Volume 3, Number 1
Mar 1990

Alkaline Penetration Forecast

Tony Henle (Paper Chemicals Group, Hercules, Inc.) contributed the bar graph below, which shows North American production of coated and uncoated freesheet for the years 1988-1992, and indicates what proportion of that total is (or is predicted to be) alkaline. Unsized freesheet, which is used in some coated papers, is not included, but would probably give an even more optimistic picture if included.

The figures are annualized on the basis of estimated production during the last two weeks of each year, so they give a snapshot of the situation at year-end, rather than actual production for the year.