US pulp and paper chemical demand will reach 19.8 million tons in 2011 based on rising paper and board production, the use of recycled paper and demand for brighter paper and board. Higher-priced specialty additives will lead gains due to their ability to lower pollution and production costs and improve quality.

This study analyzes the $7.7 billion US pulp and paper chemical industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 1996, 2001 and 2006, and forecasts for 2011 and 2016 by product type (e.g., specialty additives, fillers and coating pigments, bleaching and deinking chemicals, pulping chemicals); and end user (e.g., paper mills, paperboard mills, pulp mills and deinking plants).

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 00 major players including Eka Chemicals (Akzo Nobel), BASF, Kemira, Dow Chemical, Hercules, Imerys, Minerals Technologies, ERCO Worldwide (Superior Plus Income Fund), DuPont and JM Huber.

					       		TABLE OF CONTENTS


SECTION                                                                      PAGE

               INTRODUCTION                                                     x

          I.   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY                                                1

         II.   MARKET ENVIRONMENT                                               4
               General                                                          4
               Macroeconomic Overview                                           5
               Population & Demographics                                       10
               Consumer Spending Overview                                      12
               Paper & Paperboard Industry Overview                            15
               Supply & Demand                                                 15
               Paper                                                           17
               Paperboard                                                      20
               Fiber Trends                                                    21
               Wood Pulp                                                       23
               Waste Paper & Board                                             25
               Cost Inputs                                                     26
               Historical Trends                                               27
               Pricing Trends                                                  30
               Environmental & Regulatory Factors                              32
               International Activity & Foreign Trade                          37

	 III.  MARKET OVERVIEW                                         	       39
               General                                                         39
               Pulping Technology                                              43
               Wood Pulp Production                                            44
               Chemical Pulping                                                44
               Mechanical Pulping                                              46
               Semichemical Pulping                                            47
               Waste Paper Pulping & Deinking                                  48
               Bleaching Technology                                            49
               Papermaking Technology                                          50


         IV.   SPECIALTY PULP & PAPER ADDITIVES                                52
               General                                                         52
               Sizing Agents                                                   55
               Surface Sizing Agents                                           57
               Starches                                                        58
               Other Surface Sizes                                             60
               Internal Sizing Agents                                          61
               Rosin                                                           63
               Alkenyl Succinic Anhydride                                      64
               Alkyl Ketene Dimer                                              64
               Coagulants & Flocculants                                        65
               Aluminum Sulfate                                                67
               Polyaluminum Chloride                                           69
               Other Coagulants & Flocculants                                  71
               Coating Polymers                                                73
               Styrene-Butadiene Latex                                         74
               Other Coating Polymers                                          75
               Dry Strength Additives                                          77
               Starches                                                        79
               Other Dry Strength Additives                                    81
               Wet Strength Resins                                             81
               Brighteners & Dyestuff                                          83
               Biocides & Other Deposit Control Agents                         85
               Retention & Drainage Aids                                       91
               Defoamers                                                       93
               Market Share                                                    96

           V.  FILLERS & COATING PIGMENTS                                     100
               General                                                        100
               Calcium Carbonate                                              104
               Precipitated Calcium Carbonate                                 106
               Ground Calcium Carbonate                                       108
               Clays                                                          109
               Titanium Dioxide                                               112
               Talc                                                           115
               Other Fillers & Coating Pigments                               118
               Market Share                                                   119

           VI. BLEACHING & DEINKING CHEMICALS                                 122
               General                                                        122
               Sodium Chlorate                                                126
               Oxygen & Ozone                                                 128
               Hydrogen Peroxide                                              131
               Sodium Silicates                                               133
               Surfactants                                                    135
               Other Bleaching & Deinking Chemicals                           137
               Market Share                                                   141

          VII. PULPING CHEMICALS                                              145
               General                                                        145
               Caustic Soda                                                   148
               Lime                                                           151
               Sulfuric Acid                                                  153
               Soda Ash                                                       155
               Sulfur Dioxide                                                 157
               Sodium Sulfites                                                159
               Sulfur                                                         161
               Sodium Sulfate                                                 163
               Other Pulping Chemicals                                        165
               Market Share                                                   167

         VIII. DEMAND BY END-USER                                             170
               General                                                        170
               Paper Mills                                                    172
               Printing & Writing Papers                                      174
               Tissue Paper                                                   175
               Newsprint                                                      177
               Packaging & Industrial Papers                                  179
               Paperboard Mills                                               181
               Pulp Mills & Deinking Plants                                   183

         IX.   INDUSTRY STRUCTURE                                             187
               General                                                        187
               Industry Concentration & Market Share                          191
               Industry Restructuring                                         195
               Cooperative Agreements                                         199
               Marketing & Distribution                                       202
               Research & Development                                         204
               Competitive Strategies                                         206
               Company Profiles                                               209
               Akzo Nobel NV                                                  210
               Alco Chemical, see Akzo Nobel
               Aqualon, see Hercules
               Archer-Daniels-Midland Company                                 215
               Arkema SA                                                      217
               Ashland Incorporated                                           218
               BASF AG                                                        221
               Buckman Laboratories Incorporated                              224
               Canexus Income Fund                                            225
               Cargill Incorporated                                           226
               Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holding Incorporated                  228
               Clariant International Limited                                 231
               Cytec Industries Incorporated                                  233
               Dow Chemical Company                                           234
               Drew Industrial, see Ashland
               DuPont (EI) de Nemours                                         238
               Eka Chemicals Incorporated, see Akzo Nobel
               Engelhard Corporation, see BASF
               ERCO Worldwide, see Superior Plus Income Fund
               Evonik Degussa GmbH, see RAG
               FMC Corporation                                                240
               General Chemical Industrial Products Incorporated              241
               General Electric Company                                       243
               GEO Specialty Chemicals Incorporated                           244
               Hercules Incorporated                                          245
               Huber (JM) Corporation                                         249
               Huntsman Corporation                                           251
               Imerys SA                                                      253
               Imperial Chemical Industries, see Akzo Nobel
               Kemira Oyj                                                     255
               Koch Industries Incorporated                                   258
               Kronos International Incorporated                              260
               Louisiana Pigment, see Huntsman and Kronos
               Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, see National Titanium Dioxide
               Minerals Technologies Incorporated                             261
               Nalco Holdings LLC                                             262
               National Starch and Chemical, see Akzo Nobel
               National Titanium Dioxide Company Limited                      264
               NatureWorks, see Cargill
               Novozymes A/S                                                  265
               Occidental Petroleum Corporation                               267
               Olin Corporation                                               268
               Omya AG                                                        270
               Oxy Chemical, see Occidental Petroleum
               Penford Corporation                                            272
               Pioneer Companies, see Olin
               PPG Industries Incorporated                                    273
               PQ Corporation                                                 275
               RAG AG                                                         276
               Rohm and Haas Company                                          279
               Solvay SA                                                      281
               Specialty Minerals, see Minerals Technologies
               Superior Plus Income Fund                                      283
               Tioxide Americas, see Huntsman
               Tronox Incorporated                                            285
               Additional Companies Mentioned in Study                        287

	       LIST OF TABLES
                                        
TABLE NUMBER                                                                 PAGE


               SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
               Summary Table                                                    3

               SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
           1   Macroeconomic Indicators                                        10
           2   Demographic Indicators                                          12
           3   Personal Income & Spending                                      15
           4   Paper & Paperboard Supply & Demand                              17
           5   Paper Supply & Demand                                           19
           6   Paperboard Supply & Demand                                      21
           7   Fiber Consumption                                               23
           8   Wood Pulp Supply & Demand                                       25
           9   Waste Paper & Board Consumption                                 26
          10   Pulp & Paper Chemical Market, 1996-2006                         29
          11   Pulp & Paper Chemical Pricing                                   32

               SECTION III -- MARKET OVERVIEW
           1   Pulp & Paper Chemical Demand                                    41

               SECTION IV -- SPECIALTY PULP & PAPER ADDITIVES
           1   Specialty Additives Demand in Pulp & Paper Production           54
           2   Sizing Agents Demand in Pulp & Paper Production                 56
           3   Surface Sizing Agents Demand in Pulp & Paper Production         58
           4   Internal Sizing Agents Demand in Pulp & Paper Production        62
           5   Coagulants & Flocculants Demand in Pulp & Paper Production      67
           6   Aluminum Sulfate Demand in Pulp & Paper Production              69
           7   Polyaluminum Chloride Demand in Pulp & Paper Production         71
           8   Other Coagulants & Flocculants Demand in
                   Pulp & Paper Production                                     72
           9   Coating Polymers Demand in Pulp & Paper Production              74
          10   Dry Strength Additives Demand in Pulp & Paper Production        79
          11   Wet Strength Resins Demand in Pulp & Paper Production           82
          12   Brighteners & Dyestuff Demand in Pulp & Paper Production        85
          13   Biocides & Other Deposit Control Agents Demand in
                   Pulp & Paper Production                                     90
          14   Retention & Drainage Aids Demand in Pulp & Paper Production     93
          15   Defoamers Demand in Pulp & Paper Production                     95
          16   Specialty Pulp & Paper Additives Sales by Company, 2006         97


               SECTION V -- FILLERS & COATING PIGMENTS
           1   Fillers & Coating Pigments Demand in Pulp & Paper Production   102
           2   Calcium Carbonate Demand in Pulp & Paper Production            105
           3   Clay Demand in Pulp & Paper Production                         112
           4   Titanium Dioxide Demand in Pulp & Paper Production             115
           5   Talc Demand in Pulp & Paper Production                         117
           6   Other Fillers & Coating Pigments Demand in
                   Pulp & Paper Production                                    119
           7   Fillers & Coating Pigments Sales by Company, 2006              120

               SECTION VI -- BLEACHING & DEINKING CHEMICALS
           1   Bleaching & Deinking Chemical Demand in
                   Pulp & Paper Production                                    125
           2   Sodium Chlorate Demand in Pulp Bleaching                       128
           3   Oxygen & Ozone Demand in Pulp Bleaching                        131
           4   Hydrogen Peroxide Demand in Pulp Bleaching                     133
           5   Sodium Silicates Demand in Deinking                            135
           6   Surfactants Demand in Deinking                                 137
           7   Other Bleaching & Deinking Chemical Demand                     141
           8   Bleaching & Deinking Chemicals Sales by Company, 2006          143

               SECTION VII -- PULPING CHEMICALS
           1   Pulping Chemical Demand                                        147
           2   Caustic Soda Demand in Pulping                                 151
           3   Lime Demand in Pulping                                         153
           4   Sulfuric Acid Demand in Pulping                                155
           5   Soda Ash Demand in Pulping                                     157
           6   Sulfur Dioxide Demand in Pulping                               159
           7   Sodium Sulfites Demand in Pulping                              161
           8   Sulfur Demand in Pulping                                       163
           9   Sodium Sulfate Demand in Pulping                               165
          10   Other Pulping Chemical Demand                                  167
          11   Pulping Chemicals Sales by Company, 2006                       168


               SECTION VIII -- DEMAND BY END-USER
           1   Pulp & Paper Chemical Demand by End-User                       171
           2   Paper Mills Chemical Demand                                    173
           3   Printing & Writing Papers Chemical Demand                      175
           4   Tissue Paper Chemical Demand                                   177
           5   Newsprint Chemical Demand                                      179
           6   Packaging & Industrial Papers Chemical Demand                  181
           7   Paperboard Mills Chemical Demand                               183
           8   Pulp Mills & Deinking Plants Chemical Demand                   186

               SECTION IX -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
           1   Pulp & Paper Chemicals Sales by Company, 2006                  188
           2   Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures                           197
           3   Selected Cooperative Agreements                                201

	       LIST OF CHARTS
                                        
CHART NUMBER                                                                   PAGE

               SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
           1   Pulp & Paper Chemical Market, 1996-2006                           29

               SECTION III -- MARKET OVERVIEW
           1   Pulp & Paper Chemical Demand: Volume vs. Value, 2006              42
           2   Pulp & Paper Production Flowchart                      		 51

               SECTION IV -- SPECIALTY PULP & PAPER ADDITIVES
           1   Specialty Additives Demand in Pulp & Paper Production, 2006       55
           2   Specialty Pulp & Paper Additives Sales by Company, 2006           99

               SECTION V -- FILLERS & COATING PIGMENTS
           1   Fillers & Coating Pigments Demand in
                   Pulp & Paper Production: Volume vs. Value, 2006   	         103
           2   Fillers & Coating Pigments Sales by Company, 2006                 121

               SECTION VI -- BLEACHING & DEINKING CHEMICALS
           1   Bleaching & Deinking Chemical Demand in
                   Pulp & Paper Production, 2006                                 126
           2   Bleaching & Deinking Chemicals Sales by Company, 2006             144

               SECTION VII -- PULPING CHEMICALS
           1   Pulping Chemical Demand in Pulp & Paper Production, 2006          148
           2   Pulping Chemicals Sales by Company, 2006                          169

               SECTION VIII -- DEMAND BY END-USER
           1   Pulp & Paper Chemical Demand by End-User, 2006                    171

               SECTION IX -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
           1   Pulp & Paper Chemicals Market Share, 2006                         194