What Is Involved in Pulp Manufacturing?

Pulp manufacturing refers to the production of pulp by mechanical or chemical methods.

Pulp manufacturing

include:

Paper pulp;

Paper pulp made of non-wood fiber materials: cottonseed pulp, paper pulp, etc.

Manufacture of waste paper pulp.

Does not include:

The production of chemical fiber pulp for textiles, included in 2811 (chemical fiber pulp

In 2010, China's pulp manufacturing industry had 146 enterprises above designated size, a year-on-year increase of 2.10%; the total industrial output value reached 32.491 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.00%; sales income reached 31.749 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 40.71%; and total profits reached 2.153 billion .

At present, most of the domestic pulp companies rely on imports of pulp raw materials. In 2010, the strong earthquake in Chile affected 8% of the world's commercial pulp supply and 14% of China's wood pulp imports, and the strike of the papermaking power Finland led to a sharp rise in international pulp prices. The prices of many varieties of pulp have exceeded 10-year high. Rising pulp prices have forced paper companies to reduce output and tighten inventory.

This tightening is not expected to reverse in the short term. In the medium and long term, the probability of rising pulp prices is still high. From 2011 to 2015, the domestic papermaking capacity that the country intends to put into production reached 46 million tons, and it is expected to add 11.3 million tons of broadleaf pulp demand and 3.8 million tons of coniferous pulp demand. Between 2010 and 2015, the added capacity of broadleaf pulp reached 14 million tons and that of coniferous pulp was 1.5 million tons. However, during 2011-2012, there were not many new wood pulp lines, and most of them were put into production after 2013. Therefore, the general trend of pulp price in 2011-2012 is rising.

Maintaining high international pulp prices has had a subtle impact on the domestic paper industry. Under the pressure of the cost of imported raw materials, companies with a high proportion of homemade pulp have certain advantages in cost control, and some small and medium-sized papermaking companies will be eliminated due to backward production capacity. Therefore, if papermaking enterprises want to survive the fierce competition, they can consider increasing investment in the pulp industry, which will help control costs and increase corporate profits.