Description: Paper and Pulp Industry biggest US companies - International Paper, Georgia-Pacific,Weyerhaeuser,Kimberly-Clark and Procter & Gamble Co.
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The pulp and paper industry is largely dominated by the United States, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Japan, Australasia, and Latin America. In addition to being one of the dominating forces in the industry, the United States also consumes more paper than any other country in the world. In fact, during the time period from 1990 to 2002 alone, the consumption of paper within the United States rose from 84.9 million tons to 97.3 million tons..
All of this paper use and consumption in the United States is certainly important to the economy. In 2001, pulp mills employed 7,218 people for a total payroll of $414,452,000. Paperboard mills employed 48,773 people for a total payroll of $2,601,324,000 and paper mills employed an amazing 114,670 for a total payroll of $6,162,914,000. Throw in the total cost of materials for these three areas of paper manufacturing, and it is an additional $34,870,991,000 being thrown into the economy and another $71,987,2
There are a number of companies vying for a piece of the paper products industry. In 2002, the top five companies in terms of net sales were: International Paper, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Weyerhaeuser, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, and Procter & Gamble Co.