Paperboard Industry
The paperboard sector is mainly looked at in conjunction with the paper industry. The Paper & Paperboard market size (2007) had a value of 630.9 billion USD and a volume of 320.3 million metric tons . 40.1% of that market is European. About 50% of all produced paper is used for packaging, followed by printing and writing. The consumption of paper and paperboard seem to correlate with economic trends (GDP) According to ProCarton, the consumption of paper and paperboard seem to correlate with economic trends (GDP) the sales of carton in Europe sum up to around 8 billion Euros worth. Over 1,100 printers consume 5.4 million tonnes of cartonboard yearly. Cartons make up one third of paper and board packaging and 15% of all packaging. A bit more than half (54%) of the European carton is produced using recovered fibre or waste paper.
The paper and paperboard industry is quite energy and capital intensive. Just a coated board machine itself can costs around 90 - 120 million Euros (about 125 - 166 million USD in 11/2011). Economies of scale apply, because of which a few large players often dominate the market place. E.g. in North America the top 5 producers have a market share of 85%.
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