Nippon Paper Group
Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd.
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legal form | Kabushiki kaisha |
ISIN | JP3754300006 |
founding | March 30, 2001 |
Seat | Chiyoda , Japan |
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Number of employees | 12,881 |
sales | JPY 1,046 billion ( EUR 8.35 billion ) |
Branch | Paper and cardboard |
Website | www.nipponpapergroup.com |
As of March 31, 2018 |
The Nippon Paper Group, Inc. ( Japanese 株式会社 日本 製 紙 グ ル ー プ 本社 , Kabushiki kaisha Nippon Seishi Gurūpu Honsha ) is a Japanese group of companies in the paper , packaging and building materials industries . The Group's annual turnover in 2017/18 was just under EUR 8 billion
After Oji Paper, Nippon Paper is the second largest paper and cardboard manufacturer in Japan and one of the 15 largest worldwide.
history
The group, headquartered in Tokyo , was formed on March 30, 2001 from the merger of Nippon Seishi KK ( 日本 製 紙 株式会社 , English Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. ) and Daishōwa Seishi KK ( 大 昭和 製 紙 株式会社 , English Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ). Initially, the group operated under the name KK Nippon Unipac Holding ( 株式会社 日本 ユ ニ パ ッ ク ホ ー ル デ ィ ン グ ). After the merger of the two sub-companies, the group was renamed on October 1, 2004 in KK Nippon Seishi Group Honsha ( Nippon Paper Group, Inc. ). The group of companies includes several dozen subsidiaries and holdings. The company's activities are divided into the four business areas wood pulp and paper , paper-related activities, ( cellulose fiber-based ) furnishing and building materials , and miscellaneous.
The Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is known among other things for its former president Ryoei Saito . On May 15, 1990, he bought the most expensive painting in the world at the time, the portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh .
The subsidiary Nippon Paper Industries is the owner of the ice hockey club Nippon Paper Cranes . The club has been part of the Jūjō Seishi Kushiro ( 十條 製 紙 釧 路 ) company, which was taken over by Nippon Paper in 1994, since it was founded in 1949 .
Ownership structure
The five largest shareholders as of March 31, 2018 were:
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Ichigo Trust | 9.47% |
Japan Trustee Services Bank | 7.78% |
The Master Trust Bank of Japan | 5.51% |
Chase Manhattan Bank | 3.98% |
Mizuho Bank | 3.75% |
Web links
Coordinates: 35 ° 40 ′ 32 " N , 139 ° 45 ′ 43.1" E
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Annual Report 2018 , accessed on September 16, 2018
- ^ History
- ↑ History of the portrait of Dr Gachet by Vincent van Gogh, bought by Ryoei Saito of the Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Company ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.