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The pulp and paper industry comprises companies that use wood as raw material and produce pulp, paper, board and other cellulose-based products.
The industry is dominated by North American (United States and Canada), northern European (Finland, Sweden, and North-West Russia) and East Asian countries (such as East Siberian Russia, China, Japan, and South Korea). Australasia and Brazil also have significant pulp and paper enterprises. The United States had been the world's leading producer of paper until it was overtaken by China in 2009.[1]
The industry is criticized by environmental groups like the Natural Resources Defense Council for unsustainable deforestation and clearcutting of old-growth forest.[2] The industry trend is to expand globally to countries like Russia, China and Indonesia with low wages and low environmental oversight.[3] According to Greenpeace, farmers in Central America illegally rip up vast tracts of native forest for cattle and soybean production without any consequences,[4] and companies who buy timber from private land owners contribute to massive deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest.[5]
Considering that the pulp and paper industry is a practitioner of nanotechnology,[6] then it is easily the world's largest.[7]
According to statistic data by RISI, main producing countries of paper and paperboard, not including pulp, in the world are as follows:[8]
The world's main paper and paperboard company groups are as follows. (Some figures are estimates.):[9]
In 2007, the top 10 forest, paper and packaging products companies were:[10]
In 2008, the top 10 forest, paper and packaging products companies were:[11]
Leading manufacturers of capital equipment with over $1 billion in annual revenue for the pulp and paper industry include:
New York City, United States, American Civil War, Hawaii, Western United States
Sweden, Russia, European Union, Turku, Estonia
Ontario, Quebec City, Quebec, Ottawa, Aboriginal peoples in Canada
South Korea, Tokyo, Hokkaido, Australia, China
Swedish language, European Union, Finland, Denmark, Lithuania
Forestry, Logging, Genetics, Agriculture, Botany
Norske Skog, Pulp and paper industry, Petaling Jaya, South Korea, Malaysia
United Kingdom, Finland, Forestry, Pulp and paper industry, Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget
Forestry, Pulp and paper industry, Paper, Forest ecology, Woodworking
Sweden, Spain, United Kingdom, Pulp and paper industry, Pomerania