Nippon Paper Industries Establishes Liquid Packaging Company in Australia

Nippon Paper recently signed a license agreement covering the Oceania region with Elopak ASA and entered into a general agency agreement separately with Shikoku Kakoki Co., a liquid packaging carton filling machine producer in Japan.

June 2, 2022 (Press Release) - Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. has established a new local subsidiary in Australia to further strengthen the liquid packaging carton business and facilitate global business expansion.

In recent years, the transition toward sustainable packaging solutions is expected to take place in the Oceanian market, as in other regions. Against this background, demand for paper packages made mainly from woody biomass raw materials is likely to grow in the region.

To facilitate expansion into the Oceanian market, Nippon Paper signed a license agreement covering the Oceania region with Elopak ASA, a leading global supplier of liquid packaging cartons, in March 2022. In addition, Nippon Paper entered into a general agency agreement separately with Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd., the largest liquid packaging carton filling machine producer in Japan, with respect to sales of filling machines in the region.

With the opening of the new local subsidiary, Nippon Paper succeeded in establishing a system to sell paper packages with Elopak's Pure-Pak® brand and Nippon Paper's NP-PAK brand, as well as filling machines produced by Shikoku Kakoki.

Under the slogan of "Pioneering the future together with trees," Nippon Paper has been concentrating its efforts on the field of paper packaging with a view to helping people around the world enjoy affluent lifestyles and contributing to cultural development. Featuring the concept of "Let paper do what it can do," Nippon Paper will pursue the possibility of paper packages made from sustainable woody materials, and by doing so, aim to make contribution to the lives of people in Japan and around the world.

Nippon Paper Industries produces newsprint, coated and uncoated paper, specialty papers, converting grades, and paperboard. To learn more, visit: www.nipponpapergroup.com.

SOURCE: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.