An end to a mystery?

On 24th May I posted on a subject " Woodfree..free of wood?". At the end of the article I asked if anyone could help solve the puzzle of local description of woodfree as simili. Someone called me the other day and offered this rather original ingenious explanation. This theory asserts that many years ago, possibly in the early 1930s when printing was becoming very popular, paper made of chemical pulp was in demand . Some "Chinaman" printers, according to this hypothesis, instead of calling woodfree started referring it as similar paper but their pronunciation was slanted and soon evolve into simili. Wow...that's an interesting treatise on the origins of the word "simili".

Many thanks to our local self-made historian Mr. Goh Kah Hong from Ipoh.

New but old

Quebecor World, amongst the largest printing companies in the world, has come out of bankruptcy under a new and yet old name"World Color Press".
A decade ago Quebecor World was born out of a merger between Quebecor Printing and World Color Press.

The new World Color Press is now owned mostly by lenders and creditors of Quebecor World.
The former CEO of the printing rival R.R.Donelley, Mark A Angelson, has been appointed to chair a revamped new board.

http://deadtreeedition.blogspot.com/2009/07/quebecor-world-exits-bankrupty-with.html

Indonesian paper company detains TV reporters

Security officers of Sinar Mas apprehended French TV journalists and confiscated their videos of logging trucks at a pulp and paper firm, a subsidiary of Sinar Mas. They were later handed over to the police. On the lighter side it was reported that the police did not know what to charge them with !.

Read more in http://www.savetheorangutan.co.uk/?cat=55

No PEFC in Indonesia

Stringent standards in PEFC

PEFC ,an environment NGO promoting forest management sustainability has given another blow to claims of PEFC certification to Indonesian paper mills. In particular APP cannot obtain PEFC certification to its forest management practices in Indonesia.

PEFC qualification depends on two independent criteria : PEFC -certified forest and Chain Of Custody. First there are no PEFC-certified forests in Indonesia. Second, Chain of Custody certification assures that the final paper product is linked and originated from certified forest. For Indonesian paper mills to claim PEFC its pulp must be imported from PEFC- certified forest which , logically must be from outside Indonesia.

Frankly to use 100% imported pulp would kill the main advantage of Indonesian paper, price. I don't see how that can happen . So looks like eventually a forest certification system that conforms to the strict standards set up by the PEFC's International Sustainability Benchmark may be developed in Indonesia.

Well we see the positive power of environmental group in action for the environment. Personally I think that is great!.


http://news.paperindex.com/CompanySpecificNews/PEFC_Chain_of_Custody_Certification_in_Indonesia/

Forest Stewardship Council again

FSC is everywhere. Almost every other day you read mills getting FSC accreditation. Ironically the group of largest paper mills in Indonesia got kicked out of the FSC league[read 23rd may 2009 post]. It shows how independant the auditors in FSC organisation are. No wonder everyone is clamouring to be certfied FSC.

The latest news is International Paper has expanded its Chain-of-Custody to become the largest FSC manufacturing platform. The statement from IP as follows:

Chain-of-Custody certification guarantees that wood coming from certified and responsibly managed forestlands is tracked throughout the supply chain, from the forest to the consumer. With its expansion, International Paper's FSC Chain-of-Custody certification worldwide includes: three Coated Paperboard mills and its six converting facilities; four Pulp operations; six Industrial Packaging mills; seven Printing Papers mills and its sheeting operations; and a number of manufacturing facilities associated with its Foodservice and Shorewood businesses.

Besides FSC International Paper has SFI [Forest Certification Initiative] and PEFC [ Programme for Endorsement for Forest Certification] certifications . These two are basically the same as FSC generally speaking.

Read more in http://www.pulpandpaperonline.com/article.mvc/International-Paper-Establishes-Worlds-0001