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Pulp And Paper Market Consolidation
The report summarizes the recent consolidation trend in the pulp industry globally and how market share of suppliers have changed as a result. The report also outlines the regional supply and demand numbers for pulp, growth rates and recent capacity additions
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Global Market Outlook on Pulp And Paper Market Consolidation
- All the three regions, Europe, North America, and Asia, have newer capacity coming up in 2018, owing to the positive demand from the market. Tissue demand is estimated to grow by 3.7 percent in 2018
- The hardwood market is expected to be firmer than softwood from 2016 to 2020. Due to significant capacity additions in the latter and a diminishing demand, hardwood is expected to gain a lot of traction in the coming years
Major Trends and Innovations- Global Pulp Industry
Major Product Trends & Innovations
3D Printing for pulp mills
- Valmet to adopt 3D printing tech in its manufacturing processes
- The benefits of 3D printing for pulp and paper mills lie in shorter lead times when a new mold is needed for a customer-specific pattern
- This new production method means being able to produce patterns and parts regardless of shape
Alternative Fibre Plant
- Columbia Pulp in plans to start off a $145 million project that is said to be the first alternative fiber market pulp plant in North America. The pulp line is to start up in the fall of 2018
- It aims to revolutionize pulp production by using wheat straw to produce sustainable paper-making pulp to manufacture paper towels, facial tissue, packaging, molded fiber for single-use plates, cups, de-icing and dust abatement agents, and more
New trend embraced by European mills
- European mills are seeking low effluent volumes, high levels of energy efficiency, effective material use (high pulping yield), and no reliance on fossil fuels
- New Mills have begun reducing steam consumption by 30 percent
Impact on Global Pulp Market
The acquisition of Fibria by Suzano is set to create a pulp giant with 14 percent market share and a capacity of `11 million tonnes/year in 2018. This gives Suzano the pricing power advantage and also guarantees decrease in volatility of pulp prices
Impact of Suzano- Fibria Merger on Global Pulp Market
- The conglomerate will be able to produce ~11 million tonnes/yr of BEK and will have a share of over 14 percent of global market pulp
- Taking into account only BHK pulp, the firm's share will potentially hit 30 percent of the global market. The new firm will cover sales to more than 90 countries, with 34 percent of exports going to Asia, 27 percent to Europe, 16 percent to North America. The remaining amount will be traded in Latin America, including Brazil
- In 2017 Fibria was the largest market pulp producer in the world, with 6.4 million tonnes and an 8.8 percent share, Suzano came in fifth, with 3.5 million tonnes and a 4.9 percent share last year. Fibria's figures are set to grow in 2018 due to the ramp up of its new line in Três Lagoas
- Considering only BEK pulp, Suzano and Fibria occupied the first two places in 2017's ranking and led this market by far, with a combined 27.6 percent market share. CMPC came in third with 3.1 million tonnes and a participation of 8.6 percent
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