Nippon Paper Group

Nippon Paper Group, Inc., formerly known as Nippon Unipac Holding, is a Japanese company. It is listed on the Nikkei 225.^[1] Its subsidiaries include Nippon Daishowa Paperboard Co,. Ltd. and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.: the company has 146 subsidiaries and 51 associate companies.

It is listed under the world's top 10 pulp and paper industry companies year-over-year.

History

1949 - Jujo Paper Co., Ltd. is founded
1968 - Jujo Paper merges with Tohoku Pulp Co., Ltd.
April 1, 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.^[2]
2003 - Both companies' paperboard divisions are merged to form Nippon Daishowa Paperboard
2004 - Nippon Unipac Holding is renamed to Nippon Paper Group, Inc.

References

^ "Nikkei Constituents". NIKKEI. http://e.nikkei.com/e/app/fr/market/constituents.aspx?INDEX=NAVG. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
^ The establishment of Nippon Unipac Holding Group

External links

Official website

Nikkei 225 companies of Japan