Wrapping paper

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Wrapping paper is a generic term for a diverse group of papers that are used to protect and decorate packaged goods.

Manufacture, composition and use

Wrapping paper is made from shredded wood (mostly spruce or pine) and paste by adding water. The fibers are up to 4 mm long and the paper pulp is brown due to the lignin contained in the wood . For kraft paper is sulphate pulp added to make it particularly strong. In the case of packaging paper, the composition of the fibers depends on the requirements placed on the paper. Wrapping paper is usually a paper that is characterized by particularly high tear resistance, bursting resistance, abrasion resistance, crease resistance and rigidity. Today, wrapping paper is mostly made from wood pulp and straw pulp, sometimes also from jute fibers .

Wrapping paper is used mainly in the packaging and shipping industries use, but also in parades or in retail as a service packaging ; it is used in these areas for wrapping or wrapping products and material, as an intermediate layer when stacking sensitive products or crumpled up as a filling material. Wrapping / wrapping is a form of packaging and contrasts , for example, with packaging in containers .

sorts

Depending on the use of raw materials, wrapping paper is divided into the following subgroups:

  • AP packaging paper consists of more than 50% regenerated paper pulp fibers ( waste paper ), the rest of paper pulp.
  • ZP papers mainly consist of fresh fiber sulphite pulps with only a small amount of waste paper.
  • Kraft pulp papers must contain at least 50% fresh fiber sulphate pulp and less than 50% kraft paper waste.

Within these groups, different types meet different requirements (e.g. tear, abrasion, steam, aroma impermeability). Packing paper is seldom referred to as Kraft paper . Kraft paper is just one type of wrapping paper. Kraft paper is made as a very tear-resistant packaging paper from sulphate pulp or similar fibers, sometimes also semi-pulp. Another type of wrapping paper is the particularly strong and moisture-resistant Kraftliner with a very low recycling content . Also, kraft paper , tissue paper and corrugated cardboard are part of the wrapping paper. Packing crepe refers to a packing paper that has been made particularly elastic by creping. It is particularly suitable for packaging irregularly shaped objects. Sack kraft paper, on the other hand, has a particularly high elasticity. For archives, museums and libraries, for example, particularly long-fiber, tough packaging paper is used that is particularly resistant to aging (thanks to neutral sizing ) and, for example, is buffered with calcium carbonate to prevent it from being destroyed by acid.

Colors, printing, rolling

Tensile strength wrapping paper is typically beige to brown, but can also be almost white or dark blue. This shape is often smooth on one side (easy to stick on and write on, easy to slide and does not allow dust to adhere) and on the other side it is rough and suitable for adhering to the wrapped material.

Paper of this type is made up as a stack of sheets or rolls; with the smooth side on top or outside. This type of wrapping paper often has delicate light and dark lines along the fiber. Until 1970, a dispenser for wrapping paper was often installed on the packing table of department stores and many specialty shops. Typically with a tear-off ruler pressed on by a spring, sometimes also for 2 or 3 different widths on top of each other. The white variant was also used with monochrome advertising printing before carrier bags made of paper and plastic appeared.

See also

Individual evidence

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  3. ↑ Papermaking , accessed June 5, 2020
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  5. ^ Archive dictionary , accessed on October 6, 2015
  6. ↑ Wrapping paper in the archive , accessed on June 5, 2020