An Average Paper Mill Has over 100 Employees and Annual Revenue over $60 Million.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c24572) has announced the addition of Pulp and Paper Mills to their offering Brief Excerpt ex·cerpt n. A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film. tr.v. ex·cerpt·ed, ex·cerpt·ing, ex·cerpts 1. from Industry Overview Chapter: The US pulp, paper, and paperboard mill industry consists of about 320 companies with total combined annual revenue over $70 billion. Major companies include Wausau-Mosinee Paper and units of integrated manufacturers International Paper, Georgia-Pacific, and Weyerhaeuser. An average mill has over 100 employees and annual revenue over $60 million. The industry is highly concentrated: the top 20 companies produce 70 percent of industry revenue. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Demand depends on both consumer and business use of paper products. Because many costs are fixed, profitability depends on volume and production efficiency. Mills owned by large international paper companies have advantages by being vertically integrated. The parent corporation may own timber farms, sawmills, pulp and paper mills, conversion plants, and other end-product manufacturing facilities. Small mills can successfully compete regionally, in close proximity to timber operations and customers. Mills are highly automated and capital-intensive; average annual revenue per employee is about $450,000. PRODUCTS, OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY Major product segments are wood pulp wood pulp: see paper. , paper, paperboard, and newsprint. Paper accounts for 60 percent of industry revenue, paperboard 30 percent, and newsprint 5 percent. Other products include non-wood pulp -- from cotton, straw, rag, flax flax, common name for members of the Linaceae, a family of annual herbs, especially members of the genus Linum, and for the fiber obtained from such plants. The flax of commerce (several varieties of L. , de-inked scrap paper scrap paper n → pedazos mpl de papel scrap paper n → papier m brouillon scrap paper scrap n → and bagasse bagasse Fibre remaining after the extraction of the sugar-bearing juice from sugarcane. The term was once applied more generally to various waste residues from processing plant materials. (the outer stalk stalk (stawk) an elongated anatomical structure resembling the stem of a plant. allantoic stalk of sugar cane) -- and byproducts such as turpentine turpentine, yellow to brown semifluid oleoresin exuded from the sapwood of pines, firs, and other conifers. It is made up of two principal components, an essential oil and a type of resin that is called rosin. and tall oil. Within the paper segment, major products are tissue papers, uncoated sheet papers, and coated printing papers. Paperboard is used mainly to make boxes and other containers. Contents are as follows: - Industry Overview - Quarterly Industry Update - Business Challenges - Trends and Opportunities - Call Preparation Questions - Financial Information - Industry Forecast - Website and Media Links - Glossary of Acronyms For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c24572 |
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