Industrial Solutions

Release Liners

Products

• Supercalendered and clay-coated carriers for labels and other pressure-sensitive adhesive materials and components

Demand drivers

• Economic growth, growing middle class
• E-commerce drives logistics and need for labels in tracking and identification
• In industrial segments growth is driven by tapes, medical and composites

Market growth

• About 4%

Main competitors

• UPM, Delfort, Verso

Insulation

Products

• Creped or smooth papers for transformers and high-voltage cables, interleaving papers for steel, aluminum and glass, edge-banding and other balancing foils, specialty soft-wood pulp

Demand drivers

• Extension and upgrade of power distribution networks
• Demand for furniture, steel, sanitary and hygiene products
• Demography and urbanization

Market growth

• About 2-3%

Main competitors

• Wiedmann, Nordic Paper, Kämmerer, Fa Schubert, Walki, JSC Pitkyaranta, Rottneros

Coated Specialties

Products

• Manufactures coated label papers, flexible packaging papers for fast-moving consumables and processed foods, as well as office, printing and writing papers

Demand drivers

• Increasing need of packaging, tracking and identification in supply chains
• Packaging functionality
• Private consumption, sustainable alternatives replacing plastics
• Demographic and purchasing power development in Brazil and
  South America

Market growth

• About 2-4%

Main competitors

• Oji Paper, Papeles Bio Bio, Fanapel, UPM