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Nippon Paper Industries

Japanese paper company

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (日本製紙株式会社, Nihon Seishi Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese paper manufacturing company. The company's stock is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. As of April 2013, the company has 33 subsidiaries and 11 associate companies.2 Its shares trade on Tokyo Stock Exchange under the symbol 3863.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Aug 1, 1949Founded1

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  • Ticker3863 on Tokyo Stock Exchange1
  • Industrypulp and paper industry1
  • HeadquartersKanda-Surugadai1
  • Websitewww.nipponpapergroup.com
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1

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Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (日本製紙株式会社, Nihon Seishi Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese paper manufacturing company. The company's stock is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.2

The story

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 Australian Paper for $700 million.

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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.

2026 - Longview, Washington implosion: On May 26, a white liquor tank at Nippon Paper's Longview, Washington paper mill suffered an implosion and rupture with 11 fatalities and multiple injuries.

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Timeline

  1. Apr 11, 2013Went public Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange1
  2. Aug 1, 1949Founded Founded1

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