Beauce Modern Printing - FSC Certified Printer

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Did you know that Gutenberg did not invent the movable type? Movable type was used in China as early as 1041 and it was made with clay. Johannes Gutenberg’s accomplishment was to complete, in 1440, a wooden printing press which used movable metal types.

Did you know that in 1547 in France, penalty of death was proclaimed against all printers who produce a book without the imprint of the faculty of theology at the University of Paris?

Do you know when, where and how Papyrus (first type of paper) was invented? 3000 BC in Egypt. This paper was created from the papyrus plant, a type of reed that is found on the Nile River’s banks.

Did you know that Printing have started in Babylon 4000 years BC (Before Christ)? They were printing by impression with seals or stamps into moist clay.

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FSC Certified Printer

Beauce Modern Printing is FSC Certified. The FSC is an international non-profit organization founded in 1993 as a voluntary and market-based mechanism for ensuring that the world's forests are managed in an environmentally responsible, socially acceptable and economically viable manner.

Under FSC certification, forestry companies are independently audited to meet the FSC's strict forest management standards. Beyond the forest, all producers along the supply chain must be chain of custody certified.At every stage of manufacturing or distribution, the fibre going into a product is tracked and identified.

The FSC system not only makes certain that virgin fibre used in a product is from a sustainable source, but it ensures that claims regarding the recycled content of products are verifiable. In an unbroken chain of commitment from forest to consumer, the FSC label carries the promise that a product comes from a forest friendly source.

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