The word paper is derives from the word papyrus and is a substance composed interlaced into a compact web, which can then be macerated into pulp, dried and pressed.
Today, paper includes a wide range of products with very different applications: communication, cultural, educational, artistic, hygenic, sanitary as well as for storage and transportation of […]

The four quality assurance steps within the PDCA model stand for:

Plan: Establish objectives and processes required to deliver the desired results.
Do: Implement the process developed.
Check: Monitor and evaluate the implemented process by testing the results against the predetermined objectives
Act: Apply actions necessary for improvement if the results require changes.

PDCA is an effective method for […]

Quality assurance (QA) is the process of verifying or determining whether products or services meet or exceed customer expectations. Quality assurance is a process-driven approach with specific steps to help define and attain goals. This process considers design, development, production, and service.
The most popular tool used to determine quality assurance is the Shewhart Cycle, developed […]

Quality control (QC) is a procedure or set of procedures intended to ensure that a manufactured product or performed service adheres to a defined set of quality criteria or meets the requirements of the client or customer.
(source : whatis.techtarget.com)
In Ekamas Fortuna, we have an in-house QC. A group of certified people to ensure the […]

The kraft process was developed by Carl Dahl in 1879, and a pulp mill using this technology started in Sweden in 1890. The invention of the recovery boiler by G.H. Tomlinson in the early 1930s, was a milestone in the advancement of the kraft process. It enabled the recovery and reuse of the inorganic […]

Hmm, I know that you read terms like those mentioned above. But do you know what does it mean? 
FOB: Free on board, the seller has the responsibility to deliver the goods to a set point. Usually, once the cargo pases the ships rail, it’s off their hands.
CIF: Cost of insurance and cargo, the seller has […]

The Paper Machine is a very large piece of machinery. A typical machine is about the length of two football pitches and around 4 metres wide. It can run up to speeds of 2000 m per minute - or 60 miles per hour! The machine itself consists of 7 distinct sections. The flow box, […]

A Forklift truck (also called a lift truck, a High/Low, a forklift, a stacker-truck or a sideloader) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and transport materials. The modern forklift truck was developed in the 1920s by various companies including the transmission manufacturing company Clark and the hoist company Yale & Towne Manufacturing.[1] The […]

In its technical form, paper is an aqueous deposit of any vegetable fibre in sheet form. The name comes from the Latin “papyrus“, which in the hands of early Egyptians (its first known users), comprised the pith of a grass-like plant which was sliced into layers and beaten or pressed into sheets.
Paper, as we […]

As you can see, in this website we have 2 main categories, base paper and converting. What is the difference you say?
Well. here goes… Ekamas Fortuna uses scrap or waste paper as the base material for base paper. These scrap or waste paper are processed to make Kraft liner, B Kraft, Medium liner, Chipboard, Coreboard, etc.. […]