is a Japanese paper manufacturing company. The company's stock is listed on the

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and

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and on the

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. The stock is also constituent of the

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. As of April 2013 the company has 33

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and 11 associate companies. It is listed as one of the world's top 10

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companies year-over-year and in 2012 it was sixth in the aforementioned list.

History

* 1949 - Jujo Paper Co., Ltd. is founded * 1968 - Jujo Paper merges with Tohoku Pulp Co., Ltd. * 1972 - Sanyo Pulp (established in 1946) merged with Kokusaku Pulp (established in 1938) into Sanyo-Kokusaku Pulp Co., Ltd. * 1993 - Upon merger of Jujo Paper Co., Ltd. and Sanyo-Kokusaku Pulp Co., Ltd., the company is renamed to Nippon Paper Industries * 2001 - Nippon Unipac Holding is formed by the merger of Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. and Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (established in 1938) * 2003 - Both companies' paperboard divisions are merged to form Nippon Daishowa Paperboard * 2004 - Nippon Unipac Holding is renamed to Nippon Paper Group, Inc. * 2009 - Acquired

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for $700 million. * 2013 - Nippon Paper Group, Inc. merged with Nippon Paper Industries and started operation as Nippon Paper Industries. * 2016 - Nippon Paper has agreed to buy the world's third largest liquids packaging board business from U.S. timber company

Weyerhaeuser Weyerhaeuser () is an American timberland company which owns nearly of timberlands in the U.S., and manages an additional of timberlands under long-term licenses in Canada. The company also manufactures wood products. It operates as a real e ...

References

External links

Official website

Nippon Paper Industries Annual Report 2017
Pulp and paper companies of Japan Manufacturing companies established in 1949 Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Companies listed on the Osaka Exchange Companies listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange Japanese brands Mitsui 1949 establishments in Japan {{Japan-company-stub