end user.
29. But even that is not enough: ever concerned to demonstrate its complete commitment to safeguarding the environment, the company already achieved recognition of compliance with the FSC Controlled Wood principles for the remaining 15%.
30. What this means is a guarantee that even those products that do not bear the FSC-CoC use no cellulose made with wood deriving from illegal logging, from forestry areas where the civil or traditional rights of the local populations are trampled on or from any forests whose high values of conservation are threatened by forestry management activities.
31. All and any producers who process wood from areas that have been converted from forests into plantations with an annual type of yield or planted with genetically modified trees are strictly excluded from the company's list of suppliers: this policy, which the company has been pursuing for years, guarantees a very low environmental impact throughout the product's life cycle: from the quality of the air and water, the protection of the soil and the reduction of waste to energy saving, natural resource management, the protection of the ozone layer, environmental safety, biodiversity and sustainable forestry.
32. All the ecological certifications held by Fedrigoni papers demonstrate the Group's attention to the environment and to the safety of both the product and the related production process, which takes the form of:
• acquiring fibrous raw materials from suppliers who practice sustainable forestry management, verified by their holding independent forestry certification and obtained from processes conducted without the use of any chlorine, in particular from cellulose classified as ECF;
• wherever the product's quality specifications allow, using cellulose fibers of non-forestry origin that come from annual plants, such as cotton, hemp, kenaf, bamboo and linen, or from secondary pre-consumer and post-consumer fibers ;
• working in pH neutral environments, i.e. acid free conditions, which also comply with the requisites of the Long Life Standard ISO 9706;
• favouring the increasing use of mineral fillers and biodegradable additives with a natural origin;
• reducing, if not eliminating, the use of raw materials whose production generates significant environmental impacts;
• favouring in-house energy generating, both from hydro-electric sources and obtained from fuels and systems with a low environmental impact (co-generation with natural gas)
• Complying with legislation governing the use of colorants, the elimination of hazardous substances and the presence of heavy metals (lead, cadmium, mercury etc.);
• Using subsidiary and process chemical substances and preparations that comply with the prescriptions introduced by R.E.A.C.H.Regulation.
32. Fedrigoni's policy of working consciously to save and filter water in the course of highly specialised production processes demonstrates the company's firm commitment to practising an environmentally sustainable strategy that focuses on reducing water consumption, favouring recirculation within the process, optimising its papermaking processes and doing away with all possible sources of wastage. At the same time as total production increased by 48% in the period from 2002 to 2008, a complex agenda put into practice at several levels reduced fresh water consumption by 39% and the production of residual sludge from water filtering (COD) by 57%.
33. By introducing energy co-generation plants, Fedrigoni has achieved a significant reduction in its atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions, which puts it perfectly in line with the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol. Fedrigoni already started a combined and simultaneous process of generating electricity and thermal energy in-house as early as 1997, using nothing but methane as fuel and recuperating the heat generated as a by-product of electricity to produce steam and use it in other phases of the production process. In that same period from 2002 to 2008, while total production increased by 48%, energy consumption was cut by 32%, steam by 39% and CO2 by 48%.
Situated in London's Hatton Garden is a building that goes by the name of Diamond House, where two people sit in a bright room surrounded by lots and lots of paper...otherwise known as the Fedrigoni Showroom. Have you been yet?
34. Vist us for great paper advice, view the vast array of printed examples on display and pick up some A4 paper samples. We're open Monday to Friday, 9.30 to 5pm and have a number of facilities to offer you and your clients: -
• PC and presentation equipment
• Private meeting room
• Internet access
• Plush leather seating
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