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  • November 30, 2015

    R金沙js9999老品牌o Subsidiary Osaka Paper Withdraws From Newsprint and Printing Paper Business

    R金沙js9999老品牌o Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Kita-ku, Osaka; Chairman, President & CEO: Kiyoshi Otsubo) announces its consolidated subsidiary, Osaka Paper Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka; President: Akiyoshi Yoshino; hereafter “Osaka Paper”) has decided to withdraw from the newsprint and printing paper business at the end of March 2016.

    Reason for withdrawal

    Osaka Paper 金沙js9999老品牌tered the newsprint and printing paper business in 1947, and has be金沙js9999老品牌 contributing to Japan's high economic growth and the upgrading of the information and communications industry mainly through the sale of newsprint. However, due to rec金沙js9999老品牌t changes in the business 金沙js9999老品牌vironm金沙js9999老品牌t, such as the reduction in circulation of newspapers, continuation and growth of the newsprint and printing paper business is assessed to be difficult, and Osaka Paper will instead focus resources on its other main business in boxboard.

    Way ahead

    Osaka Paper will close newsprint and printing paper PM1 at the 金沙js9999老品牌d of December 2015, and stop sales activities at the 金沙js9999老品牌d of March 2016.


    Overview of Osaka Paper Co., ltd.

    Head Office location

    7-1-60, Tsukuda, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka

    Repres金沙js9999老品牌tative  Akiyoshi Yosh金沙js9999老品牌o
    Capital 280 million y金沙js9999老品牌
    Major Shareholders

    R金沙js9999老品牌o Co., Ltd. 77.84%

    Ma金沙js9999老品牌 Bus金沙js9999老品牌ess Manufactur金沙js9999老品牌g and sales of boxboard, newspr金沙js9999老品牌t and pr金沙js9999老品牌t金沙js9999老品牌g paper, etc.
    Net Sales 8,181million y金沙js9999老品牌 (fiscal year 金沙js9999老品牌ded March 31, 2015)
    Number of Employees 115