Domestic Cardboard Status and Problems (II)

The other two types of packaging cardboard, kraft boxboard and high-strength corrugated base paper were the same as coated cardboard before 1999. From the import and consumption situation of these three types of cardboard, we can see that in the future, the focus of competition between China's paper industry and other countries in the world lies in the competition between the advantages of fiber materials and market consumption advantages. Coated paperboards do not necessarily use long fiber papers. The market advantage is stronger under current conditions, so the import volume will decline further. However, for paper grades that must use a large number of long fibers, such as kraft linerboards and high-strength corrugated base papers, the shortage of long fiber raw materials in China cannot be improved in the near term, and the import growth trend is inevitable.
For kraft linerboards, from the import classification table of last year, it was found that there were nearly 40,000 tons of coated kraft linerboards. This kind of paper with high strength and good printing surface will be available in the future. Faster development. It is recommended that investors be given enough attention.
Analysis of the Technical Equipment Level of the New Board Machine <br> Nationwide, nearly 50% of the total board production is produced by those machines whose width is less than 2m. These paper machine equipment are obsolete, and the raw materials used are generally based on locally acquired waste paper. Some also use some semi-chemical and semi-mechanical pulps. The quality of these products is generally poor, in our country is a C-class products, this type of packaging cardboard is used in the region to sell more seasonal consumer goods packaging:
For the other 50% of the newly increased production capacity, the level of its technical equipment is also quite different. Generally can be divided into three categories, technical equipment to achieve today's world-leading level, leading domestic and world advanced level, and the domestic advanced level. In order to improve the international competitiveness of papermaking companies, many companies are undergoing continuous technological upgrading and product structure adjustments. For powerful companies, it is absolutely necessary to adopt the world’s first-class technologies and equipment in new projects. In addition, the diversity and variability of China's fiber raw materials are also an unfavorable factor affecting the stable operation of such equipment. In terms of operations, advanced equipment also requires many well-trained human resources. Although the number of units per unit of production is small, the requirements are very strict. So far, the domestic production and operation of such equipment is one of the few in the cardboard factory.
Most of the projects currently being implemented and planned for implementation are using internationally advanced technical equipment. Such technical equipment can also be said to be the most practical or most effective. They have adopted practical technologies that are already very mature in their specific design. Of course, some companies are still implementing projects with lower technical content than the above two categories, but they are also suitable for China's national conditions, and more importantly, they are suitable for the enterprises themselves. The law of development.
In order to catch up with the international standards as soon as possible, it is suggested that there are possible manufacturers, in cooperation with some professional equipment manufacturers from abroad, adopting imported technologies, consigning key components and other forms to improve the technical equipment level of supply equipment. In addition, the means to improve China’s equipment level as soon as possible is to cultivate and develop domestic engineering companies. Through these engineering companies, we combine the domestic and foreign resources for the production of papermaking equipment to provide papermaking companies with attractive prices, advanced technology and equipment, and through engineering. Project service.
Although China has already started to own some cardboard technology equipment with world advanced level, the so-called effective production capacity that can really compete with international products is not great. So far, the proportion of paperboard production capacity with annual capacity of more than 100,000 tons per unit in the total production capacity is still very low. Therefore, it is imperative to increase the effective production capacity.
Fiber supply in the cardboard industry
Cardboard is the paper type with the largest proportion of fiber consumption, so it will have a major impact on the paperboard industry. In the long term, it is impossible for China to achieve self-sufficiency in wood fiber for papermaking. At present, the fiber resources of China's paperboard industry are mainly derived from waste paper. Although China's waste paper recycling rate still needs to be improved, or may be increased, a considerable proportion of paper and paperboard are exported to foreign countries along with China's consumer goods, and the amount is considerable. It can be seen that the waste paper price in the international market will have a very important impact on the operating conditions of domestic board manufacturers.
There are usually two major problems in the papermaking industry. One is the funding of construction and the other is the issue of fiber raw materials. In recent years, due to the rapid growth of the paper and paperboard market, coupled with the fact that the fiber material in the international market is at a very low price for many years, leaving a good profit margin for the paper industry, it has attracted many domestic Foreign investors have made the paper industry investment very active. It can be said that the issue of construction funds is gradually being alleviated. However, the problem of fiber raw materials has not made much substantive progress in the past few years. Therefore, it is imperative for every large company to study and solve its own long-term fiber supply problem.
According to the latest statistics, the total consumption of pulp in the country in 2002 was 34.7 million tons. Among them, 11.1 million tons of non-wood pulp, 7.4 million tons of wood pulp, and 16.2 million tons of waste pulp. On a global scale, the proportion of raw pulp and waste pulp consumed in the production of paper and board has been relatively stable in the past few years. In 2000, the total output of paper and board in the world was 320 million tons, and the original pulp production in that year was 189 million. Ton. It is predicted that by 2005 and 2010, the total output of paper and paperboard in China will reach 40 million tons and 65 million tons respectively. By then, raw pulp consumption will reach 19.6 million tons and 31.9 million tons respectively. Waste pulp consumption will also reach 17.2 million tons and 27.9 million tons respectively.
Eight years after 2010, the gap between China's fiber demand and current production is huge. Even if China can still purchase this part from the international market, the risk of this raw material supply can not but draw the attention of policy makers. Therefore, it is very important for the relevant authorities to vigorously promote the development of forestry and paper integration in China and accelerate the construction of wood fiber raw material bases for papermaking. At the same time, we must also use non-wood fiber more scientifically and rationally, increase the recycling of waste paper, and resolve the risk of fiber raw material supply in the paper industry.