Paper and Pulp Industry

Manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, suppliers, trading companies, etc.

I   Current Status and Future Outlook of Paper and Pulp Industry

1. Paper and Pulp Industry in Japan
2. Worldwide Paper and Pulp Industry
3. Market Trends by Global Region
4. Raw Materials：Chip, Pulp, Wastepaper
5. Logistics Strategies at Paper Manufacturers

II   Manufacturer Analysis

1. Analysis of Domestic Leading Manufacturers (7 enterprises)
2. Profiles of Other Manufacturers (17 enterprises)
3. Overview of Overseas Leading Manufacturers

• International Paper
• Stora-Enso
• Kimberly-Clark
• UPM
• ESSITY
• Sappi Group
• Nine Dragons
• WestRock

III   Strategies of Paper and Pulp Industry toward Plastic-Free/Shift from Plastic to Paper

1. Challenges found in product quality, user-friendliness, and cost. Substituting paper alone for plastics is limited

6 manufacturers

IV   Trends of Paper and Pulp Industry by Sector

1. Newspaper Industry
2. Publishing Industry
3. Printing Industry
4. Catalog Sales/Mail Order Industry
5. Cardboard Industry
6. Paper Container Industry
7. Paper Product Industry

V   Trends and Future Perspectives of Paper Chemicals

Paper chemical market facing a turning point, with a series of price rise due to soaring raw material prices

1. Chemicals for Communication Papers
2. Sizing Agent
3. Surface Sizing Agent
4. Strengthening Agent
5. Coating Pigment
6. Binder Additions
7. Other Chemicals

• Slime Control Agent
• Antiseptic Agent for paper
• Antifoaming Agent
• Deinking Agent

VI   Research of Noteworthy Products

1. Coated paper
2. Fine coating paper
3. General paper
4. Fancy paper
5. No-carbon paper
6. Thermal paper
7. Form paper
8. PPC-plain paper
9. Household paper (tissue, toilet paper and paper towels)
10. Paper diapers
11. Quality white paper board

VII   Distribution and Sales Channels

Due to increase in sales volume as well as price hikes, recovery in sales performance has continued mainly at major paper distributors

VIII   Profiles of 52 Distributors and Wholesalers Nationwide

IX   Global Production of Paper & Pulp, and Consumption Volume of Paper and Paperboard

1. Global production volume of paper and pulp by country
2. Production of paper, paperboard, and pulp by country, consumption of paper and paperboard by country

U.S., Canada, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Italy, France, Spain, Austria, UK, the Netherland, Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Czech, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Belarus, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, El Salvador, Uruguay, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Israel, UAE, Jordan, Syria, South Africa, Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco