CHINESE PRODUCERS CREEP UP THE TOP 100 TABLE

摘要

Despite a major refocusing of operations over the past few years,International Paper(IP)has held on to its crown and is again the number one in PPFs Top 100 ranking of the global pulp and paper industry.IP recently closed a deal to buy Weyerhaeuser's Containerboard,Packaging,and Recycling assets,making it the world's largest containerboard/corrugated box producer-so the company looks likely to stay at the top for a while longer.Stora Enso is once again in second position and Procter&Gamble holds on to third.In fact,there has been little movement in the Top 10,with Mondi being the only new entrant and Weyerhaeuser dropping to 12th place following the sale of its fine paper assets to Domtar.