Set up in 1977, the North West Film Archive preserves moving images made in or about Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside and Cumbria and offers a variety of access services to users in the public, academic and commercial sectors.
This film is part of Free
Well Worth Printing
The future is automatic: how new technology ensures quality control in papermaking.
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Overview
Papermaking is a traditional industry radically transformed by new technology, as we see in this promotional film for Star Paper Mill in Blackburn, Lancashire. Aimed at an audience familiar with printing terminology, the film shows how one of the brand leaders in the coated paper industry uses the technological developments of the 1970s to ensure absolute control over processes and standards.