Nippon Paper Group Reorganises its Production System
Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. announced that it has decided to shut down the operation of some of the machines in Shiraoi Mill and Yatsushiro Mill, and to launch household paper business in Yatsushiro Mill primarily targeting exports.
In response to the acceleration of demand decline of graphic paper, the Company has been working on consolidating production sites, improving productivity, and reducing GHG emissions in an integrated manner, as well as expanding growth areas such as Daily-Life Products Business by leveraging its existing resources.
At Shiraoi Mill, its No.8 paper machine, which manufactures fine paper, will be shut down around the end of September 2025. the remaining production facilities will be used to expand products other than graphic paper.
At Yatsushiro Mill, its N2 paper machine, which manufactures newsprint, will be shut down around the end of June 2025. At the same time, No.9 coal-fired boiler will be shut down to reduce GHG emissions, eliminating the entire coal utilisation at Yatsushiro Mill. The household paper business is expected to commence in 2027.
The Company will continue manufacturing the products made with these machines at its facilities including the abovementioned mills. The employees involved in the machines that will be shut down basically continue to be employed within their respective mills.
Nippon Paper will take all possible measures to avoid any inconvenience to its customers and other concerned parties.
The facilities to be shut down in the reorganisation of production system:
| Annual production capacity (tons) | Products | Machine closure (planned) | |
| Shiraoi Mill Paper Machine No. 8 | 64,000 | Fine paper Bleached kraft paper | End of Spetember 2025 |
| Yatsushiro Mill N2 Paper Mill | 232,000 | Newsprint | End of June 2025 |
| Boiler No. 9 | – | – | End of November 2025 |
