The global industry made up of companies that use wood, specifically pulpwood, as raw material to produce pulp, paper, paperboard and other cellulose based products. Manufacturing runs pulp through a paper machine where it is shaped into a web, pressed to remove water using felt material, and then dried, typically with steam heated dryers on modern machines. The industry is concentrated in North America, Northern Europe and East Asia; as of 2011 China led global production with 99.3 million tons, or 24.9 percent of the world total, followed by the United States with 75.1 million tons and Japan with 26.6 million tons, with China having overtaken the United States as the top producer in 2009.
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Why is paper and pulp manufacturing considered an environmental concern?
The process is energy, water and chemical intensive and produces large volumes of wastewater.
A published engineering review describes paper and pulp manufacturing as a process that uses intensive energy, water and various chemicals, some of them hazardous. Its wastewater is harmful and can contaminate other water bodies, and the review reports that making paper can generate wastewater as high as 60 cubic metres per tonne of paper produced. The review lists four inputs to papermaking: a source of fibre, chemicals, water and energy, with wood as the primary source of fibre.
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Forestry supplies the raw timber the paper and forest products industry processes into finished goods.
Source Wikipedia, Forestry Industry
Companies In Industry
Source Wikipedia: Altri
Source International Paper, Wikipedia
Source Kimberly-Clark de Mexico (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Klabin
Source Semapa (Wikipedia)
Source Stora Enso - Wikipedia
Source U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR): EDGAR company record for Suzano S.A.
Source Wikipedia: SCA (company)
Source Wikidata: The Navigator Company
Source Wikipedia: UPM (company)
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1. Wikipedia, Paper and Forest Products Industry
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The pulp and paper industry comprises companies that use wood, specifically pulpwood, as raw material and produce pulp, paper, paperboard, and other cellulose-based products.
Wikipedia, Forestry Industry
Wikipedia: SCA (company)
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Forestry, Contianerboard and Wood pulp, Renewable energy
Wikipedia: Altri
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Paper and pulp, energy
Wikipedia: UPM (company)
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Paper, pulp and timber
Wikidata: The Navigator Company
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Wikidata: Klabin
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International Paper, Wikipedia
Companies In Industry: International Paper Company, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source Stora Enso - Wikipedia
Companies In Industry: Stora Enso Oyj, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source Semapa (Wikipedia)
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Semapa - Sociedade de Investimento e Gestão (English: Semapa - Investment and Management Company) is a Portuguese conglomerate holding company with interests in the cement, pulp and paper and environmental services sectors.
Kimberly-Clark de Mexico (Wikipedia)
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Paper products
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR): EDGAR company record for Suzano S.A.
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"sic": "2621", "sicDescription": "Paper Mills"
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