Every sheet begins as a forest
We buy from mills that can show where their fibre came from. Chain of custody documentation travels with the order, because in both of our markets it is now the first question procurement asks.
Mill relationships, not spot buying
Eighteen years of standing volume with a small group of mills is what turns a quoted price into a price that holds. It is also what gets your grade run when capacity is tight.
Held stock, not promises
Fast moving grades sit in our warehouse in reel and sheet, ready to release. Every lot is checked for grammage, moisture and brightness before it leaves, and the report travels with it.
From mill floor to your dock
Full container and part load, FOB or delivered, with documentation prepared for both United States customs and Gulf port clearance. One point of contact from booking to arrival.
Graded for the run, not the catalogue
Printers, converters and packaging manufacturers do not need every grade in the world. They need the right one, in the right width, arriving before the press is booked.
One supplier, two markets
Arqawan Afaq has moved paper between mills and buyers since 2007, working across the United States and the Middle East from a single desk. Send us the spec and the volume, and you will have a price within one business day.
A paper distributor that answers with a number, not a brochure
Most enquiries we receive are simple. A grade, a grammage, a width, a quantity, and a date. What buyers rarely get is a straight answer to all five at once. That is the whole of our business.
Four families, held in depth
Woodfree and coated
Uncoated woodfree offset, coated art paper in gloss, silk and matt, and bond. Reel and sheet, 60 to 350 GSM.
Kraft, testliner and fluting
Virgin kraft liner, recycled testliner and semi chemical fluting for corrugators. 90 to 200 GSM, reel widths to 2500 mm.
Duplex and folding boxboard
Grey back and white back duplex, folding boxboard and ivory board for cartons, 230 to 450 GSM.
Parent reels
Jumbo parent reels for tissue converters, virgin and recycled, 13 to 40 GSM, for towel, napkin and bathroom tissue.
Three things a bulk paper supplier is actually judged on
The price holds
A quote that moves between agreement and shipment is not a quote. Contracted mill volume is what lets us fix a price and keep it.
The date is real
We quote lead time from stock position and vessel schedule, not from optimism. If a date is at risk you hear it from us first.
The paper runs
Grammage, moisture and brightness are tested per lot. Paper that fails on press costs more than paper that costs more.