In this article we are going to list the 5 biggest paper companies in the world. For a detailed coverage of this topic and a more comprehensive list please take a look at the 15 biggest paper companies in the world.
5. Stora Enso
Total current market cap of the company (in billions of dollars): 9.3
Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 10.7
Total assets of the company in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 15.9
Total profits of the company in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 888.8
Total employees of the company in 2019: 25,141
The Finnish company was founded 23 years ago in 1998 and is one of the biggest paper companies in Europe, with operations in US, Asia and South America.
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4. UPM-Kymmene Oyj
Total current market cap of the company (in billions of dollars): 14.8
Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 10.9
Total assets of the company in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 16.4
Total profits of the company in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 1,100
Total employees of the company in 2019: 18,742
We’ve surprisingly got a couple of Finnish companies in our list as well, with UPM taking the fourth spot. The company was founded 25 years ago in Helsinki and has production plants in at least a dozen countries.
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3. WestRock (NYSE:WRK)
Total current market cap of the company (in billions of dollars): 11.9
Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 18.4
Total assets of the company in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 30.9
Total profits of the company in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 862.2
Total employees of the company in 2019: 51,100
WestRock provides corrugated packaging services and cements its place as one of the biggest paper companies in the world with more than $18.4 billion in sales in 2019. It is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and also maintains offices in Richmond, Virginia and Norcross, Georgia. It is one of the most recent companies in our list having been founded in 2015.
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2. Kimberly Clark (NYSE:KMB)
Total current market cap of the company (in billions of dollars): 44.8
Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 18.8
Total assets of the company in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 15.7
Total profits of the company in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 2,400
Total employees of the company in 2019: 40,000
Kimberly-Clark produces mainly paper based consumable and was founded 149 years ago in 1872, and is headquartered in Irving, Texas. For decades, the company operated several of its own paper mills across the world but later started closing them down, with the last one being closed back in 2012.
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1. International Paper (NYSE:IP)
Total current market cap of the company (in billions of dollars): 20.2
Total revenue of the company in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 22.1
Total assets of the company in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 33.2
Total profits of the company in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 660
Total employees of the company in 2019: 51,000
Easily the topping the list of the 15 biggest paper companies in the world, is the American company International Paper. The company was established in 123 years ago in 1893 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee even though it was founded initially in New York.
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