AWA releases 2025 Specialty Papers Market Report

Market intelligence company AWA Alexander Watson Associates has released the 2025 edition of its Specialty Papers and Paperboards Market Report.

The 11th edition of the report has delivered updated analysis of the global specialty papers and paperboards market, highlighting the diversity of grades and applications and structural shifts occurring across the value chain.

According to the report, the specialty paper industry has faced challenges in recent years from elevated raw material and energy costs, global supply chain disruptions and short-term demand surges. A period of slower growth emerged in late 2023 and into 2024, driven by economic uncertainty, inflationary pressure and inventory adjustments downstream.

'This year's edition of the report explores how these dynamics have reshaped the market and where new opportunities are now emerging,' said the company in a statement.

The report includes market sizing and trends by segment and grade, regional developments in production and consumption, profiles of key producers and production sites worldwide, forecasts through 2027 for global specialty paper markets and analysis of structural changes.

Additional features examine the range of grades and applications, navigation of challenges and unlocking of new opportunities, plus insights into the rapidly evolving market landscape