Development space for specialty paper

Due to the continuous development of the specialty paper application market, many investors who are looking for a way out of capital are attracted to invest in the specialty paper field. According to the incomplete statistics of the Specialty Paper Professional Committee of the Chinese Paper Society, the investment in the specialty paper field has been between 4 billion yuan and 5 billion yuan each year in the past three years, and the annual new capacity is roughly one million tons. The national specialty paper manufacturers are mainly concentrated in Shandong, Zhejiang, Henan, Jiangsu, Guangdong and other provinces. The specialty paper mills in Shandong are mainly branches of large factories, while the specialty paper mills in Zhejiang and Henan are mainly small factories. Most of the special paper mills in Guangdong are foreign-funded enterprises, and the special paper mills in Guangdong are mainly post-processing enterprises.

Due to the rapid growth of investment, some traditional paper-making companies have turned to investing in the production of specialty paper, resulting in excessive growth in production capacity and insufficient operating rate of enterprises, and the situation is not optimistic.

Specialty paper is paper with special purpose and relatively small output. Specialty paper is made from different fibers using a paper machine to make paper with special functions. For example, synthetic fibers, synthetic pulp or mixed wood pulp are used alone, and different materials are used for modification or processing to give the paper different functions and uses. , Such as: household, building materials, electrical products, industrial filters, machinery industry, agriculture, information, optics, culture and art, biochemical cutting-edge technology, etc., as long as it is paper for special purposes , All collectively referred to as specialty paper.

Products have replaced imports, and some products have been exported, and their production scale and quality have been greatly improved; varieties have been continuously enriched, especially some new specialty paper products have filled the domestic gaps, such as air heat exchanger paper, aramid paper, coffee filter paper , Non-woven wallpaper, etc.

However, my country still has many special papers dependent on imports, and the output of special paper accounts for a relatively low proportion of the world's special paper output, so that my country's special paper still has a certain space for development.

At present, although my country's specialty paper industry has made great progress, there are also problems such as weak awareness of intellectual property rights, uneven product quality, overcapacity, and fierce price competition. In addition, many specialty paper companies in my country have insufficient funds for independent innovation, and some specialty papers with high technical content, difficult development, and high quality still need to rely on imports. There is still a considerable gap in the quality level of equipment, fiber materials, and chemicals for special paper compared with foreign countries.

The Specialty Paper Professional Committee of the China Paper Society has reviewed various types of special papers, including packaging and label paper, construction paper, business information paper, industrial paper, publishing and printing paper, filter paper, medical paper, The analysis of electrical paper, consumer paper, etc. shows that the sales of some specialty papers are declining along with changes in economic society and life, some new application fields have appeared, and some are still blank in my country. Improving innovation capabilities, increasing exports and the expansion of new application areas will be the driving force for the development of my country's specialty paper in the future.