Live produced in kg:
Paper produced since beginning of the
present year in tons:
Global leader in paper production
The International Paper Company ( IP) is the
leading producer in pulp and paper not only in
the US but worldwide. IP was founded in 1898
and is seated in Memphis, Tennessee. It has more
than 70,000 staff and branches in 24 countries in
Europe, Middle East and Africa.
More freesheets than needed
The international paper market is featured by
overproduction. Thanks to the PC, offices use
less graphic paper. In 2013, International Paper’s
sales volume was 5,303 thousand of tons of
printing paper. That was 168 kg paper per
second, i.e. 120,112 A4 sheets per second,
presumed the production had run 365 days and
nights, uninterruptedly. They equal 7,491 square
metres of freesheets produced per second. That
responds an area of 64 metres width and 117
metres length.
Questioning sustainability
Even though paper is a renewable material, its
production is not really sustainable yet. The
wood fibre for paper manufacturing comes from
forest-harvested trees, i.e. 11% of the global
forests. The paper industry is the leader in using
water and energy and takes the third rank in CO 2
emission.
Live produced in
squaremetres:
That would come to a
squared sheet of paper
with the side length of
Metres