The International Paper Trade - Hardcover

Bolton, Tom

9781855732520: The International Paper Trade

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1855732521 ISBN 13: 9781855732520

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, 1998

The international paper trade discusses the whole spectrum of the pulp and paper industry and is designed for busy readers in the industry and its allied trades who need a thorough understanding of the trade. The international paper trade provides a comprehensive guide to the:

Fundamentals of the paper business
Drivers of change and their effects
Changing nature of the business

The book begins with a brief outline of the history and technology of the industry and goes on to show the production, consumption, import and export levels in the major regions for the last 15-20 years. Tom Bolton then examines the factors that are driving the industry today, including forestry issues, the principal raw materials used in pulp and paper manufacture, and environmental issues. Finally, the book looks to the future and what the next decade holds for the industry.

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From the Publisher:

Overview of the paper industry - The scope of the industry - The history of paper - The role of paper in society and business - Grades of paper - The importance of the paper trade

Manufacturing and conversion - Introduction - Forest to pulp - Pulp to paper : the paper mill - Machine clothing - Engineering - Profitability - Materials other than fibres - Converting

World consumption - Introduction - Link to population and per capita consumption - Consumption by grade across the world

Production, import and export - Introduction - Africa - Latin America - Australasia - Asia - North America - Europe - All regions

Forestry - Introduction - Timber resources - Pulpwood from the forest - Is there enough pulpwood?

Raw materials - Fibrous raw materials - Minerals - Water - Chemicals - Energy

Recycling and recycling materials - Introduction - Paper and the use of waste - Recycled fibre definition - Waste classification - Recycling production processes and technologies - Market features of wastepaper, and the urban forest - Market structure and operation - Relative importance of RCF production - Legislative pressures to increase RCF utilisation - Environmental impact - energy - Forestry investment - Trade in waste paper - Waste-paper pricing - Paper recycling reaches record levels in Europe

Environmental issues - Public perception - Sustainable forestry - Pollution control - The packaging directive - Voluntary schemes - Eco-labelling - Energy

Challenges to the paper industry - Introduction - Environmental concerns - Effluent and landfill - The future of paper - Industry structure - Consumption - World economy - Public relations

Summary of main points - Scope of the industry - Process changes - Consumption - Forestry - Raw materials - Recycling - Environmental issues

About the Author:

Tom Bolton has accumulated a lifetime's experience in the international paper industry having worked for a number of major manufacturers as a research and development scientist and in technical and production management and general management. He is author of The international paper trade and, with Clive Capps, is author of the recently published Current practice in environmental reporting the pulp and paper industry and series editor for the Woodhead Current practice in environmental reporting series as a whole.

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