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A rare source for paper imports

COLORFUL COLLECTION: Lauren Pearlman Sugita, founder and owner of specialty papermaker, importer and distributor Paper Connection International LLC in Providence, estimates she stocks at least a million sheets of paper locally, more than half of which comes from Japan, but she also sources from Korea, Nepal, China, the Philippines and Mexico.
PBN PHOTO/PAUL J. SPETRINI
COLORFUL COLLECTION: Lauren Pearlman Sugita, founder and owner of specialty papermaker, importer and distributor Paper Connection International LLC in Providence, estimates she stocks at least a million sheets of paper locally, more than half of which comes from Japan, but she also sources from Korea, Nepal, China, the Philippines and Mexico.
PBN PHOTO/PAUL J. SPETRINI

When leading arts and research institutions like the Rhode Island School of Design and Library of Congress need to restore centuries-old prints and manuscripts, Providence-based Paper Connection International LLC is one of the few importers that can supply the materials they need. Founded nearly three decades ago by Lauren Pearlman Sugita, Paper Connection offers a

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