Research Firm Notes Present State of the Copy (P&W) Paper Market

 
In a Nov. 30 promotional release, Future Market Insights or FMI (Pune, India) reported that the key players of copier paper market are strategically working on market consolidation activity. In Mar. 2018, International Paper (Memphis, Tenn., USA) offered  a proposal to acquire Smurfit Kappa (Dublin, Ireland) which is one of the leading players of copier paper market based in Europe. Since the offer was rejected by the Smurfit Kappa Group Plc., the company is further focusing on other competitive players for merger activity.  
In the year 2016, about 14.5 million metric tons of paper was consumed by Japan. Copier paper holds about 35% of the share in the pulp and paper market. The pulp and paper industry is majorly contributing to the GDP of the country.
 
Tier analysis of copier paper market: Tier 1 analysis of copier paper market: This segment includes key manufacturers of copier paper market they are International Paper, JK Paper, Nippon Paper Industries, Asia Pulp & Paper, Smurfit Kappa, Georgia-Pacific, Asia Symbol, UPM Paper, Stora Enso, Mondi Group, M-Real, Mead Corp., Glatfeller, Sappi, and others.
 
Tier 2 analysis of copier paper market: This segment includes emerging manufacturers of copier paper market are Mundo Papel, The Navigator Company, Evolve Paper, Neenah Paper,, Samson Paper Holdings, and others.
 
Asia Pacific region holds the highest share of copier paper regarding volume. China leads in terms of the consumption of the copier paper. In North America & Europe, there has been continuous fall in the copier paper consumption, due to the rise of electronic means of communication. China is one of the leading exporters of the copier paper to North America and Europe region and the declining consumption has impacted the revenue generation from these regions.

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