It is listed as one of the world's top 10 pulp and paper industry companies year-over-year and in 2012 it was sixth in the aforementioned list.[4]
History
1949 - Jujo Paper Co., Ltd. is founded
1968 - Jujo Paper merges with Tohoku Pulp Co., Ltd.
1972 - Sanyo Pulp (established in 1946) merged with Kokusaku Pulp (established in 1938) into Sanyo-Kokusaku Pulp Co., Ltd.
1993 - Upon merger of Jujo Paper Co., Ltd. and Sanyo-Kokusaku Pulp Co., Ltd., the company is renamed to Nippon Paper Industries
2001 - Nippon Unipac Holding is formed by the merger of Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. and Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (established in 1938)[5]
2003 - Both companies' paperboard divisions are merged to form Nippon Daishowa Paperboard
2004 - Nippon Unipac Holding is renamed to Nippon Paper Group, Inc.