| Founded in 1924, Kokusai Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. has been growing as a strongly customer-focused company. Since our early days, we have focused on the overseas and domestic markets. For example, we have entered the markets of Southeast Asia, Australia, and North America, in addition to increasing the number of bases in Japan. Responding to changes in the times ahead of others, we have continued to expand the area of our business through mergers and other measures. As a result, we now boast the highest level of sales in Japan. |
At Kokusai Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd., we have a vast amount of knowledge about a wide variety of paper and peripheral materials such as films. This knowledge has been accumulated through many years of operation. We trade an overwhelming quantity of materials as a trading company that knows materials perfectly, from printing paper and specialty paper for communication to commodities for living, industrial materials, and functional materials. Riding on the strength of our capacity, we have continued to cater to various customer needs. We are a group that provides solutions to customers’ issues based on the expertise that we have continued to accumulate since our foundation.
In addition to boosting strength in our sales bases, we strongly promote a business that reduces our environmental impact.
Recovered paper is a recycled resource that is used as an ingredient of paper. Recovered paper from offices and households is collected, brought to paper manufacturers, and recycled into paper again. This system is aimed at using valuable resources efficiently, thereby reducing the environmental impact.
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Kokusai Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. is at the center of this recycling system. While we sell approximately 2.2 million tons of paper every year, we are also involved in the collection and sales of approximately 1.4 million tons of recovered paper. This volume is at the highest level among paper and pulp trading companies in Japan. This is another main business of Kokusai Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. We undertake business to expand this circle of recycling under our Management Philosophy of “achieving a recycling-oriented society.” For example, we suggest new recycling schemes, one example of which is ecomo. |
Town ecomo is a points program whereby people bring recovered paper to stores such as supermarkets, put it in dedicated collection boxes, and receive gifts, such as gift certificates that can be used in the stores, in accordance with the weight of the recovered paper they bring.
We also focus on the changes in lifestyles caused by the rapid development of information and communication technologies. We operate the Papermall, an e-commerce website aimed at rebuilding the existence value of paper. This website functions as an online store for the domestic market where customers can purchase paper by the sheet, or even a single sheet of paper, and provides value-added information from a database of paper-related information. It allows us to approach numerous customers and end-users, enabling the creation of new businesses. We evolve this website on a day-to-day basis.
