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| Global Consumer Board (Paperboard, Conatainer board, Boxboard,) Market |
The packaging
industry has gone through several evolutions and has come up with new and
advanced materials for packaging. The packaging materials and design has been constantly
changing with the new products and emerging trends. Fabric, leather, wooden
crates, metal and glass were the earliest materials used for packaging. The
packaging market has seen a continuous improvement and demand for new materials
such as boxboard or container board, corrugated container board, liquid
packaging board and binder’s board, collectively are the different types of
consumer boards. Consumer board has become the most popular choice in the
packaging market.
In the
worldwide packaging market, the consumer board segment dominates the market
with a revenue share of 41% in 2015. Boxboard and corrugated container board are
the major players in the market and make up for approx. 87% of revenues. The global consumer board market is expected
to reach approx. US$ 131.6
billion till 2021. The forecasted increase in market size and revenue has made
the competition stronger among the major players. A report by Beige Market Intelligence
has identified the top vendors in consumer board market.
International Paper
International
is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, US and is a global paper and packaging
company. It is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of consumer board. It
is a premium manufacturer of containerboard and corrugated packaging. The
company has box plants, containerboard mills, and converting operations across
the globe to meet the customer’s requirements for shipping, storage, and
display requirements. The company has the largest manufacturing capacity in the
US with annual production capacity of 13 million tons annually.
The company is
predominantly focused on the business of paper and paper products with major
products being container board, coated paperboard and corrugated packaging
products.
WestRock
WestRock,
headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, US, is a paper and packaging
company. WestRock
provides packaging solutions and manufactures paperboard and containerboards. The company is the second largest American
packaging firm, and is among the world’s top three paper packaging companies. The
company operates locations in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia.
It also operates a specialty chemical business and develops real estate in
Charleston, South Carolina It has integrated corrugated mill and packaging
operations in North America, Brazil, and India and has recycling operations. It
provides protective packaging for shipment and distribution of paper, food,
health and beauty and other household, consumer, industrial, and commercial products.
The company
has designed its activity to invest in projects that can improve the
competitiveness of mills and converting assets to achieve a targeted revenue
and performance.
Oji Holdings
Oji Holdings founded
in 1873, headquartered at Tokyo, Japan is a paper
manufacturing company.
It produces paper for packaging, writing and printing. The
company also
manufactures containers made from paper products and chemicals
used for production
of paper and paper packaging equipment. The company
operates 86
production sites throughout Japan and has forestry operations in Brazil,
China, New Zealand,
Australia, Canada, Germany and other countries worldwide.
The company has
expanded its operations of total packaging business in Southeast
Asia and Indian
markets, which are expected to have high growth.
Smurfit
Kappa
Smurfit Kappa
Group founded in 1934, headquartered at Dublin, Ireland is a paper based
packaging
solutions company. The company operates approximately 370 production sites in
34 countries which includes 21 in Europe and 13 in Americas. The company has
regional headquarters in Amsterdam (Europe) and Miami (the Americas). The
company integrates optimal paper design, timelines of the services, logistics
and raw materials for packaging plants to provide optimum service to the clients.
Smurfit kappa products are 100% renewable and are produced sustainably to
improve the environmental footprint of the clients. The company designs,
manufactures and markets the paper-based packaging solutions. It helps in
packaging, protecting and promoting the customer’s products.
The company
focuses to develop long-term customer relationships by offering differentiated
packaging solutions to customers and thus improve the prospects of success in
their end use markets.
Stora Enso
Stora
Enso founded in 1998, headquartered at Helsinki, Finland is a pulp and paper
manufacturing
company. It provides renewable solutions in paper, packaging,
wooden
constructions and biomaterials globally. The company has operations in 35
countries. The company has expertise in wood and other biomass products. The
company focuses on plantation based pulp, sustainable building solutions,
innovation in biomaterials
and
fiber-based packaging. The company operates mills located in Europe and
China and three of the mills produce paper based on 100% recycled fiber.
The
company’s focus is predominantly on consumer board, wood products and packaging
solutions verticals. The company’s strategy emphasizes on the production and
marketing of value-added products, which are environment-friendly
and can
replace non-renewable materials.
The
emerging Vendors are
Mondi Group
Mondi Group
founded in 1967, based in Johannesburg, is an international packaging
and paper
group. The company has operations in more than 30 countries, mostly
concentrated
in Central Europe, South Africa and Russia. The company is fully integrated
across the packaging and paper value chain.
Metsa Group
Metsa Group
founded in 1947, based in Helsinki, Finland is a forest industry group. The
country has operations in 30 countries with 7 production units. It mainly
focuses on the tissue and cooking papers, pulp, wood supplies, wood products,
forest services and paperboard. It is also a leading producer and user of
bioenergy in Finland
Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhaeuser
founded in 1900, based in Washington, US is the largest private
owner of
timberlands. The company owns and controls more than 7 million acres of
timberland in
US and manages timberlands under long-term licenses in Canada.
The company
manufacturers’ specialty cellulose fibre and wood products.
Rengo
Rengo Co.,
founded in 1909, based in Tokyo, Japan is a packaging company. Rengo has a
group of companies in Japan operating in different segments which include two
paper and paperboard, 39 corrugated packaging and folding cartons, 4 flexible
packaging and heavy duty packaging and 19 other companies.
Sonoco
Sonoco founded
in 1899, based in Hartsville, South Carolina, US is a global company
for consumer
packaging, display and packaging solutions, protective solutions and
industrial
products. The company operates in more than 34 countries, providing packaging
solutions for various industries in more than 85 nations. The company
collaborates with customers to provide innovative Packaging Solutions –IPS to
optimize and enhance their brands and business.
Graphic Packaging
Graphic
packaging based in Atlanta, Georgia is a consumer packaging solutions
Company. The
company provides paper-based packaging solutions for a wide variety
of products,
which include beverage, food and other consumer product companies.
The company
operated globally and is the largest producer of folding cartons in the
US and operated
in coated recycled paperboard and coated unbleached kraft paperboard.
