Tag Archives: Japanese paper company

Nippon Paper Crecia continues its collaboration with Körber Business Area Tissue

 Nippon Paper Crecia Co., Ltd. – leading manufacturer of tissue paper products for the Asia-Pacific area, part of the Nippon Paper Group – continues in its collaboration with Körber Business Area Tissue as a reliable partner to further strengthen its competitive position in the Family Care sector in Japan. Nippon Paper Crecia, active in family, […]

Daio Paper to reconstruct damaged boiler

Japanese Daio Paper Corp. will spend approximately 19 billion yen to reconstruct the boiler at its subsidiary, Iwaki Daio Paper Corp., based in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, according to a press release from the company. The accident occurred on September 6, 2022. Daio’s Board of Directors, at its meeting held recently, voted to approve a […]

Nippon Paper starts cooperative marine transport with Daio Paper

Nippon Paper Industries started cooperative marine transport between the capital region and the Kansai area, Japan, in cooperation with Daio Paper Corporation. Nippon Paper Industries has provided long distance truck transport to supply the business communication paper produced at the Nakoso Mill to the Kansai region. Daio Paper uses the RORO ships of Daio Kaiun […]

Voith Opens New OnPerformance.Lab in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Voith announced the opening of a new OnPerformance.Lab (OPL) site in Sao Paulo, Brazil. According to Voith, the new OPL site is specifically designed to support paper manufacturers in automation, digitalization and achieving their sustainability goals. “With the new location in São Paulo, we want to offer our customers even greater proximity and support,” said […]

Rengo to achieve zero use of coal at manufacturing sites by 2027

The Rengo Group will achieve zero use of coal at manufacturing sites in Japan by 2027. Currently, the Paperboard Production Group’s Kanazu Mill and Marusan Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd. use a total of approximately 125,000 tons of coal each year. Kanazu Mill will convert to the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for fuel in […]

Three companies collaborate on bioethanol commercial plant in Japan

Nippon Paper Industries, Sumitomo Corporation and Green Earth Institute (“GEI”) agreed to begin trilateral consideration of the first commercial production of cellulosic bioethanol from woody biomass in Japan and its development into bio-chemical products. Bioethanol is currently attracting attention in countries worldwide striving for carbon-neutral societies as a renewable energy source and as feedstock for […]

Nippon Paper Announces Price Increase for Its Liquid Packaging Carton in Japan

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. has announced a price increase for its Liquid Packaging Carton in Japan. Prices will increase 18% or more for shipments on and after the 1st of April, 2023. In a press release, Nippon Paper said, “The increase is necessitated by the rapid decline in the exchange rate in addition to […]

Rengo begins construction of Ehime Toon plant to relocate Matsuyama plant

Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that it has begun construction of its Ehime Toon Plant in Japan. Rengo’s Matsuyama Plant has operated as a corrugated board and boxes manufacturing base in Shikoku since 1960. However, a portion of its land has been expropriated to cooperate with the Matsuyama Outer Ring Road airport line improvement project. As […]

Nippon Paper to Increase Prices in 2023 for P&W and Business Communication Papers

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. has announced a 15-25% price increase for both its printing & writing paper and business communication paper in Japan. The revised price is effective for shipments on and after the 1st of February 2023. “Despite our productivity and cost-cutting initiatives, we are not able to continue to absorb this combination […]

Rengo completes construction on biomass incineration plant at Amagasaki mill in Japan

Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that it completed renovation work on the biomass incineration plant at Amagasaki mill in Japan. Amagasaki mill produces paperboard such as containerboard. Rengo has been working to reduce city gas consumption by utilizing sludge discharged in the papermaking process as biomass fuel. By increasing the efficiency of the incineration plant, Rengo expects […]