Molding of the Category of High Performance Papers

-The Technological Locus of High Performance Paper Society-

Abstract

In 1962 “High Performance Paper Society” was initially found as the name of “Chemical Fiber Paper Society” by researchers of Shikoku National Industrial Research Institute and Prefectural Paper Industry Technology Centers in Shikoku with challenging the targets of making paper from rayon and synthetic fibers. In1982, with shift of industrial requirement the purpose of the Society was revised to research the science and technology for making papers by wet-laid from almost all kinds of short fibers, that is, natural, regenerated, synthetic, inorganic and metallic fibers. This meant enlarging the definition of paper. Reflecting on the 50 year history of the Society, the category of high performance papers was safely said to have been established for core industries in parallel with that of general use paper from plant fibers. The main accumulated technologies for high performance papers were chronologically overviewed by dividing decade years.