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Book paper for climate smart reading

Holmen BOOK is a high quality book paper with great readability. Since it is produced with low environmental impact, it’s also a climate smart way to get smart.

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Leading book paper producer

Holmen BOOK has been developed exclusively for books and comics to make reading as easy and pleasurable as possible. This combined with great stability has made the paper a long-time favorite among book publishers and readers alike. Thanks to its smooth and clean surface, Holmen BOOK conveys quality all through and through.

 

At the heart of Holmen is our dedication to manage the growing forests. Thereby we add value to the markets and contribute to a sustainable mindset. Holmen BOOK is used in hardbacks and paperbacks, professional literature, fiction and educational books, all for a great reading experience.

 

TECHNICAL DATA SHEET

White and wood-containing

We meet the needs and requirements of the global book market. Holmen BOOK is available in a wide range of grammages, shades and bulk. We offer, for example, a really white shade of wood-containing book paper. This is a much requested and cost-effective alternative to wood-free products. 

The Holmen BOOK family is vast, since Holmen is a manufacturer of paper for virtually all sorts of books. If you need to print a book, we’ll have the paper for you – with perfect print surface and the consistent, stable quality. Moreover, to make it as convenient as possible for you, we offer a great service concept, available in most markets. Holmen BOOK is available for purchase in both reels and sheets.

 

100 percent traceable

Holmen BOOK really is a climate smart reading experience. We operate according to globally recognized standards and Holmen BOOK is available with FSC® (FSC ID FSC-C020071), PEFC™/05-33-134 and EU Ecolabel certification. Furthermore, it’s produced using 100 percent fresh fibre from sustainably managed Swedish forests.

The production has a low impact on the environment and the wood fibre is 100 percent traceable. This means that you can rest assured that the raw materials come from a clean and reliable source. For more information, please check out our carbon footprint. It's calculated per tonne paper, in accordance with the CEPI framework of ten toes. The footprint also shows how our products bind carbon dioxide.

 

Paper Profile

Paper Profile is a voluntary environmental product declaration scheme showing emissions and energy use per tonne of paper produced, developed and provided by leading paper producers.

Download BOOK Paper Profile

This single-page declaration gives essential information regarding the composition of the product, key environmental parameters, environmental management and wood procurement.

Paper profile Holmen BOOK Braviken

Paper profile Holmen BOOK Hallsta

Carbon Footprint

All of our products have carbon footprint calculations according to the ten toes by CEPI. Please also find the paper profiles showing emissions and energy use per tonne of paper.

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Holmen calculates the carbon footprint of our graphical paper products according to the ten toes of the framework set up by CEPI.

Carbon footprint Holmen BOOK Braviken

Carbon footprint Holmen BOOK Hallsta

Mill certificates

We operate according to globally recognized standards for forest stewardship and management of environmental, energy and quality aspects.

Chain of custody certificates

FSC® – Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC ID FSC-C020071) – is a system for the certification of forestry, supported by several environmental organisations.

FSC Certificate

 

PEFC – (PEFC/05-33-134) Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes is an international system for forest certification.

PEFC Certificate

 

EU Ecolabel – is the official ecolabel of the European Union. The ecolabelling criteria are drawn up by responsible bodies in the Member States. To achieve certification, the products are assessed from a life cycle perspective from raw material to waste. The products have to meet strict environmental, functional and quality requirements. These requirements are tightened on a continuous basis.

EU Ecolabel certificate

Environment, energy and quality management

ISO 14001, ISO 50001 and ISO 9001 are international standards for environmental management, energy management and quality management.

ISO 14001 Braviken

ISO 14001 Hallsta 

ISO 50001 Braviken

ISO 50001 Hallsta

ISO 9001 Braviken

ISO 9001 Hallsta

Occupational health and safety management

ISO 45001 is a standard for occupational health and safety management systems.

ISO 45001 Braviken

ISO 45001 Hallsta

Holmen BOOK IN TOP

BOOK in top

The publisher, Penguin Random House, which has its registered office in the UK, decided to find out how large a carbon footprint the paper from their main suppliers had, and also included manufacturers of recycled paper.

The results showed that Holmen’s book paper from Hallsta mill had the lowest carbon footprint of all the papers in the study, also lower than the recycled paper.

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Holmen BOOK Fine is available with whiteness 100% CIE(W) and in grammages up to 70 gsm. Click here to open the film on the YouTube platform.

Learn with BOOK

Discover articles, customer stories and learn about Europe's leading book paper. 

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Atwood's sequel on Holmen BOOK

Video from the printing of BOOKER Prize winner ‘The Testaments’, by Margaret Atwood.

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Time travel, with books

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Paper book or e-book?

Which is better? Findings broadly support the idea that reading on paper helps with things like memory and comprehension.

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Ordering samples from us

The best way to know which paper you want is to hold it in your hand. Our sample packs include both printed and unprinted samples.

Can't see the form? We only ship samples to recipients within Europe – If you are visiting from outside Europe and would like to receive samples of our products, please contact our sales representative in your region.

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Holmen Paper Nordic & International

+46 11 235000

Vattengränden 2

SE-60188 Norrköping

Sweden

Holmen Paper Nordic & International

+46 11 235000

Vattengränden 2

SE-60188 Norrköping

Sweden

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