According to the report “The Market Outlook of Pulping and Papermaking Enzyme Industry 2017-2024”, the global production value of enzyme for pulping and papermaking industry will achieve 22.5 million dollars and the output will be over 9500 ton by 2024. Pulping and papermaking enzyme applies to deinking and fibrosis in the process of pulping and papermaking. Besides, with increasing the awareness of environmental protection, pulping and papermaking enzyme is widely used in reducing energy consumption and mitigating negative effects of Papermaking industry.
The report shows that as the fields of fast-moving consumer goods, healthcare products, medicine, and food package have higher demand for sustainable and recycling package, the application of paper package is broader so that it promotes the development of pulping and papermaking and the light, durable, convenient and tamper-proofing packages become more and more popular. According to prediction, the global market value of packaging industry will be over 10 million dollars by 2021 and the annual rate of growth will be 3.5%. In 2016, the paper package industry took up 36% of the global packaging industry. Thanks to the prosperity of e-commerce, the market of packaging is growing very fast. Amazon’s annual sales reached 136 billion dollars, among which the demand for packaging plate was great. The paper package industry flourishes because the paper package has the characteristic of recycling, durability, and multi-functions.
Pulping and papermaking enzyme can optimize the process of deinking and pulp bleaching. Under the functioning of the enzyme, energy consumption can be reduced and working efficiency can be improved. Papermaking enterprises now pay more attention to profit maximization rather than cost reduction. They use Hemicellulase, cellulase, and lipase and other pulping and papermaking enzyme to optimize the process of papermaking to achieve balanced development.
The use of plastic package does great harm to the environment, providing the chance for the rising of paper package industry. In 2016, the global consumption of plastic bags was over 1 trillion and the waste plastic bags entered water area, threatening the lives of marine organism. Nowadays, governments in Europe and U.S have supported recyclable package and introduced strict policies of environmental protection, which promoted the development of paper package industry.
In addition, the demand for pulping and papermaking enzyme from the printing industry cannot be underestimated. The increasing need for advertising printing, package surface printing, and books printing require s certain characteristics of paper, thus impelling the progress of the papermaking industry. However, the industry of pulping and papermaking enzyme is facing some challenge. Compared with traditional chemicals, the price and cost of the enzyme are relatively high. Besides, the spreading of electronic products reduces the demand for paper. What’s more, the strict papermaking regulations in European countries lead to closing down of many papermaker factories, making papermaking industry unstable.
Market Prospect of Pulping and Papermaking Enzyme Industry
Amylase
In 2016, the production value of amylase industry reached 45 million. Amylase mainly applies to deinking, coating, cleaning, and sewage disposal during the process of making cardboard paper. At the same time, that the printing business requires paper to be more smooth also increase the market demand for amylase.
Cellulase
In 2024, the output of the cellulose industry will be more than 3.5 thousand ton. Cellulase is widely used in optimizing fiber, enhancing the performance of papermaking machine, reducing operating risk. With the popularity of cellulase, the using of strong base chemical is on the decline.
Lipase
The market of lipase will increase by 6% by 2024. The lipase is widely used in the degreasing step during the process of sulfite pulping. By removing resin from the pulp, lipase can reduce the effect of resin deposition on the quality of the paper.
Xylanase
In 2024, the production value of xylanase industry will be over 35 million dollars. The production of sulfate pulp has special requirement for whiteness. And the sulfate pulp reduces the using of chemicals, providing the chance for the development of xylanase industry.
Market Prospect of Pulping and Papermaking Enzyme Industry in Key Areas
Asian-Pacific Region
In 2016, the market value of pulping and papermaking enzyme has exceeded 50 million dollars. The prosperity of market economy in China, Japan, India, Korea helps to lay foundation for the development of pulping and papermaking enzyme industry. It is estimated that by 2020, the paper consumption in India will reach 20 million ton. Compared with the 13 million ton paper consumption in 2014, it will have significant growth. Besides, the increasing need of environmental protective promote the development of enzyme industry. By using enzyme, the chemical oxygen demand can be reduced and environmental pollution will be alleviated.
North America
By 2024, the pulping and papermaking enzyme industry will increase by 5.5%. The industrialization and packaging industry boost development of enzyme industry. At the same time, innovation of products and research demand broaden the application of enzyme, and the strong economic foundation in North America and the sound finished product transportation system provide the opportunity for the development of enzyme industry.
Europe
In 2016, the market shares of the pulping and papermaking enzyme industry in Europe exceeded 18%. The innovation of technology is optimizing wood fiber, promoting the production of the card paper of good quality. Meanwhile, using enzyme provides new chance for economic development
Market Share
The global market of the pulping and papermaking enzyme industry is mainly dominated by big companies. Among these companies, Novozymes, Dupont, AB enzyme occupy 60% of the market, Buckman and Enzyme Deinking Technologies occupy 20%. Besides, Biotech, Anthem Cellution, Rossari Biotech, Metgen, Nature Bioscience, Krishna Speciality Chemicals, KPS bios, Enzyme Solutions and Iogen also have a place in the market.
To increase the market share, merging and reorganization, expanding, and the joint venture is common ways for companies. For example, Novozymes purchases industrial enzymes business of Iogen by 53.8 million dollars, so that its sale and market share increase greatly.
Pulping and papermaking enzyme is mainly used in bleaching, deinking, microorganism controlling, and peroxide decomposition. With the appearance of new enzyme, the profit of enzyme industry keeps rising, which also does good to the improvement of production, product quality, and environmental protective.
However, the research and exploitation of pulping and papermaking enzyme are remained to be developed. For example, Estonia has the rich resource of enzyme, for its forest coverage rate is 53.9%, yet it does not have enough scientific research power. The future technology development provides opportunities for the research and popularity of enzyme. In the past, enzyme is often extracted from animal tissue. Nowadays, with the development of technology, the enzyme is more and more extracted from the transgenic plants and microorganism. As the gene and protein engineering keep making progress, the cost of enzyme is decreased dramatically. In the future, this industry will lay more emphasize on enzyme with special purposes extracted from microorganism.
