The Process of Papermaking

The United States is the world's leading paper company until surpassing China in 2009. The paper industry is dominated by North America, Northern Europe and East Asian countries. Paper was discovered by the Chinese before 2000 and has been used as a communication medium. Paper is always with people, and paper actually records the world. It acts as a passport to knowledge, storage media, persuasive tools, and interesting art forms that play an important role.

The name of the paper is not Egyptian invention, but it comes from Egyptian papyrus. After its confusion of its origins, the name is stagnant. The great impact on the paper making process can be traced back to Chinese men, Han Xin (247 - 195 BC). (Asuncion, 2003, p. 13). The actual process of papermaking was invented by China's Ts'ai Lun at 105 AD. Prior to the paper's invention, the Chinese wrote "clay slices and dried sheepskin" with bamboo. (Haven, 2005, page 21). The invention of paper made things easier. The first type of Chinese-made paper is made from mulberry bark and other vegetable fiber. This paper is much stronger than today's paper, so you can use it as a dress or as a body armor. Chinese also found that once drying, by adding rice straw to the paper mixture, a softer paper for use as toilet paper was made. (Krebs, 2004, p. 218)

A thin nonwoven material made from pulverized vegetable fiber, usually used for paper, writing, artwork, and packaging, is usually white. In the East Han Dynasty (AD 25 to 220 AD), China recorded the first paper making process. In the 8th century, the Chinese paper industry spread to the Islamic world, paper pulp and paper mills were used to make paper and money. In the 11th century, the paper industry was brought to Europe. In the 13th century, the paper industry developed at a paper mill using a Spanish water mill. After that, the improvement of papermaking technology in Europe occurred in the 19th century by the invention of wooden paper.