Asia

India is only the fifth-largest paper producing country in the world and accounts for merely 4 percent of global paper production. Why?

Nanocellulose products are moving from research and trial to commercial production, and the properties they impart are opening new market opportunities.

The answer lies in an understanding of the evolution of China’s linerboard market.

From political topics—Brexit (again) and the US presidential election (despite being more than a year away)—to social media to trade to entertainment to other issues that affect the industry such as the paper straw, they all have a place on this year’s list.

Amidst the myriad changes rocking the Asian pulp and paper industry, Yajima’s leadership has kept Oji Holdings on a path to growth.

The 2019 International Conference on Nanotechnology in Japan will highlight advances in this evolving science as it moves rapidly from pilot scale to commercial production around the globe.

RISI’s annual North American forest products outlook conference showed a strong industry—but some outside threats could pose a challenge.

Entrepreneurial owner Chen Jun brings together the best of Western papermaking technology with Chinese-made paper machines at Wuhan Golden Phoenix Paper, where most of the innovative systems come from Kadant. At Wuhan GPP, five paper machines—including the most recent, PM 8, which started up in early 2018—churn out fluting day and night, looked after by 800 workers who live beside the mill or close by. With 1,200,000 tons of fluting, Wuhan GPP is the leading producer in China for this grade.

TEDD POWERS, FISHER INTERNATIONAL China imports millions of tons of recovered paper (RCP) each year for the production of paper and packaging products vital to its economy. Along with that recovered paper is a lot of unusable waste, including glass and plastic, which ends up in landfills. We estimate that China sends 25 million tons of waste paper product to ...

There was some movement on the table in 2017, with more changes on the way as some recent M&As near completion. MARK RUSHTON, GRAEME RODDEN A new company made its debut in 2017, and enters this year’s Top 100 near the top of the list, no less. There is a catch though. Essity, although a new entity, was created when ...