What is tissue paper? Everything you need to know

Tissue paper is a great material for gift wrapping, plus it helps you protect your products, even fragile and delicate surfaces.

Find out how it came into being, what its characteristics are and all the interesting facts about this product:

So, what is tissue paper?

Quite simply, it is a super lightweight type of paper usually produced from recycled materials.

One can speak of tissue paper when its grammage is between 18 and 50 g/m².
Grammage refers to the ratio between the weight of the paper and its surface area.

All types of paper come in a variety of thicknesses measured in grams per square metre, the lower the number, the thinner the paper. Generally, tissue paper ranges from 10 to 35 g/m². For comparison, office printer paper is generally 70 to 100 g/m² and greeting cards are more than 250 g/m².

But let’s start at the beginning: when was tissue paper invented?

Answering this question is not easy because its history is not well documented. The first known use of paper as a packaging and protection material was in China in the 2nd century BC.

Over the years, packaging evolved and from the paper originally used for wrapping and protection came the tissue paper we know and use today.

The invention of tissue paper can be traced back to 1750 when the Englishman John Baskerville introduced a new technique to obtain a paper without virgin marks. For more than 25 years, the English industry had a monopoly until 1777, when the Frenchman Pierre Montgolfier (father of the Montgolfier brothers) succeeded in obtaining perfectly smooth sheets, which became known as tissue paper.

There are many other materials suitable for protecting objects during transport, take a look at our range of protective packaging to find out more.

How is tissue paper produced?

Source: http://processengineering.co.uk/article/2011773/saica-starts-new-rec

Tissue paper is manufactured using cellulose pulp (made from wood fibre) or recycled materials such as newspapers. The wet pulp is then rolled on a machine until the desired thickness is reached. This mixture is then steam-dried and rolled into huge cylinders ready to be cut to size.

What are the uses of tissue paper?

Tissue paper is ideal for wrapping, protecting and presenting even the most delicate products such as jewellery, textiles, tableware, ornaments and antiques. It is used for shoes, for photo albums, in short it is truly multi-purpose!

It is also perfect as a filler for gift boxes and gift bags. Use it if you want to give an original and elegant touch to your packages, try the gold or silver variant!

RAJA tissue paper is pulp-coloured, directly at the production stage and therefore does not bleed!
What’s more, it is environmentally friendly: it contains no chlorine and is recyclable.

Customised tissue paper

Do you want to impress your customers but at the same time enhance and spread your logo?
Try customised tissue paper, an impressive and inexpensive solution!

How to customise tissue paper? It’s easy, just send us a request to packaging@rajapack.it

Alternative uses

How to make a flower out of tissue paper?

Are you looking for a quick and easy way to decorate your home for an important party or event such as a birthday, Valentine’s Day, graduation or Mother’s Day? Tissue paper flowers might be perfect for you.

How to make them?

Source: https://www.marthastewart.com/265163/pom-poms-and-luminarias-how-to

Overlap about 8 sheets of tissue paper and fold them as if to make an accordion.
Fold your accordion in half, fasten it in the middle with wire or plastic and cut the ends into an oval shape.