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Who we are
INTRODUCING THE PPPC
The Pulp and Paper Products Council is an alliance of product associations serving an international membership in the pulp and paper industry.
PPPC membership today accounts for close to 70% of global market pulp capacity and more than 50% of world communication papers capacity (newsprint as well as printing & writing papers)
In North America, the PPPC serves its members through five product associations:
The Newsprint Producers Association which represents makers of newsprint.Internationally, the PPPC serves the pulp and paper industries through two associations:
The Market Pulp Association which represents market pulp producers.
The Printing and Writing Papers Association which represents manufacturers of printing and writing papers.
The Packaging Mills Association representing paper packaging producers.
The Paper Recycling Association of Canada representing companies which recycle recovered paper and paper board to make new paper and board products.
The World Market Pulp Forum which regroups North American market pulp producers, along with manufacturers in Latin America, Asia and Europe.
CEPIPRINT, the European association representing producers of mechanical printing papers, which is an affiliated product group of PPPC.
OUR MEMBER SERVICES
PPPC is a world leader in providing up-to-date, comprehensive market data and market intelligence on global pulp and paper markets. The services which PPPC provides to its members are particularly timely and cost-effective in today's highly competitive pulp and paper industry.
PPPC services can:
The Council also assists the financial community in understanding developments in the industry by providing select data on market conditions.
- Assist members in accurately assessing global market conditions through data, analysis and market research, and through online access to the most comprehensive global data base in the industry;
- Provide the analytical support and expertise members need to leverage their market research work;
- Help members improve their operational performance through valuable benchmarking data and studies; and,
- Provide a forum to develop industry positions and identify emerging market issues of common interest.
As a service to its North American members, the PPPC also provides other forest products associations with the data and analysis they require to carry out their work in public policy and communications.
OUR STAFF
PPPC comprises an experienced and knowledgeable staff of 20 professionals who specialize exclusively in pulp and paper market intelligence, statistics and analysis. PPPC staff includes individuals with extensive pulp and paper expertise, as well as analysts, economists, and a team of programmers and data processing specialists. The President and Chief Executive Officer of the PPPC is Kevin McElhatton, who has more than 15 years of experience in analysing the economics of the pulp and paper industry.
OUR STRUCTURE
Upon joining the PPPC as a full member, a company elects to participate in one or more of its product associations.
Each product group within the PPPC (Newsprint, Printing & Writing Papers, Market Pulp, Packaging, and Recycling) operates autonomously, each with its own chairman and vice-chairman.
PPPC itself is governed by a Board of Directors, comprising the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of each of the product groups. Its role is to ensure proper governance and regulatory compliance.
The PPPC makes every effort to ensure that its activities, including those of its product groups, do not contravene the provisions of competition or anti-trust laws of countries with which its members trade, in particular those of the United States, Canada, and the European Union.
WHERE WE'RE LOCATED AND HOW TO REACH US
The Pulp and Paper Products Council (PPPC) is based in Montreal, Canada, with offices in Brussels, Belgium.
Head office
1200 McGill College Avenue
Suite 1000
Montreal, Quebec
H3B 4G7
CANADA
T: 514.861.8828
F: 514.866.4863
E: general@pppc.org
Brussels, Belgium
Rue des Colonies, 11
Suite 111
B-1000, Brussels
BELGIUM
T: +32 (0)2.517.6082