SWOT Analysis.

Provides a business analysis of Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd., a Tokyo, Japan-based pulp and paper manufacturer, focusing on its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities for improvement and threats to the company. Strengths, including stable top line growth, high return on equity, and increasing profitability of the processed paper segment; Weaknesses, including declining profitability of the pulp segment, weak cash position, and over dependence on the Japanese market; Opportunities for improvement, including rising prices of printing paper and whiteboard, growth in Chinese paper demand, and expansion of the packaging business; Threats to the company, including break up of alliance with Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd., the Kyoto Protocol, and competition from cheaper imports.