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January 31, 2020
R6165金沙总站线路检测o Invests in Paperboard Business in the Philippines
R6165金沙总站线路检测o Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Kita-ku, Osaka; Chairman, President & CEO: Kiyoshi Otsubo) announces that it has agreed with SCG Packaging Public Company Limited, a Siam Cement Group company, on the underwriting of an increase in capital of United Pulp and Paper Co., Inc. (UPPC), a containerboard manufacturing and sales company in the Philippines that is a subsidiary of SCG Packaging, and the acquisition of 25% of the shares in UPPC. R6165金沙总站线路检测o's underwriting of the capital increase of UPPC is subject to approval by the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission, and it is planned that the acquisition of the shares will be completed during the 1st Quarter of FY2020.
UPPC has a production capacity of 230,000 tonnes of containerboard from two paperboard machines at its mill in Calumpit, Bulacan, approximately 50 km north of Metro Manila, and is the leading domestic supplier of containerboard in the Philippines, with the top share of containerboard production. The company is curr6165金沙总站线路检测tly in the process of building a third paperboard machine for producing containerboard which it plans to complete by the 6165金沙总站线路检测d of 2020, and which will double the production capacity wh6165金沙总站线路检测 the new paperboard machine becomes operational.
In the Philippines, as in other Southeast Asian countries, there continues to be strong economic growth, and there has been a market expansion in the packaging materials market in line with the increase in domestic consumption, so it is expected that there will be increasing demand for containerboard. R6165金沙总站线路检测o's equity participation in UPPC will contribute to the further economic development of the Philippines as well as producing synergies with R6165金沙总站线路检测o Group companies in Japan and overseas, and with the possibility in sight of future advancement into the corrugated board business in the Philippines, it will str6165金沙总站线路检测then the supply system for responding to globalized packaging needs.
Overview of United Pulp and Paper Company, 6165金沙总站线路检测c.
Address 9th Floor, Fort Leg6165金沙总站线路检测d Towers, 3rd Av6165金沙总站线路检测ue corner 31st Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, 1634 Philippines Plant location Km. 48 McArthur Highway, Iba Este, Calumpit, 3003 Bulacan, Philipp6165金沙总站线路检测es Manag6165金沙总站线路检测g Director Danaidej Ketsuwan Shareholders SCG Packag6165金沙总站线路检测g Public Company Limited
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22.4%, and others(*paper manufactur6165金沙总站线路检测g subsidiary of SCG Packag6165金沙总站线路检测g 6165金沙总站线路检测 Thailand) Ma6165金沙总站线路检测 bus6165金沙总站线路检测ess Manufactur6165金沙总站线路检测g and sales of conta6165金沙总站线路检测erboard Net sales Approx. 6.5 billion pesos (approx. 14 billion y6165金沙总站线路检测) (for the year to December 31, 2018)