Aug 24 (Reuters) – Following are the rankings of the world’s largest paper makers by total capacity, by paper grades and by turnover.

WORLD’S BIGGEST PAPER AND BOARD PRODUCERS
(by capacity, thousands of tonnes):

  1. International Paper 17,960
  2. Stora Enso 13,177
  3. UPM-Kymmene 11,120
  4. Nine Dragons 10,111
  5. Georgia-Pacific 9,354
  6. Nippon 9,054
  7. Asia Pulp and Paper 9,006
  8. Oji 8,890
  9. AbitibiBowater 7,248
  10. Smurfit Kappa 7,152

Asia Pulp and Paper is part of Sinar Mas group. Georgia-Pacific is owned by Koch Industries, Inc, a private U.S. company headquartered in Wichita, Kan.

WORLD’S BIGGEST MAGAZINE PAPER MANUFACTURERS
(by capacity, thousands of tonnes):

  1. UPM-Kymmene 4,950
  2. Stora Enso 3,585
  3. AbitibiBowater 2,732
  4. Myllykoski 2,431
  5. NewPage 2,037
  6. Norske Skog 1,535
  7. Sappi 1,445
  8. Burgo Group 1,255
  9. Nippon 1,160
  10. SCA 1,000

Myllykoski is a privately held Finnish firm.  NewPage is majority-owned by Cerberus Capital Management. Italian Burgo is closely held, with Holding Gruppo Marchi having 48 percent of shares, Mediobanca 22 percent, with Generali and Italmobiliare having 11.7 percent.

WORLD’S BIGGEST NEWSPRINT MANUFACTURERS
(by capacity, thousands of tonnes):

  1. AbitibiBowater 4,376
  2. Norske Skog 3,421
  3. Stora Enso 2,570
  4. UPM-Kymmene 2,060
  5. Nippon 1,988
  6. White Birch Paper* 1,798
  7. Oji 1,315
  8. Catalyst Paper 1,272
  9. Huatai 1,210
  10. Holmen 1,135

White Birch Paper is owned by Peter Brant (75 pct), Michael Fuchs (12.5), and Aby Rosen (12.5 pct)

WORLD’S BIGGEST FINE PAPER MANUFACTURERS
(by capacity, thousands of tonnes):

  1. Asia Pulp and Paper 5,316
  2. International Paper 5,212
  3. Sappi 4,210
  4. Domtar 3,570
  5. UPM-Kymmene 3,570
  6. Stora Enso 3,305
  7. Nippon 3,095
  8. Oji 2,401
  9. Mondi 1,968
  10. NewPage 1,935

WORLD’S BIGGEST FOREST, PAPER AND PACKAGING FIRMS BY SALES:
(2008, mln of US$) ROCE

  1. International Paper 24,829 1.5
  2. Kimberly-Clark 19,415 14.8
  3. SCA 16,965 5.8
  4. Stora Enso 16,227 4.2
  5. UPM 13,920 2.0
  6. Oji Paper 12,788 1.6
  7. Nippon 11,753 1.2
  8. Smurfit Kappa 10,390 6.7
  9. Metsaliitto 9,466 -1.4
  10. Mondi 9,335 3.7

ROCE — Return on Capital Employed is calculated as net income before unusual items, minority interest, and interest expense, on an after tax basis, divided by average total assets less average non-interest bearing current liabilities. Source: Poyry, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Reporting by Helsinki Newsroom; editing by Hans Peters)

via FACTBOX-Papermakers’ global rankings – capacity, sales – Forbes.com.

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