Japan Pulp and Paper Company Limited (日本紙パルプ商事株式会社, Nihon Kami Parupu Shōji kabushiki kaisha) is a Japanese global pulp and paper trading company, first in Japan and third in the world by the amount of sales (sales in 2018 : ¥535.49B[2]) after Veritiv Corporation (net sales in 2018 : $8.7B[3]) and Central National-Gottesman (revenue in 2018 : $6.2B[4][5]).[6][7] Japan Pulp and Paper Company (JPP) distributes paper-related products and also operates real estate business.[8][9] In 2019, JPP acquired Birmingham-headquartered PREMIER PAPER GROUP (PPG) for ¥5.2B and made PPG into its affiliate with PPG's management team remaining in place and all the 480 employees being kept on following the acquisition.[10][11][6]
Native name | 日本紙パルプ商事株式会社 |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public |
| TYO: 8032 TOPIX Component | |
| Industry | Pulp and paper, Logistics, Real Estate |
| Founded | 1845 (as Echisan Shoten, thereafter Nakai Shoten) |
| Founder | Saburobe Nakai III |
| Headquarters | Forefront Tower, 3-12-1 Kachidoki, Chuo-ku, , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Akihiko Watanabe (president) |
| Services | related to paper, paperboard, pulp, paper-related products and real estate |
| Total equity | Stock listing (Common stock): Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section
Number of shares: 29,560,300 Common shares issued and outstanding: 15,021,551 (As of March 31, 2018) |
| Owner | Oji Holdings Corp. (10.9%) Nippon Paper Industries Pension Fund (9.3%) (As of 18 December 2020[1]) |
Number of employees | Consolidated 4,298 Non-Consolidated 709 (As of June, 2020[2]) |
| Subsidiaries | Radms Paper Limited Premier Paper Group Limited CORELEX Co., Ltd. Ball & Doggett Group Pty Ltd Spicers Paper (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd |
| Website | https://www.kamipa.co.jp/eng/company/ |
Major activities
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edit- Japan Wholesaling
- Non-Japan Wholesaling
- Paper Manufacturing and Processing
- Resources and Environment
- Real Estate Leasing[1]
References
edit- ^ a b DISTRIBUTION SERVICES Japan Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd.｜NIKKEI Asia
- ^ a b Data of Japan Pulp and Paper Company / PERSOL CAREER CO., LTD. (in Japanese)
- ^ NEWS RELEASE DETAILS / Veritiv
- ^ Stock price algorithm / Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (in Japanese)
- ^ REVENUE $6.5B as of Nov 23, 2020 Central National-Gottesman / Forbes
- ^ a b Premier Paper acquired by Japan Pulp & Paper / Printweek
- ^ 紙･パルプ卸売業界のランキングと概況〈The ranking and overview in the pulp and paper wholesale industry〉/ SuiK (in Japanese)
- ^ About Us / Japan Pulp & Paper Co, Ltd
- ^ Japan Pulp & Paper Co Ltd / Bloomberg
- ^ 日本紙パルプ商事＜8032＞、英国の紙・包装資材卸売り会社PREMIER PAPER GROUPを子会社化 (Japan Pulp & Paper Company acquired PREMIER PAPER GROUP, 2nd in England, as subsidiary / M&A速報 (M&A Breaking News) (in Japanese)
- ^ 日本紙パルプ商事、英国同業2位を買収 約52億円 (Japan Pulp and Paper Company acquired the company in the same industry, 2nd in England, for ¥5.2B) / NIKKEI (in Japanese)
- ^ a b Major activities of Japan Pulp and Paper Company