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Pulp and Paper Mills in Japan (62)

Authors :
Oji Paper Co. Ltd.
Source :
JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL. 38:196-208
Publication Year :
1984
Publisher :
Japan Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, 1984.

Abstract

Tomakomai mill of Oji Paper Co., Ltd. in Hokkaido island started its operation in 1910 to manufacture newsprint from sulphite pulp and groundwood pulp.Through gradual modernization of newsprint machines, including remodeling into twin-wire type, annual production capacity of 11 machines in operation exceeds 1 million metric tons. The mill is the largest newsprint producing mill in the world.The annual production last year was about 920, 000 metric tons of which 82% was newsprint and remaining 18% was low grade, medium grade printing paper and rotogravure paper.The mill has pulping facilities of high yield sulphite, thermomechanical, refinermechanical, groundwood, chip-groundwood and deinked pulps. Kraft pulps is mainly purochased from Ebetsu mill of Oji Paper Co., Ltd. TMP is imported from the joint venture company in New-Zealand.The mill area is about 540, 000m2 and the employees are about 1, 500.

Details

ISSN :
18811000 and 0022815X
Volume :
38
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........66d581e321f2938be20df8cd25dc3d4f
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2524/jtappij.38.196