is a Japanese

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company. The company's stock is listed on 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

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References

External links

Official website

Nippon Paper Industries Annual Report 2017
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