Hubei Moves Toward Becoming a Leading Papermaking Province as Eight Paper Enterprises Plan Multiple Major Projects

Recently, the Overview of the Operation of Hubei Province's Paper Industry in 2020 was released, and Dun Zhiqiang, Secretary-General of the Hubei Paper Association, presented an overview of the operation of Hubei's paper industry. According to the introduction, in 2020 Hubei had 28 major paper enterprises, with paper and paperboard output of 6.2206 million tonnes; at present, eight large paper enterprises are planning and building paper projects in Hubei, with products covering packaging paper, cultural paper, specialty paper and household paper.

(Dun Zhiqiang, Secretary-General of the Hubei Paper Association)

Overview of the Operation of Hubei's Paper Industry in 2020

Even with 2-3 months of production suspension, the output of Hubei's paper industry still grew on the original basis. According to survey data from the Hubei Paper Association, in 2020 Hubei had 28 major paper enterprises, with paper and paperboard output of 6.2206 million tonnes, up 19.07% year on year; total industrial output value of 25.937 billion yuan, up 7.61% year on year; main business revenue of 23.402 billion yuan, up 15.71% year on year; and total profits and taxes of 1.844 billion yuan, up 45.31% year on year.

Eight Major Paper Enterprises Plan Major Paper Projects

1. Wuhan Jinfenghuang Paper Co., Ltd.

: In 2021, it plans to implement at the Xiaogan base an integrated forestry-pulp-paper expansion project with 500,000 t/a of pulp and 800,000 t/a of environmentally friendly packaging paper. Once the project is completed, Jinfenghuang Paper will achieve an annual output value of 12 billion yuan and profits and taxes of 700 million yuan, and provide more than 3,000 jobs.

1. Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited

: On June 12, 2020, it signed an agreement at the Bailuo Industrial Park of the Jianli Economic Development Zone in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, for an "integrated forestry-pulp-paper project" with a planned total investment of 12.5 billion yuan and an annual output of 600,000 t of pulp and 2.4 million t of high-grade packaging paper; on January 15, 2021, it formally signed an agreement with the Xian'an District Government of Xianning City, under which the project is planned to involve a total investment of about 5.4 billion yuan in Xian'an to build production lines for 400,000 t of bamboo pulp, 500,000 t of high-grade cultural paper, carrier bag paper and food paper per year, as well as a full smart paper packaging industry chain.

1. Chenming Paper

: On August 10, 2020, it announced that it would adjust the industrial development plan of the Huanggang Chenming project of its controlling subsidiary to an integrated pulp and paper project, and launch the phase II Huanggang Chenming project with an annual output of 1.5 million t.

1. Shanying Paper

: On November 9, 2020, it announced another expansion of the Jingzhou project with an additional investment of 10 billion yuan, to build projects for 1.2 million t of industrial packaging paper, a smart packaging industrial park and a household products e-commerce industrial park. At present, Shanying Central China Paper Co., Ltd. has two proposed projects, namely a high-grade packaging paperboard project with an annual output of 2.2 million t and an expansion project for 1.2 million t of industrial packaging paper per year.

1. Zhejiang Quzhou Wuzhou Specialty Paper Co., Ltd.

: On December 28, 2020, it announced plans to spend 23 billion yuan to invest in an integrated pulp and paper project with an annual output of 6.6 million t in Wuxue City, Hubei Province.

1. C&S Paper

: On December 31, 2020, the first household paper machine of the phase II project at the Xiaonan production base of C&S Paper started up and produced paper; once the project is fully put into operation, it will produce 300,000 t of household paper per year.

1. Gold Hongye Paper (Hubei) Co., Ltd.

: The newly added 120,000 t/a household paper project will start up successively in May-June 2021; once completed, its capacity will reach 360,000 t/a, making it the largest household paper base in Xiaogan City.

1. Zhejiang Xianhe Co., Ltd.

: On January 8, 2021, an investment framework agreement for a 2.5 million t/a integrated forestry-pulp-paper circular economy project was signed in Shishou, Jingzhou, Hubei. The project has a planned total investment of 10 billion yuan and will be completed in three phases, including projects for 900,000 t of pulp, 1.4 million t of specialty paper and 200,000 t of coated paper per year; once the project is completed, it will pay 1 billion yuan in taxes annually.

It can be seen that, with its many advantages, Hubei Province has reached a total paper project scale of ten million tonnes and is advancing toward becoming a "strong paper-making province" in packaging paper and household paper in Central China. In the coming years, Hubei will remain the preferred location for major paper enterprises to build plants, and paper projects will continue to increase!

——This article is reprinted from China Packaging Network (pack.cn). Original link: http://news.pack.cn/show-377461.html