The organizational capabilities of the leading firms shape to a great degree the structural evolution of the pulp and paper industry. The phenomenal expansion and structural change of the North American pulp and paper industry between 1950 and 1980 exhibited many of the dynamic forces in play today, as well as resulting in an industrial organization for which the next challenge was globalizatio...

K raft pulp is manufactured in the United States from nearly all commercially availble wood species. About 55 million tons per year are manufactured, 30 million of which are bleached and used mostly for printing and office papers and tissue products. Some kraft pulp is exported, and significant quantities are imported, mostly from Canada and South America. Pulps manufact'xed by sulfite, ...

raft pulp i s manufactured in the United States from nearly all commercially availK ble wood species. About 55 million tons per year are manufactured, 30 million of which are bleached and used mostly for printing and office papers and tissue products. Some kraft pulp is exported, and significant quantities are imported, mostly from Canada and South America. Pulps manufactldred by sulfite, mecha...