Stone Paper: Stone paper production
Carthage GmbH is a German manufacturer working across two industries: mineral stone paper for print and industrial packaging, and professional cosmetics for permanent makeup. Both divisions develop and produce in Germany, and the group runs its own PMU academy in Berlin.
One group · two divisions
One division mills limestone into a tree free paper used for notebooks, bags and industrial packaging. The other develops pigments, cartridge needles and care products for permanent makeup professionals, manufactured in Germany to ISO and GMP certified standards.
Alongside the two product divisions, Carthage runs a permanent makeup academy in Berlin, where artists train on the same pigments and cartridges the company ships to studios. Product development and education sit in the same building, so what is learned in a course feeds back into what gets made.
The divisions
01Carthage Stone Paper
High purity calcium carbonate, milled to 1 to 3 microns and bound with food grade HDPE, extruded into a smooth, water resistant sheet.
02Cosmetics & PMU
Pigments, precision cartridge needles and cosmetic care developed around the control, comfort and consistency professional artists work to.
The divisions
01Carthage Stone Paper
High purity calcium carbonate, milled to 1 to 3 microns and bound with food grade HDPE, extruded into a smooth, water resistant sheet.
02Cosmetics & PMU
Pigments, precision cartridge needles and cosmetic care developed around the control, comfort and consistency professional artists work to.
Carthage Stone Paper
Stone paper replaces wood pulp with mineral powder. The process uses no water, no bleach and no optical brighteners.
The full process
High purity calcium carbonate from certified European quarries. Only CaCO₃ of 98% or above enters the line.
Crushed and milled to a 1 to 3 micron powder. Uniform particle size decides smoothness and printability.
Blended with 18 to 20% food grade HDPE as a binder. No bleaches, acids, solvents or optical brighteners.
Melted and extruded under thermal control into a continuous film, without water consumption.
Heated rolls set the final thickness, density and surface finish for industrial printing.
Slit, sheeted and tested for whiteness, basis weight, tensile strength and water resistance.
Stone paper notebook, submerged
Because the sheet is mineral and polymer rather than cellulose, it does not absorb water or tear when wet.
Cosmetics & PMU
The Carthage cosmetics range is developed around what professional artists actually feel during a session: how a cartridge sits, how a pigment behaves, how skin recovers afterwards.
Professional PMU pigments developed for controlled application and consistent results across a session.
Precision cartridges built around stability and grip, including the V6 Pink silicone cartridge.
Products tested in real studio conditions, where control and comfort decide the result.
Shared principles
Both divisions start at the input: which mineral, which polymer, which pigment, and how it behaves in use.
Specification before decoration. Thickness, particle size, consistency and finish are measured, not estimated.
Products are designed for daily professional work, not for a photograph of it.
Partners
Universities and public institutions in Berlin, and the logistics partners who move our material between continents.
Two divisions
01Carthage Stone PaperPackaging solutionsTree free stone paper for notebooks, bags and industrial packaging, produced in Germany.Enter Stone Paper
02Cosmetics & PMUCosmetic productsPigments, precision cartridge needles and cosmetic care for permanent makeup professionals.Enter Cosmetics & PMULooking to order directly?Visit the shop
