SCA passing Stora Enso as biggest Nordic pulp and paper company

Sept 28 2010  SCA kept is fourth position on the Top 100 list of pulp and paper companies in the world, passing Stora Enso, which slipped from third to fifth position.

The ranking list of the 100 biggest pulp and paper companies in the world is published annually by the magazine PPI, Pulp & Paper International.

The 2009 Top 100 list, published in PPI’s latest issue, saw quite a bit of movement. As could be expected from how the worldwide pulp and paper industry has shaken out over the past few years, the real movers were the Asian companies, PPI writes. All making a significant climb up the ladder were Cheng Loong (from number 88 all the way to number 70), Sun Paper, Hokuetsu, Rengo, Yuen Foong Yu, Lee & Man and Shandong Chenming. At position number 35, Shandong Chenming is still the largest Chinese company listed.

Most Nordic companies slipped down a few steps, excluding SCA (keeping its fourth position), and Södra and Korsnäs, both climbing a few steps on the list. Here are the Nordic companies on the Top 100 2009 list (2008 within brackets):

SCA                    4 (4)
Stora Enso            5 (3)
UPM                    7 (5)
M-real                24 (21)
Norske Skog        26 (22)
Holmen              40 (36)
Myllykoski           44 (39)
Södra                 53 (55)
Metsä Botnia        57 (35)
Ahlstrom             65 (62)
Billerud               68 (66)
Korsnäs               69 (71)
Arctic Paper          93 (-)

And here are the Top ten on PPI’s Top 100 list:

1. International Paper, USA (1)
2. Procter & Gamble, USA (2)
3. Oji Paper, Japan (6)
4. SCA, Sweden (4)
5. Stora Enso, Finland/Sweden (3)
6. Nippon Paper, Japan (9)
7. UPM, Finland (5)
8. Kimberly Clark, USA (8)
9. Mondi, South Africa/UK (10)
10. Smurfit Kappa, Ireland/Netherlands (7)