Paper Cafe in Melrose Estate, Johannesburg

Two weeks after resigning he flew overseas to source the papers currently in fashion in the European Market. While there, he was able to secure the exclusive distribution rights from some of the largest speciality mills. With the existing paper merchanting trade being dominated by a few large, international companies, many quality suppliers in Europe and the States were disenchanted with their ability to enter the market. The large merchants all had existing ranges and were unwilling to expand their range for fear of “conflict of interest” with existing suppliers. This opened up the whole world of paper to a new hungry merchant. In 2003, Jo handed over the reins of his business to his son, Rob Haden-Smith who is currently the Managing Director. Since its inception, Papersmith has continued to grow its range of products exponentially. Cyclus from Dalum (now owned by Arjo Wiggins), is considered to be the most environmentally friendly paper in the world scoring an incredible 98 points on the WWF Paper Scorecard. Papersmith also represents both of the leading speciality mills in Italy, Fedrigoni and Gruppo Cordenons, with trend-setting products like Wild, Plike, Savile Row, Stardream, Natural Evolution and most of our CSI grades coming from them.

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