Pulp and paper industry
The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American (United States, Canada), northern European (Finland, Sweden) and East Asian countries (such as Japan). Australasia and Latin America also have significant pulp and paper industries.
The industry is criticized by environmental groups like the Natural Resources Defense Council for unsustainable deforestation and clearcutting of old-growth forest.[1] The industry trend is to expand globally to countries like Russia, China and Indonesia with low wages and low environmental oversight.[2] According to Greenpeace, farmers in Central America illegally rip up vast tracts of native forest for cattle and soybean production without any consequences[3] and companies who buy timber from private land owners contribute to massive Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest.[4]
List by net sales
2007
In 2007, the top 10 forest, paper & packaging products companies were:[5]
| Rank | Company | Country | 2007 Net Sales (US$M) |
2007 Net Income (Loss) (US$M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Paper |  United States |
21,890 | 1,168 |
| 2 | Stora Enso |  Finland |
18,322 | (291) |
| 3 | Kimberly-Clark | United States |
18,266 | 1,822 |
| 4 | SCA |  Sweden |
15,675 | 1,056 |
| 5 | Weyerhaeuser | United States |
13,949 | 462 |
| 6 | UPM | Finland |
13,748 | 111 |
| 7 | Oji Paper |  Japan |
10,439 | 146 |
| 8 | Metsäliitto | Finland |
10,507 | (12) |
| 9 | Nippon Unipac | Japan |
9,990 | 195 |
| 10 | Smurfit Kappa |  Ireland |
9,963 | 202 |
2008
In 2008, some orders changed:[6]
| Rank | Company | Country | 2008 Net Sales (US$M) |
2008 Net Income (Loss) (US$M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Paper | United States |
24,829 | (1,282) |
| 2 | Kimberly-Clark | United States |
19,415 | 1,690 |
| 3 | SCA | Sweden |
16,965 | 857 |
| 4 | Stora Enso | Finland |
16,227 | (991) |
| 5 | UPM | Finland |
13,920 | (263) |
| 6 | Oji Paper | Japan |
12,788 | 114 |
| 7 | Nippon Unipac | Japan |
11,753 | 55 |
| 8 | Smurfit Kappa | Ireland |
10,390 | (73) |
| 9 | Metsäliitto | Finland |
9,335 | (313) |
| 10 | Mondi Group |  UK/ South Africa |
9,466 | (310) |
Leading manufacturers of capital equipment for the pulp and paper industry include:
See also
- American Forest & Paper Association
- List of paper mills
- Converters (industry)
- Paper pollution
- Pulp and Paper (trade magazine)
- Pulp and paper industry in Canada
- Pulp and paper industry in Europe
- Pulp and paper industry in Japan
- Pulp and paper industry in the United States
- Roll hardness tester
- Environmental impact of paper
References
- ^ Paper Industry Laying Waste to North American Forests
- ^ A crumpling paper industry
- ^ [1]
- ^ Brazil forms 'crisis cabinet' following unexpected deforestation surge
- ^ "Global Forest, Paper & Packaging Industry Survey: 2008 Edition – Survey of 2007 Results" (pdf). PricewaterhouseCoopers. p. 7. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ^ "Global Forest, Paper & Packaging Industry Survey: 2009 Edition - Survey of 2008 Results" (pdf). PricewaterhouseCoopers. p. 12. Retrieved 2011-02-24.