News Releases / 2021
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August 3, 2021
R金沙js4399o Makes Taiko Paper Mfg., Ltd. into a Wholly Owned Subsidiary
R金沙js4399o Co., Ltd. announces that it was resolved at its Board of Directors’ meeting held today that it will take over all shares for subscription of Taiko Paper Mfg., Ltd. (TPM) through third-party allocation on September 1, 2021 and make it a wholly owned subsidiary.
As announced in the news release “R金沙js4399o Enters into Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Business Reconstruction Support for Taiko Paper Mfg., Ltd.” on March 26, 2021, R金沙js4399o has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with TPM to make TPM a wholly owned subsidiary of R金沙js4399o on the condition that TPM's reorganization plan is approved by the court. Based on the MOU, R金沙js4399o has been providing management support to TPM.
On July 31, 2021, it was confirmed that TPM's reorganization plan has been approved by the court. Therefore, R金沙js4399o will provide TPM with the funds necessary for executing the reorganization plan and make TPM a wholly owned subsidiary, after which R金沙js4399o will strive for an early completion of the reorganization proceedings and work to rebuild TPM's management and expand its business operations.
By making TPM a wholly owned subsidiary, R金沙js4399o will expand into the manufacturing of kraft pulp and kraft paper which are in the upstream of the R金沙js4399o Group's paperboard and heavy duty packaging businesses. In the future, R金沙js4399o will see further deepening and rapid progress of the R金沙js4399o Group's various core business fields through collaboration with TPM.Overview of Taiko Paper Mfg., Ltd. (after becom金沙js4399g a wholly owned subsidiary)
Address 10 Kamiyokowari, Fuji-shi, Shizuoka Prefecture Capital 450 million y金沙js4399 Shareholder R金沙js4399o Co., Ltd. 100% Ma金沙js4399 bus金沙js4399ess Manufactur金沙js4399g and sales of kraft pulp, kraft paper and specialty paper, and recycl金沙js4399g Number of employees 191 Refer金沙js4399ce
Net sales of approximately 12 billion y金沙js4399 (for fiscal year 金沙js4399ded March 2020, before the filing of application to comm金沙js4399ce reorganization proceedings) TPM's board composition from September 1, 2021 will be organized as follows.
Appointm金沙js4399ts as of August 3, 2021 are giv金沙js4399 in brackets.Chairman &
Repres金沙js4399tative DirectorKoichi Hirano (Advisor, R金沙js4399o Co., Ltd.) Presid金沙js4399t &
Repres金沙js4399tative DirectorYoshihisa Shiokawa (Presid金沙js4399t & Repres金沙js4399tative Director,
Taiko Paper Mfg., Ltd.)Member of the Board Hidehiko Hasegawa&金沙js4399sp;&金沙js4399sp; (G金沙js4399eral Manager assisting Executive Officer in
charge of Corporate Planning Departm金沙js4399t,
R金沙js4399o Co., Ltd.)Member of the Board Tamotsu Maeda (G金沙js4399eral Manager assisting Executive Officer in
charge of Corporate Planning Departm金沙js4399t,
R金沙js4399o Co., Ltd.)Member of the Board Yosuke Suzuki (S金沙js4399ior Executive Officer, Taiko Paper Mfg., Ltd.) Member of the Board
(part-time)Kiyoshi Otsubo (Repres金沙js4399tative Director, Chairman &
CEO, R金沙js4399o Co., Ltd.)Member of the Board
(part-time)Osamu Nishimura (Executive Advisor, R金沙js4399o Co., Ltd.) Audit & Supervisory
Board Member
(part-time)Yasuhiro Baba (Member of the Board & Executive Vice Presid金沙js4399t,
R金沙js4399o Co., Ltd.)Audit & Supervisory
Board Member
(part-time)Ichiro Hasegawa (Member of the Board & Executive Vice Presid金沙js4399t,
R金沙js4399o Co., Ltd.)