Wood chips play an essential role in the paper manufacturing industry, being the main raw material to create pulp – the core component of paper products. This article will analyze in detail the uses of wood chips in paper production, and provide updated data until 2023.
1. Important role of wood chips in paper production:
- Main raw materials: Wood chips account for about 70-80% of input materials for pulp production.
- Diversity: Wood chips are produced from many different types of wood, the most common are pine, eucalyptus, acacia, etc., bringing diversity to the raw material supply.
- Quality: Wood chips have high cellulose content – the main component of paper, helping to create high-quality, durable and recyclable paper products.
2. Paper production process from wood chips:
- Preliminary processing of wood chips: Wood chips are removed from impurities such as bark, sand, stone, metal,… and which are screened to the appropriate size.
- Separation: Wood chips are cooked with chemicals to separate the cellulose .
- Washing and bleaching: The pulp is washed and bleached to remove impurities and remaining lignin, making the paper whiter and brighter.
- Pressing and drying: The pulp is pressed into sheets and dried to form paper.
3. Advantages of using wood chips in paper production:
- Abundant: Abundant supply of wood chips from planted forests and reasonable exploitation, ensuring raw materials for paper production.
- Renewable: Wood chips are a renewable source of raw materials, contributing to environmental protection and minimizing impacts on natural forests.
- High quality: Wood chips help create high quality paper products, meeting the diverse needs of consumers.
- Efficiency: Using wood chips helps optimize production efficiency, minimize waste and save costs.
4. Statistics on the wood chip market for paper production:
- Wood chip demand for paper production: Global wood chip demand for paper production is expected to reach 500 million tons in 2023 and increase to 550 million tons in 2028. (Source: RISI)
- Wood chip output for paper production: Wood chip output for paper production will reach 460 million tons in 2022 and is expected to increase to 480 million tons in 2023. (Source: Hawkins Wood Products)
- Main wood chip consuming area: Asia is the largest wood chip consuming area for paper production, accounting for 40% of total global demand. Next is Europe (30%) and North America (25%). (Source: FAO)
- Type of wood used: Pine wood is the most commonly used wood for paper wood chip production, accounting for 60% of total output. Next is eucalyptus wood (25%) and acacia wood (15%). (Source: Wood Markets Group)
5. Typical examples of wood chip application in paper production:
- International Paper Group (USA): The world’s largest paper manufacturing group uses wood chips as the main raw material for paper mills in North America, Europe and Asia.
- Stora Enso Company (Finland): Europe’s leading paper manufacturer uses wood chips from sustainably grown forests in Finland and Sweden to produce high quality paper.
- APRIL Group (Indonesia): Indonesia’s largest paper manufacturing group uses wood chips from Acacia plantations in Indonesia to produce packaging and printing paper.
6. Conclusion:
Wood chips play an important role in the paper production industry, being a strategic source of raw materials to ensure sustainable paper production.
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Overc Team synthesize, analyze and write articles.
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