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KEY NOTE PACKAGING (PAPER AND BOARD) : NOVEMBER 2002

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This report covers: packaging (paper & board), packaging, paper, board for, raw materials, flat cardboard, corrugated board, liners, fluting papers, corrugated board combinations, carton board, general packaging boards, corrugated boxes, linerboard, folding box board,

Companies covered include: Amcor Europe, DS Smith, Euro Packaging, Field Group, Kappa Holdings, Mondi Packaging, SCA Packaging, Boxmore Healthcare Packaging, BPB UK, Kappa Corrugated,

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary
1. Market Definition
INTRODUCTION	2
The Materials	2
Packaging Paper	3
Board for Packaging	3
Raw Materials	3
Market Sectors	4
Paper Packaging	5
Flat Cardboard	5
Paper for Cardboard	5
Corrugated Board	5
Liners	6
Fluting Papers	6
Corrugated Board Combinations	6
Carton Board	7
General Packaging Boards	7
Other Packaging Papers	7
MARKET POSITION	8
The UK	8
Table 1: The UK Packaging
Market by Sector by Volume
(million tonnes and percent), 2001	8
Table 2: UK Consumption of Paper and Board by Sector by Volume
(million tonnes and percent), 2001	9
Key UK Industry Drivers	9
Table 3: Key Areas Driving the Packaging Industry, 2002	10
Overseas	10
Table 4: The Global Packaging Industry by Value and Per Capita Expenditure
($m, percent and $), 2000	11
UK Corrugated Board	11
Table 5: UK Share of Global Corrugated Board Production
by Volume
( percent), 1996-2001	12
Table 6: European Shares of Corrugated Board Production
by Country ( percent), 2001	12
MARKET TRENDS	13
Economic Influences	13
Consolidation and Rationalisation	13
Future Drivers	14
Regulatory Impact	14
2. Market Size
INTRODUCTION	15
THE TOTAL MARKET	15
Table 7: Trends in the UK Consumption of Paper and Board Packaging by Volume
(million tonnes), 1991-2001	15
Table 8: UK Consumption of
Paper and Board Packaging
by Sector by Volume
(million tonnes), 1997-2001	16
BY MARKET SECTOR	17
Corrugated Cases	17
Table 9: End-Use Markets for Corrugated Products by Volume
( percent), 2001	17
Table 10: UK Shipments of
Corrugated Board by Volume
(million square metres),
1997-2001	18
Plastic Crate Competition	18
Cartons	18
Table 11: Carton Usage in the UK
by Type of Product ( percent), 2001	19
Table 12: Approximate Breakdown
of Food Carton Usage in Europe
by Type
of Food ( percent), 2001	20
Table 13: Approximate Breakdown of Non-Food Carton Usage in Europe by Type
of Product ( percent), 2001	20
Multiwall Paper Sacks	21
Packaging Papers	21
Table 14: Usage of Fibrous Raw Material ( percent), 2001	21
OVERSEAS TRADE	22
Imports	23
Table 15: UK Imports of Paper and Board by Volume (million tonnes), 1997-2001	23
Exports	23
Table 16: UK Exports of Paper and Board by Volume (million tonnes), 1997-2001	23
3. Industry Background
Packaging	24
Paper and Board	24
END-USE SECTORS	25
Food	25
Drink	25
Tobacco	26
RECENT HISTORY	26
Corrugated Packaging	26
NUMBER OF COMPANIES	28
Table 17: Number of VAT-Based Enterprises Manufacturing Corrugated Paper,
Paperboard, Sacks, Bags, Cartons, Boxes, Cases and Other Containers by Turnover
(£000), 2002	28
EMPLOYMENT	29
Table 18: Number of Local Units Manufacturing Corrugated Paper, Paperboard,
Sacks, Bags, Cartons, Boxes,
Cases and Other Containers
by Employee Sizeband, 2002	29
REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN
THE MARKETPLACE	29
DISTRIBUTION	30
Partnership in the Packaging
Supply Chain	30
Efficient Consumer Response	31
Collaborative Planning,
Forecasting and Replenishment	31
Cost Reduction	32
Damage and Loss Prevention	32
Reducing Time to Market	32
Strategic Sourcing	33
Gillette	33
How Robust Is the Market?	34
LEGISLATION	34
Revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive	34
Integrated Product Policy	35
Food Contact	35
Waste Definition	35
Recovery and Recycling Target	36
Equal Treatment of Re-use and Recycling	36
Definition of Packaging	36
Prevention	37
KEY TRADE ASSOCIATIONS	37
British Carton Association	37
Corrugated Packaging
Association	37
Institute of Packaging	37
The Packaging Federation	37
Paper Federation of Great Britain	38
International Associations	38
Alliance for Beverage Cartons
and the Environment	38
Confederation of European Paper Industries	38
European Federation of
Corrugated Board Manufacturers	38
EUROSAC	39
Groupement Embalpack	39
International Confederation
of Paper and Board Converters
in Europe	39
Pro Carton	39
4. Competitor Analysis
THE MARKETPLACE	40
MARKET LEADERS	40
Amcor Europe	40
DS Smith (UK) Ltd	41
Euro Packaging PLC	42
Field Group PLC	43
Kappa Holdings UK Ltd	44
Mondi Packaging (UK) Ltd	45
SCA Packaging Ltd	46
OTHER COMPANIES	47
Boxmore Healthcare Packaging	47
BPB UK Ltd	47
OUTSIDE SUPPLIERS TO THE INDUSTRY	48
Raw Materials	48
Conversion Machinery	48
5. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
STRENGTHS	51
WEAKNESSES	51
OPPORTUNITIES	52
THREATS	52
6. Buying Behaviour
INTRODUCTION	53
CORRUGATED CASE MATERIALS	53
CARTONS	54
PACKAGING PAPERS	54
MULTIWALL PAPER SACKS	54
7. Current Issues
ENERGY CONSUMPTION	55
Paper and Board	55
Table 19: Typical Energy
Consumption by the UK Paper
and Board Industry (giga joules
per year)	55
Pulp and Paper	56
INTERNET/ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION	57
CORPORATE ISSUES	58
CONSOLIDATION	58
THE IMPACT OF THE EURO	58
PRICES	59
PACKAGING WASTE	59
8. The Global Market
EUROPE	61
Production Remains High	61
Table 20: Production and Consumption of Paper Within
the Confederation of European
Paper Industries by Volume
(million tonnes), 2001	61
European Investment	62
Stora Enso	62
Metso Paper	63
THE US/Canada	63
Manufacturers Seek Deliverance
by 2003	63
Capacity	64
Paper and Paperboard	64
Folding Box Board	64
Linerboard	64
Table 21: Shares of the Leading
US Linerboard Companies by
Capacity ( percent), 2000	65
Corrugated Boxes	65
CHINA	65
A Bright Future	65
Table 22: Actual and Forecast
Paper and Paperboard Trade
and Consumption in China
(000 tonnes), 1990-2015	66
9. Forecasts
INTRODUCTION	68
FORECASTS 2002 TO 2006	68
Table 23: Forecast UK
Consumption of Paper and Board Packaging by Sector by Volume (million tonnes), 2002-2006	69
FUTURE TRENDS	69
Foreign Influence	69
Pricing	70
Impact of Waste Packaging Regulations	0
10. Company Profiles
Amcor Europe	72
DS Smith PLC	74
Euro Packaging PLC	76
Field Group PLC	78
Kappa Corrugated UK Ltd	80
Mondi Packaging (UK) Ltd	82
11. Further Sources
Key Note Research
The Key Note Range of Reports

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Executive Summary Towards the end of 2002, the UK paper and board packaging industry was in recession, with the real possibility that it would remain there until mid-2003. In 2001, consumption of paper and board packaging fell by around 2.3 percent, to 4.3 million tonnes.

Although paper and board packaging remains one of the largest packaging sectors, and a significant employer, it is being adversely affected by the relative strength of the pound compared with the euro. The high-cost UK manufacturing industry has also been hit by waste packaging regulations, such as the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive and the UK Climate Change Levy (CCL). This has led to a wave of consolidation in the industry and, as a result, a number of foreign players now own UK manufacturing capacity.

Nevertheless, there is a positive side to the downsizing of the UK industry. Paper and board remains the favourite packaging material and is valued as a popular medium in the fast-growing print-for-packaging sector. Despite competition from plastic, corrugated packaging is beginning to play to its strengths for dual-purpose transit packs, i.e. as a means of protecting goods in transit and for open display at the point of sale.

Supply-chain efficiencies are being developed, which is helping to cut the industry's costs, and a recycling infrastructure is well established. The industry has also shown - through the PapiNet and other initiatives - that it is willing to embrace the Internet and e-logistics.

That said, the UK paper and board packaging market will continue to be at the mercy of increased raw material costs and, as long as the industry's manufacturers are competitively disadvantaged in terms of the sterling/euro exchange rate, more producers will fall by the wayside in the period to 2006. However, it is possible that by 2006, a UK referendum on joining the euro currency would have propelled the UK into the 'eurozone', thereby negating some of the exchange rate advantages currently enjoyed by continental European producers. It is also expected that UK paper and board packaging manufacturers will continue to play an important role in satisfying demand in the UK - the third-largest paper and board manufacturing market in Europe.

A large amount of UK paper and board manufacturing capacity has now been brought under the control of foreign companies and these are likely to continue to play a role in satisfying UK domestic demand.

UK demand for paper and board packaging is forecast to increase between 2002 and 2006. Consumption is expected to rise only marginally in 2002, with growth picking up in 2003 and remaining modest thereafter.

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