French Paper Company
French is our family name and we’re one of America's oldest (6 generations) and best paper mills. We manufacture all our paper with 100% hydroelectric energy.
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Founded:
est. 1871
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French Paper Company

 
French Paper Company

French Paper Company How Magazine discovered the French Sample Room blog, and had very nice things to say--

http://www.frenchsampleroom.com/

Source: blog.howdesign.com
Dasblog tool. Welcome to my Blog. The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions.
Cathy Anstedt Hadd
Cathy Anstedt Hadd
I love the frenchsampleroom...stuff. majoor cool!!!
I need a monster and other stuff to connect me:
Help from Dallas
O-K
c
5 hours ago
Patti McNamara

Patti McNamara Great idea Junior! I'm impressed!

French Paper Company
Source: twitter.com
America's favorite family-owned, hydro-power paper mill
Ricky Salsberry

Ricky Salsberry Does French have a twitter account? I tried mentioning you guys but can't find one.

November 3 at 1:26pm · Report
French Paper Company
French Paper Company
We are now, Ricky-- thanks for the nudge!
http://twitter.com/FrenchPaperCo
November 4 at 1:26pm
Ricky Salsberry
Ricky Salsberry
Well consider me your first follower!
November 4 at 1:27pm
French Paper Company
French Paper Company
We hope we know what we're getting into!
November 4 at 1:30pm
Liz

Liz French Paper was missed at the Unisource Paper show in Chicago!! Please come next year!

French Paper Company

French Paper Company We've distilled our recent slide show, celebrating 20 years of French Paper promotions, into a 3 1/2 minute movie.

Enjoy!

There is a Hi-Res version posted to Youtube as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=642H_abWSQo

Soon, we also hope to have the complete slide show with photo descriptions on http://frenchsampleroom.com

Cathy Anstedt Hadd
Cathy Anstedt Hadd
I will settle for the Monster stuff. Call me Jerry. I have a story.
xo
c
October 16 at 8:40pm
Phillip 'Val' Winn
Phillip 'Val' Winn
This is awesome! I think it's interesting to just watch how the products design evolve over two decades, and just how radically the colors change with the introduction, and move to prominence of computers. Definitely worth watching multiple times :)
October 17 at 3:12pm
Arianna Warmbein

Arianna Warmbein love this bri...

French Paper Company

French Paper Company
French Paper was well represented at AIGA Design Camp in Northern Minnesota last weekend.

National presenter Aaron Draplin of Draplin Design Co. North America gave French a nice shout-out for producing the cover stocks for his ingenious Field Notes brand.

http://fieldnotesbrand.com/

Erik Johnson of Charles S. Anderson Des...ign Company gave a packed 300 slide presentation of 20+ years of French Paper promotions and products. THink ON PAPER books and the Brian French Paper Specs were on hand for attendees to take home.

http://www.frenchpaper.com/popink.asp

Ben Levitz of Studio On Fire, who's consulted on letterpress-friendly lines for French, was at the sponsor's mixer on Friday night showing samples. He even brought a table-top letterpress machine, so attendee's could pull a print or 2 themselves.

http://www.beastpieces.com/2009/04/birds-of-a-feather-letterpressed-together/
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David Flaherty
David Flaherty
I heard Erik T. represented!
October 6 at 11:32am
Felix Sockwell
Felix Sockwell
Its Erik T Johnson. Sheez. Can't they get anything right. I mean Charles got his S!
October 8 at 1:22pm
French Paper Company

French Paper Company We think we just got a nice plug from from the boys at House Industries (although it’s maybe a little hard to be sure.)

Anyway, Jerry's all-time favorite paper line, Parchtone, is used to great effect in House’s latest catalog!

http://www.houseind.com/showandtell/2009/09/21/OldDogsOldtricks

Source: www.houseind.com
Besides just trying to finding something cheap, I really only have two plays when it comes to selecting offset printing papers. No. 1: Use what you know looks boss and prints like a champ everytime. For us, that’s always been paper by Jerry French. ...
Lynn Eva Barber
Lynn Eva Barber
We love you FPC!
September 22 at 11:30am
Nancy Miller Heard
Nancy Miller Heard
i KNOW they didn't just diss french paper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! butcher and parchtone are two of the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 22 at 11:53am
Kati
Kati
I love house industries and I love FPC!
September 22 at 1:41pm
Melle

Melle i work at a family printing company. ive grown up with paper - nice pallets or fresh clean paper - and what a delicious smell

September 22 at 11:25am · Report
French Paper Company
French Paper Company
Thanks Melle, we love people who love paper!

Please feel free to post work you've printed on French here, or submit to our sample room blog--

http://www.frenchsampleroom.com/
September 22 at 11:35am
Melle

Melle i LOVE paper -

Chris Tipton
French Paper Company

French Paper Company
From our friends at CSA Design Co.:

All of us at Charles S. Anderson Design Company express our thanks to Jerry, Terry, Brian French, and the entire crew at French Paper Company for hosting a three day visit to their paper mill this week.

2009 marks 20 years of CSA Design collaborating with with French Paper Company on t...he creation of papers, promotions, products and a sometimes larger-than-life brand image.

This recent pilgrimage from Minneapolis to Niles, Michigan provided a perfect opportunity for CSA and French to regroup, refocus and gage the way forward for America's most innovative family-owned paper mill.

French Paper's dedicated sales people, chemists, mill workers, shippers and office staff pitched in to make the visit incredibly productive– a living seminar on paper-making, green energy, engineering and distribution.

We encourage anyone who loves paper to visit the French mill. It is a powerful example of a small family-owned company in small town America competing against large corporations through the use of renewable energy (hydroelectric power) and pioneering ideas.
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Stefanie Pepping
Stefanie Pepping
Oh man, why did I leave when I did???
September 3 at 12:30am
Patrick
Patrick
Stefanie....the thought of many...
October 28 at 8:26pm
Douglas Canter

Douglas Canter Great Pic's by CSA!!!!

RECENT ACTIVITY
French Paper Company changed their Founded.