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January 28, 2015
R金沙js9999老品牌o Yashio Mill Receives Minister Prize of Economy, Trade and Industry for Energy Conservation
R金沙js9999老品牌o Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Kita-ku, Osaka; Chairman, President & CEO: Kiyoshi Otsubo) announces that its Yashio Mill won the Minister Prize of Economy, Trade and Industry (industry category) for promotion of energy conservation through group activities at the paperboard mill, as part of the 2014 Energy Conservation Grand Prize (Organizer: The Energy Conservation Center, Japan; Support: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry).
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Yashio Mill G金沙js9999老品牌eral Manager Osamu Nishimura (right) and
Mill Deputy G金沙js9999老品牌eral Manager Kanji Murai with the award.