Pulp & Paper Chemicals

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• General
• Macroeconomic Overview
• Population & Demographics
• Consumer Spending Overview
• Paper & Paperboard Industry Overview
  • Supply & Demand
    • Paper
    • Paperboard
  • Fiber Trends
    • Wood Pulp
    • Waste Paper & Board
  • Cost Inputs
• Historical Trends
• Pricing Trends
• Environmental & Regulatory Factors
• International Activity & Foreign Trade

III. MARKET OVERVIEW

• General
• Pulping Technology
  • Wood Pulp Production
    • Chemical Pulping
    • Mechanical Pulping
    • Semichemical Pulping
  • Waste Paper Pulping & Deinking
• Bleaching Technology
• Papermaking Technology

IV. SPECIALTY PULP & PAPER ADDITIVES

• General
• Sizing Agents
  • Surface Sizing Agents
    • Starches
    • Other Surface Sizes
  • Internal Sizing Agents
    • Rosin
    • Alkenyl Succinic Anhydride
    • Alkyl Ketene Dimer
• Coagulants & Flocculants
  • Aluminum Sulfate
  • Polyaluminum Chloride
  • Other Coagulants & Flocculants
• Coating Polymers
  • Styrene-Butadiene Latex
  • Other Coating Polymers
• Dry Strength Additives
  • Starches
  • Other Dry Strength Additives
• Wet Strength Resins
• Brighteners & Dyestuff
• Biocides & Other Deposit Control Agents
• Retention & Drainage Aids
• Defoamers
• Market Share

V. FILLERS & COATING PIGMENTS

• General
• Calcium Carbonate
  • Precipitated Calcium Carbonate
  • Ground Calcium Carbonate
• Clays
• Titanium Dioxide
• Talc
• Other Fillers & Coating Pigments
• Market Share

VI. BLEACHING & DEINKING CHEMICALS

• General
• Sodium Chlorate
• Oxygen & Ozone
• Hydrogen Peroxide
• Sodium Silicates
• Surfactants
• Other Bleaching & Deinking Chemicals
• Market Share

VII. PULPING CHEMICALS

• General
• Caustic Soda
• Lime
• Sulfuric Acid
• Soda Ash
• Sulfur Dioxide
• Sodium Sulfites
• Sulfur
• Sodium Sulfate
• Other Pulping Chemicals
• Market Share

VIII. DEMAND BY END-USER

• General
• Paper Mills
  • Printing & Writing Papers
  • Tissue Paper
  • Newsprint
  • Packaging & Industrial Papers
• Paperboard Mills
• Pulp Mills & Deinking Plants

IX. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• General
• Industry Concentration & Market Share
• Industry Restructuring
• Cooperative Agreements
• Marketing & Distribution
• Research & Development
• Competitive Strategies

• COMPANY PROFILES
  • Akzo Nobel NV
  • Alco Chemical, see Akzo Nobel
  • Aqualon, see Hercules
  • Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
  • Arkema SA
  • Ashland Incorporated
  • BASF AG
  • Buckman Laboratories Incorporated
  • Canexus Income Fund
  • Cargill Incorporated
  • Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holding Incorporated
  • Clariant International Limited
  • Cytec Industries Incorporated
  • Dow Chemical Company
  • Drew Industrial, see Ashland
  • DuPont (EI) de Nemours
  • Eka Chemicals Incorporated, see Akzo Nobel
  • Engelhard Corporation, see BASF
  • ERCO Worldwide, see Superior Plus Income Fund
  • Evonik Degussa GmbH, see RAG
  • FMC Corporation
  • General Chemical Industrial Products Incorporated
  • General Electric Company
  • GEO Specialty Chemicals Incorporated
  • Hercules Incorporated
  • Huber (JM) Corporation
  • Huntsman Corporation
  • Imerys SA
  • Imperial Chemical Industries, see Akzo Nobel
  • Kemira Oyj
  • Koch Industries Incorporated
  • Kronos International Incorporated
  • Louisiana Pigment, see Huntsman and Kronos
  • Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, see National Titanium Dioxide
  • Minerals Technologies Incorporated
  • Nalco Holdings LLC
  • National Starch and Chemical, see Akzo Nobel
  • National Titanium Dioxide Company Limited
  • NatureWorks, see Cargill
  • Novozymes A/S
  • Occidental Petroleum Corporation
  • Olin Corporation
  • Omya AG
  • Oxy Chemical, see Occidental Petroleum
  • Penford Corporation
  • Pioneer Companies, see Olin
  • PPG Industries Incorporated
  • PQ Corporation
  • RAG AG
  • Rohm and Haas Company
  • Solvay SA
  • Specialty Minerals, see Minerals Technologies
  • Superior Plus Income Fund
  • Tioxide Americas, see Huntsman
  • Tronox Incorporated
• Additional Companies Mentioned in Study

LIST OF TABLES

SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Summary Table

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• 1 Macroeconomic Indicators
• 2 Demographic Indicators
• 3 Personal Income & Spending
• 4 Paper & Paperboard Supply & Demand
• 5 Paper Supply & Demand
• 6 Paperboard Supply & Demand
• 7 Fiber Consumption
• 8 Wood Pulp Supply & Demand
• 9 Waste Paper & Board Consumption
• 10 Pulp & Paper Chemical Market, 1996-2006
• 11 Pulp & Paper Chemical Pricing

SECTION III -- MARKET OVERVIEW

• 1 Pulp & Paper Chemical Demand

SECTION IV -- SPECIALTY PULP & PAPER ADDITIVES

• 1 Specialty Additives Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 2 Sizing Agents Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 3 Surface Sizing Agents Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 4 Internal Sizing Agents Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 5 Coagulants & Flocculants Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 6 Aluminum Sulfate Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 7 Polyaluminum Chloride Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 8 Other Coagulants & Flocculants Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 9 Coating Polymers Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 10 Dry Strength Additives Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 11 Wet Strength Resins Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 12 Brighteners & Dyestuff Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 13 Biocides & Other Deposit Control Agents Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 14 Retention & Drainage Aids Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 15 Defoamers Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 16 Specialty Pulp & Paper Additives Sales by Company, 2006

SECTION V -- FILLERS & COATING PIGMENTS

• 1 Fillers & Coating Pigments Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 2 Calcium Carbonate Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 3 Clay Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 4 Titanium Dioxide Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 5 Talc Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 6 Other Fillers & Coating Pigments Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 7 Fillers & Coating Pigments Sales by Company, 2006

SECTION VI -- BLEACHING & DEINKING CHEMICALS

• 1 Bleaching & Deinking Chemical Demand in Pulp & Paper Production
• 2 Sodium Chlorate Demand in Pulp Bleaching
• 3 Oxygen & Ozone Demand in Pulp Bleaching
• 4 Hydrogen Peroxide Demand in Pulp Bleaching
• 5 Sodium Silicates Demand in Deinking
• 6 Surfactants Demand in Deinking
• 7 Other Bleaching & Deinking Chemical Demand
• 8 Bleaching & Deinking Chemicals Sales by Company, 2006

SECTION VII -- PULPING CHEMICALS

• 1 Pulping Chemical Demand
• 2 Caustic Soda Demand in Pulping
• 3 Lime Demand in Pulping
• 4 Sulfuric Acid Demand in Pulping
• 5 Soda Ash Demand in Pulping
• 6 Sulfur Dioxide Demand in Pulping
• 7 Sodium Sulfites Demand in Pulping
• 8 Sulfur Demand in Pulping
• 9 Sodium Sulfate Demand in Pulping
• 10 Other Pulping Chemical Demand
• 11 Pulping Chemicals Sales by Company, 2006

SECTION VIII -- DEMAND BY END-USER

• 1 Pulp & Paper Chemical Demand by End-User
• 2 Paper Mills Chemical Demand
• 3 Printing & Writing Papers Chemical Demand
• 4 Tissue Paper Chemical Demand
• 5 Newsprint Chemical Demand
• 6 Packaging & Industrial Papers Chemical Demand
• 7 Paperboard Mills Chemical Demand
• 8 Pulp Mills & Deinking Plants Chemical Demand

SECTION IX -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• 1 Pulp & Paper Chemicals Sales by Company, 2006
• 2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures
• 3 Selected Cooperative Agreements

LIST OF CHARTS

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• 1 Pulp & Paper Chemical Market, 1996-2006

SECTION III -- MARKET OVERVIEW

• 1 Pulp & Paper Chemical Demand: Volume vs. Value, 2006
• 2 Pulp & Paper Production Flowchart

SECTION IV -- SPECIALTY PULP & PAPER ADDITIVES

• 1 Specialty Additives Demand in Pulp & Paper Production, 2006
• 2 Specialty Pulp & Paper Additives Sales by Company, 2006

SECTION V -- FILLERS & COATING PIGMENTS

• 1 Fillers & Coating Pigments Demand in Pulp & Paper Production: Volume vs. Value, 2006
• 2 Fillers & Coating Pigments Sales by Company, 2006

SECTION VI -- BLEACHING & DEINKING CHEMICALS

• 1 Bleaching & Deinking Chemical Demand in Pulp & Paper Production, 2006
• 2 Bleaching & Deinking Chemicals Sales by Company, 2006

SECTION VII -- PULPING CHEMICALS

• 1 Pulping Chemical Demand in Pulp & Paper Production, 2006
• 2 Pulping Chemicals Sales by Company, 2006

SECTION VIII -- DEMAND BY END-USER

• 1 Pulp & Paper Chemical Demand by End-User, 2006

SECTION IX -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• 1 Pulp & Paper Chemicals Market Share, 2006