James Cropper has been making paper in the English Lake District since 1845. For 180 years the British master papermaker has combined generations of craft with pioneering material science, producing creative and art papers, premium print stocks and luxury packaging for brands around the world.
Colour is at the heart of the mill. James Cropper is known for bespoke colours and textures, matching shades with a precision few papermakers can offer. That expertise sits alongside a long commitment to doing things better: its CupCycling process can turn up to 700 million used coffee cups a year into luxury paper and packaging, FibreBlend upcycled technology gives waste fibres a second life and its moulded fibre packaging is designed to replace single-use plastics. Beyond paper, its Advanced Materials business develops specialist nonwovens used in aerospace, hydrogen energy and more.
As a Strategic Partner of People of Print, James Cropper is putting its papers directly into the hands of the creative community through James Cropper Creates. The programme brings artists, designers and printmakers together with the mill to explore what paper can do, celebrating the material that sits behind so much of the work we love.
