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What makes our paper is essential

FROM FIBER TO PULP

Producing the pulp

The materials used in our production process are one of the key to the reputation of our papers. We come from a long tradition of craftsmen, but we also have incorporated the most modern industrial techniques to develop more neutral products and reduce our impact on the environment.

FIBERS

OCB uses fibers from sustainably managed production : from organic hemp, to flax, to forest certified wood, rice and bamboo. All of them are expertly selecting from the best providers to guarantee the quality of the papers.

GMO FREE

Our papers are GMO free and contain no dyes, no additives, no chlorine, and no bleaching agents.

KM 0-500

The materials used in our products come from suppliers located less than 500km from our factory (with exception of natural acacia gum from Africa). Vegan : All OCB papers are completely vegan and animal-friendly, so no animal testing has been used in their elaboration

VEGAN

All OCB papers are completely vegan and animal-friendly, so no animal testing has been used in their elaboration

PROCESS

The fiber bundles are broken up in a pulper: this will swell the fibers and keep them in suspension, making the pulp course, and then sending it to the machine for a series of treatments.

THE PAPER

Quality consistency

Each production parameter is controlled by an automatic control loop, to achieve reliable results and consistent quality.

UNBLEACHED

Our unbleached papers are sourced from sustainably-managed cultivation.

CHLORINE FREE

We don’t use chlorine as we want to ensure that our papers are as natural as they can possibly be.

FILTERS

OCB filters are made of cellulose and acetate. Our Just Paper Filters, Eco and Virgin filters are made from cellulose fibers (which means paper) from FSC ™ sources. They decay into natural materials that blend harmlessly with soil. But this doesn’t mean you can throw them around!

The OCB watermark

Watermarking is the first stage in the transformation of our papers ; the “OCB” pattern and the distinctive lighthouse are engraved under pressure. Watermarking is a delicate operation that makes the paper thinner and more transparent, a sign of quality, and with its characteristic sound when it is rolled.

THE GUM

The perfect sticking

The acacia gum is harvested by making notches in the trunks of acacia trees, which exudes gum. The gum is then diluted and coated on to the OCB papers.

ACACIA GUM

OCB uses only natural acacia gum (also known as arabic gum) from Africa. Once the large rolls of paper have been properly watermarked, they are divided into bobbins and then introduced into the gumming machine that deposits a precise line of natural gum onto each of the future papers. It is vital to control this stage carefully in terms of gum’s quality and quantity to ensure that it will stick together properly.

ACACIA SEEDBALLS

On October 2019, the OCB team travelled to Kenya to meet an NGO dedicated to fight deforestation in Kenya: Seedballs Kenya. We documented the journey in a mini-documentary: “Acacia, the roots of Kenya” where we made a donation of 40.000 tree seeds to be spread all over the country.
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INTERLEAVING

THE INTERLEAVING

For a block of 50 papers, our incredible machine simultaneously unrolls 50 little bobbins of gummed paper! The 50 strips of paper gradually come together and are placed on one top of the other in the shape of a giant fan, a sort of final junction, before being totally folded.

THE PACKAGING

This continuous flow of interleaved paper is cut to the length of the required pack and the blocks of papers are placed in unfolded covers laid out flat. Then, the cover flaps are folded over, the booklet is completed and the pack takes on its final shape. All these stages are mechanically operated.

PACKAGING

INSIDE OCB

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