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Home > Reports By Country > North America > United States
Pulp and Paper Mills
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November 2009
Published By:
First Research, Inc.
Page Count:
10
Order Code:
R3470-3228
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The US pulp, paper, and paperboard mill industry consists of about 270 companies with combined annual revenue of more than $70 billion. Major companies include Wausau Paper and units of integrated manufacturers International Paper, Georgia-Pacific, and Weyerhaeuser. The industry is highly concentrated: the top 20 companies account for 75 percent of revenue.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Demand depends on both consumer and business use of paper products. The profitability of individual companies depends largely on production efficiency. Mills owned by large paper companies have advantages by being vertically integrated; the parent corporation may own timber farms, sawmills, pulp and paper mills, conversion plants, and other end-product manufacturing facilities. Small mills can compete successfully in regional markets, in close proximity to timber sources or customers. Mills are highly automated and capital-intensive: average annual revenue per employee is about $450,000.
PRODUCTS, OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Major product segments are wood pulp, paper, paperboard, and newsprint. Paper accounts for 60 percent of industry revenue, paperboard 30 percent, and newsprint 5 percent. Other products include non-wood pulp, from cotton, straw, rag, flax, de-inked scrap paper and bagasse (the outer stalk of sugar cane), and byproducts such as turpentine and tall oil. Within the paper segment, major products are tissue papers, uncoated sheet papers, and coated printing papers. Paperboard is used mainly to make boxes and other containers.
Wood pulp is the major intermediate product used to make paper, paperboard, and newsprint. Most ...
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