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FACTBOX-Papermakers' global rankings - capacity, sales

Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:22am EDT

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Aug 20 (Reuters) - Following are the rankings of the world's largest paper makers by total capacity, by paper grades and by turnover.

WORLD'S BIGGEST PAPER AND BOARD PRODUCERS

(by capacity, thousands of tonnes):

1. Stora Enso (STERV.HE) 13,545

2. International Paper (IP.N) 12,656

3. UPM-Kymmene (UPM1V.HE) 11,520

4. Georgia-Pacific 9,652

5. Oji (3861.T) 9,166

6. Nippon (3893.T) 8,971

7. Asia Pulp and Paper 8,108

8. AbitibiBowater ABH.N 7,961

9. Nine Dragons (2689.HK) 7,915

10. Smurfit Kappa (SKG.I) 7,132 Asia Pulp and Paper is part of Sinar Mas group (SMMA.JK).

Georgia-Pacific is owned by Koch Industries, Inc, a private U.S. company headquartered in Wichita, Kan.

International Paper numbers exclude Weyerhauser U.S. packaging operations, bought this month.

WORLD'S BIGGEST MAGAZINE PAPER MANUFACTURERS

(by capacity, thousands of tonnes):

1. UPM-Kymmene 5,120

2. Stora Enso 3,715

3. AbitibiBowater 3,000

4. Myllykoski 2,411

5. NewPage 2,037

6. Norske Skog (NSG.OL) 1,664

7. Burgo Group 1,255

8. M-real (MRLBV.HE) 1,230

9. Nippon 1,160

10. Verso Paper (VRS.N) 1,045

Myllykoski is a privately held Finnish firm.

NewPage is majority-owned by Cerberus Capital Management.

Italian Burgo is closely held, with Holding Gruppo Marchi having 48 percent of shares, Mediobanca (MDBI.MI) 22 percent, with Generali (GASI.MI) and Italmobiliare (ITMI.MI) having 11.7 percent.

WORLD'S BIGGEST NEWSPRINT MANUFACTURERS

(by capacity, thousands of tonnes):

1. AbitibiBowater 4,821

2. Norske Skog 4,537

3. Stora Enso 2,595

4. UPM-Kymmene 2,290

5. Nippon 1,988

6. Oji 1,315

7. Holmen (HOLMb.ST) 1,285

8. Catalyst Paper (CTL.TO) 1,272

9. Huatai (600308.SS) 1,210

10.Kruger 1,045

Kruger is a privately held Canadian forestry firm.

WORLD'S BIGGEST FINE PAPER MANUFACTURERS

(by capacity, thousands of tonnes):

1. International Paper 5,399

2. Asia Pulp and Paper 5,316

3. Domtar (UFS.TO) 3,974

4. Sappi (SAPJ.J) 3,642

5. UPM-Kymmene 3,570

6. Stora Enso 3,260

7. Nippon 3,214

8. Oji 2,691

9. M-Real 2,609

10.Mondi (MNDJ.J) 2,445

WORLD'S BIGGEST FOREST, PAPER AND PACKAGING FIRMS BY SALES

(2007, mln of US$) ROCE

1. International Paper 21,890 5.7

2. Stora Enso 18,322 3.5

3. Kimberly-Clark (KMB.N) 18,266 15.2

4. Svenska Cellulosa (SCAb.ST)15,675 5.7

5. Weyerhauser 13,949 2.5

6. UPM 13,748 3.5

7. Oji Paper 10,758 2.3

8. Metsaliitto 10,507 1.4

9. Nippon 9,990 2.1

10.Smurfit Kappa 9,963 8.0

Metsaliitto, a co-operative of private Finnish forest owners, is the largest shareholder of M-real.

ROCE -- Return on Capital Employed is calculated as net income before unusual items, minority interest, and interest expense, on an after tax basis, divided by average total assets less average non-interest bearing current liabilities.

Sources: Poyry, PricewaterhouseCoopers. (Reporting by Helsinki Newsroom, editing by Will Waterman)



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