Case Study on 'Gunns and the Australian Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Industry'

Case Study on 'Gunns and the Australian Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Industry'

Gunns Limited is the most leading corporation of the pulp and paper manufacturing industry of Australia. This company is situated in Tasmania. Gunns Limited is the leading wood chipping company in Australia, but it is also included in the largest timber production and processing companies of the world. Gunns Limited is one of the oldest companies in Australia. Gunns Limited owns more than 900 sq km cultivated area, mostly of the trees of eucalyptus. The forest of Gunns Limited is growing at a rate of 460 trees for every person in Tasmania. This plantation first began in 1900, with a growth cycle of approximately 25 years and a systematic reuse of land producing optimal productivity. Gunns Limited owns the largest area of land in the private sector of Tasmania. Gunns Limited has a workforce of more than 2200 employees. Gunns Limited is the world's largest exporter of hardwood chips. The company underwent a thespian decrease in turnover in present times.

The Gunns Limited announced that it intends to operate a mill in the Tamar Valley, Tasmania. From the first day of activities, the company will use wood exclusively from eucalyptus grown at its plantation area. Gunns is planting for the industry after clear cutting the native forests, around the trees that were planted will sprout, in order to remove the wildlife eating seedling plantations, carrots soaked in poison relegated to the death firewood, wildlife. The company will ensure that this project is fully compatible with other modern facilities for the production of kraft paper bleached in the South America, using 100 percent timber plantation. Approximately 10 percent of the harvested timber is for lumber and veneer, the remaining 90% is ground, become wood chips as raw material paper. There is a domestic hand, on the other hand shall also be included externally given reasons. Last year Gunns revealed it is in talks with a potential Swedish partner, which however, will invest in the project only if the mill will use 100 percent timber grown, and if it meets the other environmental criteria. The company has not yet announced how to finance the project from 2.5 billion, or a possible date of commencement of work. The expansion of the 200,000 hectare plantation area of Gunns Limited form the twenty five years symbolizes a key accomplishment in the interest of the company.

Despite the fact that a majority of Australians want protection of the natural heritage of Tasmania, the company operates ancestral forests for timber. In order to silence the critics, Gunns filed a complaint against 20 activists who opposed the destruction of these forests. Gunns Limited was asked to stop the deforestation of primary forests of Tasmania and withdraw its complaints against activists. The trial against Gunns Limited is still ongoing. For millions of people in Australia, the industry of pulp and paper is a growing ...