Within a highly competitive market, pulp and paper companies need to adapt to changing demand and market trends, particularly for recycled paper, as well as to increasingly stringent environmental standards, while maintaining operational performance and profit margins. Being one of the leading suppliers of recycled paper in Europe, SUEZ has a deep understanding of all aspects of the industry, providing solutions to bolster and improve all upstream and downstream production processes ensuring activities are profitable and compliant.
Your challenges

Supporting profitable growth in line with environmental standards

The pulp and paper industry is currently in the throes of change and must adapt to new market demands.
While packaging products for e-commerce and tissue paper production are on the up, demand for graphic paper and paper for the printing industry (newspapers, magazines etc.) has fallen sharply due to the boom in news websites and online advertising.


In a market suffering from increasing secondary raw material  scarcity, securing recycled fiber supply has become a key challenge, especially regarding packaging and cardboard facing increasing demand. 

 
The pulp and paper processes are water and energy intensive. In a climate of increasingly stringent environmental standards imposed by society and the authorities, the industry’s profitability depends on resources consumptions control.
 
This situation raises certain challenges for pulp and paper sector stakeholders.
50
%
of paper produced is made from recycled paper
2
%
year-on-year demand growth in developing countries by 2025
40 to 60
%
of total production costs are for the supply of recycled fibre

3 questions to Olivier Thomas, SUEZ Pulp and paper global market Director

Discover how SUEZ is supporting pulp & paper companies operate safely and sustainably in a constantly changing resource-intensive industry

Pulp & Paper industry - Ensuring sustainability and competitiveness - SUEZ

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Our solutions

Our ambition: achieve 100% fiber optimization and environmental excellence with water neutral sites, zero waste and sustainable energy efficiency. 

SUEZ's offering is designed to increase savings by securing fiber supply, maximizing fiber recovery and reducing water, waste and energy costs. Our solutions help improve resource optimization by minimizing water and energy consumption, reducing waste production, increasing waste recycling and reducing fossil fuel consumption. By applying these solutions, pulp and paper companies can improve profitability, limit environmental impact, and boost brand equity, while assuring production continuity and safety.
Effective fiber

Effective fiber management all along your production cycle

We supply quality secondary raw materials and provide solutions to improve recovery on loops inside your process, as well as from fibers on effluent plants and wires and strands.
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pulp and paper

Save water and reduce your environmental footprint

With tailor made solutions, we help the pulp and paper control waterborne contaminants in its production processes and reduce water consumption aiming at water neutral sites.
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Paper recycled

Waste management solutions aiming at zero waste sites

We provide sorting and logistics solutions for all waste streams, on-site services and recycled matter so you can aim at zero waste sited.
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Recycled wood

Towards sustainable energy efficiency through innovative energy strategies 

With our expertise pulp and paper companies can optimize their carbon footprint reducing energy consumption on effluent treatment plants, incorporating alternative energy solutions, and producing energy from waste
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Wood

Towards environmental excellence for your site

With our solutions, we help your business understand your site as an ecosystem and anticipate the future of your site through resource management.

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