PS 44

PS 44 Coated groundwood sections (CGS)

Consists of printed, coated groundwood paper in sheets, sections, shavings or guillotined books. This grade may not include news quality groundwood paper.

Prohibitive materials none permitted
Outthrows plus prohibitives may not exceed 2%


EN 643 European system equivalent 

2.07.00 White wood-free bookquire
Books or their shavings, without hard covers, mainly of white wood-free paper, mainly black printed, containing a maximum of 10 % coated paper.

Non-paper components max. 0.5 %
Total unwanted material max. 1 %

2.07.01 White mechanical pulp-based bookquire
Books or their shavings mainly of white mechanical pulp-based paper, without hard covers, mainly black printed, containing a maximum of 10 % of coated paper.

Non-paper components max. 0.5 %
Total unwanted material max. 1 %