Group profile
Sappi is a global company focused on providing dissolving wood pulp, paper pulp and paper based solutions to our direct and indirect customer base across more than 100 countries.
Our dissolving wood pulp products are used worldwide by converters to create viscose staple fibre for clothing and textiles, acetate tow, pharmaceutical products as well as a wide range of consumer products. Our market-leading range of paper products includes: coated fine papers used by printers, publishers and corporate end-users in the production of books, brochures, magazines, catalogues, direct mail and many other print applications; casting release papers used by suppliers to the fashion, textiles, automobile and household industries; and newsprint, uncoated graphic and business papers and premium quality packaging papers and tissue products in the Southern Africa region.
The pulp needed for our paper products is either produced within Sappi or bought from accredited suppliers. Across the group, Sappi is close to ‘pulp neutral’, meaning that we sell almost as much pulp as we buy.
Sappi by numbers
- 14,000 employees in over 20 countries
- Manufacturing operations on three continents
- Paper production capacity of 6 million tons a year
- Paper pulp production of 3 million tons a year
- World's largest manufacturer of dissolving wood pulp with production capacity of 800,000 tons a year increasing to 1.3 million tons in 2013
- Sales in over 100 countries
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53% of group sales
8 Mills
16 Sales offices |
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23% of group sales
3 Mills
4 Sales offices |
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24% of group sales
Sappi Paper and Paper Packaging
5 Mills
4 Sales offices
Sappi Specialised Cellulose
1 Mill
Sappi Forests
554,000ha
1 Sawmill
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Sappi Trading operates a network for the sale and distribution of our products outside our core operating regions of North America, Europe and Southern Africa.
Sappi Trading also coordinates our shipping and logistical functions for exports from these regions. |
Sales offices
Bogotá
Hong Kong
Johannesburg
Mexico City
Nairobi
São Paulo
Shanghai
Singapore
Sydney
Taipei
Vienna
Logistics offices
Durban
New York |
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