The paper media industry is gradually declining, and the development of the mechanical pulp industry is sluggish.

Pulp refers to a fibrous material made from plant fiber as raw material through different processing methods. Paper pulp can be divided into mechanical pulp, chemical pulp and chemical mechanical pulp according to the production process. Mechanical pulp, also known as groundwood pulp, refers to wood pulp produced by mechanically processing fiber raw materials to dissociate the fibers. No chemicals are required during the production process. Mechanical pulp is mainly used to make short-term, time-sensitive printed matter such as newsprint. It can also be used to make common paper products such as printing paper and packaging paper.

Mechanical pulp is a subdivided product of paper pulp. Compared with chemical pulp, it has the advantages of less pollution, high yield, simple process, and low cost. However, it has poor stability after it is made into paper and its storage time is not long, so it is often used for aging. Stronger newsprint. In recent years, with the development of smartphones, the Internet, new media and other industries, traditional media industries such as newspapers have gradually declined, and the demand for mechanical pulp products in the newsprint field has dropped significantly. However, based on the rigid demand for newsprint and the development of printing paper, packaging paper and other industries, the market demand for mechanical pulp still maintains a growth trend, but the growth rate is relatively slow.

According to the “2023-2028 China Mechanical Pulp Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center, the recent In recent years, with the rapid development of the Internet and the rise of digital media, traditional paper media are facing huge challenges. Since 2023, paper media such as “Mudanjiang Morning News”, “Fairy Tale King”, and “Wenzhou Business News” have closed down across the country. The development of the paper media industry is very sluggish. In 2022, the market size of China’s mechanical pulp industry will be 3.542 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of only 0.3%.

Since mechanical pulp belongs to the papermaking industry and is mainly used downstream to make newsprint, the representative companies in the industry mainly include Shandong Chenming Paper Group Co., Ltd., Yueyang Forestry Paper Co., Ltd., Shandong Huatai Paper Co., Ltd., Guangxi Jingui Pulp and Paper Co., Ltd., Shandong Century Sunshine Paper Group Co., Ltd. and other traditional paper giants. However, overall, due to the small size of the overall market for mechanical pulp, the products of the above-mentioned companies are mainly chemical mechanical pulp and do not regard mechanical pulp as their main business.

Industry analysts said that mechanical pulp is mainly used to produce short-term, time-sensitive printed matter such as newsprint. Downstream users use newspapers from various provinces. Mainly industrial groups, downstream users are relatively fixed, and its application fields are limited. Coupled with the development of smart phones, the Internet, new media and other industries in recent years, the development of the mechanical pulp industry has entered a downturn. Major papermaking new/renovation projects are mainly based on chemical mechanical pulp, and there is insufficient motivation to expand mechanical pulp. Moreover, chemical mechanical pulping has the advantages of wide raw material adaptability, high pulp yield, compact process, and low equipment investment. It has developed rapidly in the domestic papermaking industry. Chemical mechanical pulping has become an important step in the development of domestic pulping technology. One of the directions. Therefore, it is expected that domestic mechanical pulp will still perform sluggishly in the next few years and the industry prospects will be average.