Fedrigoni Information

The History of Fedrigoni:

The Fedrigoni family has a tradition in the paper world since 1717, when the San Colombano paper mill was set up close to the hermitage of the same name in Vallarsa-Rovereto.The paper mill was sold in 1814 to the Jacob family following the Napoleonic wars.

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.

From 1931, Gianfranco Fedrigoni, assisted by brothers Renzo and Arrigo, gave new impulse to the development of the company.

The Varone paper mill was taken over in 1938 and the Verona Mill - completely destroyed during the Second World War - was rebuilt in 1945.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.

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). 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.

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.). 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. 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 Oceania

Fedrigoni Environmental Policies:

While maintaining complete compliance with the principles underlying both the development of the company mission and the framing of environmental policies, Fedrigoni has been able to achieve a series of improvements, largely as a result of a proven ability to apply increasingly responsible, ethical approaches to the management of its processes.

With the finest technologies available for improving product quality and efficiency, Fedrigoni has managed to adhere to minimising the potential environmental impacts.  Drawing inspiration from the following principles:

  * Making efficient, respectful use of all natural resources, from water to energy and forestry.

  * Promoting and insisting on concrete and validated practice of responsible defined and recognisable environmental policies on the part of suppliers, in particular those of fibrous raw materials based on wood originating from forestry.

In today's environment all industries are aware of the need to demonstrate sound environmental policies and the graphic design industry is no different. The product section Environmental, lists all the of Fedrigoni papers that have environmental accreditation. We adhere to strict purchasing policies, and 53% of our cellulose purchases are FSC certified material. In order to preserve the atmosphere and fight the greenhouse effect, Fedrigoni has invested in the construction of co-generation gas power turbines for the past few years. We can therefore produce both thermal energy and electricity independently, offering three important advantages for the environment.

  * A substantial improvement in primary energy effectiveness (methane). This saves 20 to 40% compared with traditional electrical and thermal energy production.

  * A reduction in emission of pollution and greenhouse effect gases, in particular C02

* Reduced wastage of electricity which would otherwise come from large external power plants that are generally located some distance from the production unit and which use energy sources with high emissions.

FSC:

The forest stewardship council was the first forest management system to be developed back in 1993, and is still the only label to be accepted by all the major international NGO's (non-governmental organisations) such as Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and WWF. Forests can be FSC certified if they fulfil a set of requirements listed below, and products can be awarded FSC chain of custody certification if they can demonstrate that they come from FSC certified forests. For a paper to achieve this, there must be a clear, linked trail all the way from the certified forest through the sawmills, pulp mills, paper mills, converters, shippers and merchants to prove where the certified label came from.

FSC is an international organization and has both an international website (www.fsc.org) they also offer local sites, for the UK visit: www.fsc-uk.org

Fedrigoni now offers 39 products FSC certified the attached document will help you to identify which logo to use for each material.

Ecolabel

Fedrigoni has a large amount of papers and boards that are Ecolabel certified. This certification is awarded to products and services that ensure a low environmental impact during their full life cycle. This certification is provided by the European Union for the ecological label (CUELE), composed of natural competent organisms, the member states, representatives of non- governmental organizations, syndicates and representatives from small and medium industries, and business representatives.

ISO 4001:

Fedrigoni has also obtained ISO 14001 certification for all its industrial plants. ISO 14001 specifies the actual requirements for an environmental management system. It applies to those environmental aspects which the organization has control and over which it can be expected to have an influence

This standard is applicable to any organization that wishes to:

* implement, maintain and improve an environmental management policy

* assure itself of its conformance with its own stated environmental policy

  * demonstrate conformance

* ensure compliance with environmental laws and regulations

* seek certification of its environmental management system by an external third party organization

* make a self-determination of conformance

This is the information for the booklet itself. Most of it you can get off the website, but the FSC issues I got from the FSC website because it has more in-depth information on it.