CLAIREFONTAINE STATIONERS

Who does not remember this luxurious paper on which every student planned so much good intentions at the beginning of the school year? An audiovisual projection showing the company begins the visit. The guide then follows the automated operations that will transform heavy dough into leaf. If the legend is believed, General Mong Tian, chasing a wasp from the sting, observed the traitor in the process of making salive and mandibles, a paste made of vegetable fibres that toughened into the air without disintegrating. Based on this observation, the Chinese developed, two centuries before us, a process of artisanal pulp pulp, mixing mulberry and bamboo fibres. Then, the invention of the paper machine in 1798 gave the paper industry a kick. In 1858, Jean-Baptiste Bichelberger established an industrial stationery in Etival.