Pulp and paper industry in Japan

Leading companies

According to the 2003 PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Forest & Paper Industry Survey,^[1] the top 10 forest and paper products companies in Japan were:

2002

Rank	Company	2002 Net Sales (US$M)	2002 Net Income (Loss) (US$M)
1	Nippon Unipac	9,696	(5)
2	Oji Paper	9,635	(142)
3	Daio Paper	3,014	21
4	Rengo Co.	2,971	4
5	Sumitomo (Forestry Segment)	2,026	10
6	Mitsubishi Paper	1,869	(22)
7	Unicharm	1,654	71
8	Daiken	1,482	4
9	Tomoku	1,125	10
10	Hokuetsu Paper	1,090	24

2007, 2008

Main article: Pulp and paper industry

References

↑ PricewaterhouseCoopers

External links

TAPPI Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry

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