TAPPI TIP 0404-36, Paper grade classifications, identifies commonly used categories for classifying paper grades and lists specific grades normally included in each category. The document defines major categories such as uncoated wood-containing paper, coated wood-containing paper, uncoated wood-free paper, coated wood-free paper, packaging paper, bleached paperboard, unbleached paperboard, recycled paperboard, tissue, market pulp, and others.
This 23-page PDF is intended to support consistent terminology in technical publications, production summaries, data retrieval systems, and paper industry classification work. It includes background on grade identification by end use, furnish, and manufacturing method, along with an extensive table of paper grades and end uses showing major and minor category associations.
Application Scope: For paper manufacturers, converters, technical staff, researchers, cataloging teams, and industry professionals who need a reference for organizing and comparing paper, paperboard, tissue, packaging paper, and market pulp grade data.
