History of paper production in Iran
In 1344 AH, preparations were made for the establishment of the first paper factory to produce printing and writing paper using sugarcane pulp in Haft Tappeh, Khuzestan, with a capacity of 100 tons per day. Thus, the ground was prepared for the establishment of Pars Paper Company in 1346 AH, so that this company, with an initial capacity of 35,000 tons of paper, would officially start paper production in 1349. The factory that produced 12,300 tons of printing and writing paper in the same year. Following this route, in 1973, Klang, the largest paper factory in Iran called the Wood and Paper Industries Complex of Iran (Chouka) with the participation of the Ministry of Industry (60% stake) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (40% stake) at km 6 of Rezvanshahr He was knocked to the ground and started his work in 1978.
But with the height of the revolution, many factories, including the paper mill, were virtually shut down. However, after the victory of the Revolution and since 1982, planned efforts to resume paper production began, and with the delivery of the factory to the National Industrial Organization of Iran in 1985, these efforts began and the activity of this factory from Resumed.
Although these two sets; It was not the only factory that produced paper in Iran. Later, other centers such as Mazandaran Wood and Paper Industries Company were set up in 1997, which is known as a paper producer in Iran with a capacity of 175,000 tons (including 90,000 tons of newspaper and printing paper and 85,000 tons of floating paper). They become. Meanwhile, the construction of Mazandaran wood and paper industry factory in recent years and the existence of factories such as chipboard, fiber and 3 have been among other measures in the field of paper industry.
The current situation of the paper industry in Iran
Despite the good potentials we have in our country, Iran is not in a good position in the paper industry. While importing raw wood, we can produce cellulose products such as toilet paper, newsprint, printing and wrapping paper, but we can also mention the annual recycling of about 3 million tons of paper in the south of the country. If we can use this potential, we will meet not only the domestic needs but also all the needs of some neighboring countries such as Iraq, Armenia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.
But instead, unfortunately, we burn about 3 million tons of sugarcane stems a year, while we do not have paper production technology and there is no clear vision to achieve it.
Why? Because we have no plans to achieve it and we will not be able to reach that technology for at least the next two hundred years! Because their paper production technology is "high-tech". That is, it deals with a film that requires 80 microns for printing and writing or 200 to 300 microns for packaging paper, and therefore its production requires high accuracy, but in Iran, the technology used in this field is very trivial.