China's paper industry provides unfair global advantage

adminJuly 28, 2010

July 28, 2010

Massive Chinese government subsidies have given China's paper industry an unfair competitive advantage that has helped fuel the industry's rapid growth in recent years according to a new study from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI)....

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U.S. paper, paperboard & pulp capacity

adminMay 31, 2010July 2, 2021

May 31, 2010July 2, 2021

Against the backdrop of an exceptionally weak economy, U.S. paper and paperboard capacity declined 2.5% in 2009 to 93.9 million tonnes, according to the American Forest & Paper Association's 50th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard and Pulp Capacity....

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Few Highest Paid Executives in the Indian Paper Industry

adminMarch 30, 2010June 22, 2021

March 30, 2010June 22, 2021

Excerpts from Economic Survey 2009-10 related to Paper Product group like paper, leather, food and jute textiles did not evince any visible recovery. Paper and paper products 9.25 Paper & paper products grew by only 2.1 per cent during April-November 2009, as per the IIP data. This followed indifferent growth......

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Recovered paper market in India

adminMarch 30, 2010June 22, 2021

March 30, 2010June 22, 2021

Recovered paper demand in India has increased strongly over recent decades as domestic paper production has increased. This trend seems likely to continue as paper consumption rises further. Domestically-sourced recovered paper is typically cheaper than imported recovered paper. Paper manufacturers are therefore expected to try to satisfy their increase in demand for recovered paper by stimulating domestic collections. However, there...

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Treading upon thriving trails of giant strides & expansions

adminJanuary 29, 2010

January 29, 2010

We visited Beijing in September for China Paper 2009 but, the visit was extended to other gracious cities of China as a part of press tour organized by Metso. Chinese media & associations helped us to understand the dynamics of the Chinese paper industry and here we present the reflections of “2008 Annual Report on China Paper Industry” compiled by...

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INDIA & CHINA: The Future Bazaars…

adminNovember 28, 2009

November 28, 2009

Prologue: China & India are two global giants in terms of both population and land area. However, despite their size and despite the fact that both play large roles on the world stage, the reality is that they are just starting to experience their eventual impact on the world. But both of these enormous emerging countries have equally-giant challenges facing...

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Recycle Fibre Market Prices

adminNovember 1, 2009

November 1, 2009

“Slow but Steady” Things have been slow with no aggressive buying reported, but busy enough to keep a balance between demand and supply. Freight rates are moving up and so is the winter creeping in, making all the noises to push the markets up and thus making the buyer nervous on the prices. Finished......

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ECF Technology New ray of hope for Greener Tomorrow

adminSeptember 25, 2009

September 25, 2009

Have you ever wondered why your paper is white most of the time? What is the chemical used to make the paper whiter from its brown color wood based raw material? Are these chemicals environmental friendly? These questions can be answered if we look deep into it....

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Two Emerging Capacities… Two Known Faces…

adminJuly 23, 2009

July 23, 2009

There are two new writing & printing paper production capacities to hit the industry from relatively less known companies. Two recognized industry experts have associated themselves with these companies....

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Tissue Market Scenario

adminJuly 23, 2009

July 23, 2009

The last 2 years have seen a worldwide spurt in new tissue capacity. China is leading in the race and is expected to raise the capacity by 1.4 million tons between 2008 and 2010 to meet their domestic consumption growth rate of 8% per annum. In 2006 and 2007 China’s production was 3.7 million tons and 4.1 million tons respectively....