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Paper & Pulp industry map

Who earns the money in Paper & Pulp, and who keeps it. When a company spans several industries, only the relevant segment is counted.

FY2025 · 21 companies · ¥4.38T

Industry map

Companies ordered by revenue, connected by ownership (major shareholders). Arrows point from the shareholder to the investee.

Industry size (revenue)
¥4.38T

YoY -0.5%

Companies
21
Avg. salary(parent only)
¥6.4M

Avg. age 43.0

Industry weather
Rainy

Operating income -29.1%

Oji Holdings[3861]

Household and Industrial Materials + 3 more

#1
Revenue
¥1.65T▲0.7%
Operating income
¥44.7B▼40.6%

Margin 2.7%

Whole company: Revenue ¥1.86T · Net income ¥55.6B

Avg. salary ¥8.5M · 44.5(parent only)

  • Mitsubishi Paper Mills・Capital alliance

Mitsubishi Paper Mills[3864]

Functional Materials Business + 1 more

#6
Revenue
¥156.5B▼10.7%
Operating income
¥257M▼94.5%

Margin 0.2%

Whole company: Revenue ¥157.5B · Net income ¥1.9B

Avg. salary ¥6.8M · 47.5(parent only)

  • Oji Holdings owns 32.9%
  • Oji Holdings・Capital alliance

Chuetsu Pulp & Paper[3877]

Paper pulp and paper manufacturing + 1 more

#8
Revenue
¥104.7B▼0.6%
Operating income
¥2.18B▼48.1%

Margin 2.1%

Whole company: Revenue ¥110.4B · Net income ¥2.44B

Avg. salary ¥6.5M · 46.9(parent only)

  • Oji Holdings owns 21.9%
  • Japan Pulp & Paper owns 5.7%

Japan Pulp & Paper[8032]

Paper Manufacturing and Processing

#12
Revenue
¥51.4B▼0.4%
Operating income
¥7.26B▲7.4%

Margin 14.1%

Whole company: Revenue ¥606.8B · Net income ¥4.72B

Avg. salary ¥8.9M · 44.7(parent only)

  • Oji Holdings owns 7.2%
  • Hokuetsu owns 2.7%
  • Chuetsu Pulp & Paper owns 2.2%

Tokushu Tokai Paper[3708]

Industrial Material Business + 2 more

#9
Revenue
¥80.4B▼1.1%
Operating income
¥3.46B▲6.2%

Margin 4.3%

Whole company: Revenue ¥95.4B · Net income ¥4.37B

Avg. salary ¥7.2M · 42.0(parent only)

  • Tomoku owns 2.1%
  • Oji Holdings owns 1.7%

Tomoku[3946]

Cardboard

#7
Revenue
¥124.6B▲4.1%
Operating income
¥10.5B▲21.7%

Margin 8.4%

Whole company: Revenue ¥224.1B · Net income ¥7.36B

Avg. salary ¥5.8M · 39.7(parent only)

  • Nippon Paper Industries owns 4.3%
  • Tokushu Tokai Paper owns 3.3%

Rengo[3941]

Paperboard and packaging-related business + 1 more

#2
Revenue
¥731B▲0.4%
Operating income
¥24B▼15.2%

Margin 3.3%

Whole company: Revenue ¥1.01T · Net income ¥21B

Avg. salary ¥8.2M · 42.1(parent only)

Dynapac[3947]

Packaging Business

#11
Revenue
¥66.7B▲7.3%
Operating income
¥3.1B▲63.3%

Margin 4.6%

Whole company: Revenue ¥67.1B · Net income ¥3.18B

Avg. salary ¥6.4M · 43.4(parent only)

  • Rengo owns 2.8%
  • Daio Paper owns 2.4%

Nippon Paper Industries[3863]

Paper and paperboard

#3
Revenue
¥557.9B▼1.4%
Operating income
¥564M▼93.2%

Margin 0.1%

Whole company: Revenue ¥1.19T · Net income ¥11.7B

Avg. salary ¥6.9M · 43.0(parent only)

Daio Paper[3880]

Paper and Paperboard

#4
Revenue
¥350.3B▼1.1%
Operating income
¥14.1B▲56.7%

Margin 4.0%

Whole company: Revenue ¥666.8B · Net income ¥8.89B

Avg. salary ¥6.4M · 44.2(parent only)

  • Hokuetsu owns 19.7%
  • Hokuetsu・Capital alliance

Hokuetsu[3865]

Paper pulp + 1 more

#5
Revenue
¥278.8B▼6.1%
Operating income
¥6.52B▼64.7%

Margin 2.3%

Whole company: Revenue ¥287.7B · Net income ¥7.3B

Avg. salary ¥6.3M · 45.0(parent only)

  • Daio Paper owns 17.5%
  • Daio Paper・Capital alliance

THE Pack[3950]

Paper products business

#10
Revenue
¥75.8B▲3.6%
Operating income
¥6.57B▼8.4%

Margin 8.7%

Whole company: Revenue ¥103.1B · Net income ¥6.02B

Avg. salary ¥7.1M · 40.4(parent only)

  • Daio Paper owns 3.1%

※ Card revenue and operating income cover only the segment in this industry; “Whole company” shows consolidated revenue and net income.

Other companies: Lintec · Ohishi Sangyo · AWA Paper & Technological Company · Showa Paxxs · Superbag · Imura & · Okayama Paper Industries · Ohmura Shigyo · Havix

The weather is derived mechanically from year-over-year totals of revenue and operating income (both up = sunny, both down = rainy).

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Who earns the money

Area = revenue from businesses in this industry. Color = operating margin.

LossHigh margin(middle = 0% margin)

Who makes a profit

Across = revenue (log scale), up = operating margin, bubble size = operating income.

Ranking and momentum

RankCompany (business)RevenueShareOp. marginCAGRFCF*
1Oji HoldingsHousehold and Industrial Materials + 3 more¥1.65T37.8%2.7%+6.4%¥20.9B
2RengoPaperboard and packaging-related business + 1 more¥731B16.7%3.3%+6.2%-¥12.7B
3Nippon Paper IndustriesPaper and paperboard¥557.9B12.7%0.1%+1.2%¥20.7B
4Daio PaperPaper and Paperboard¥350.3B8.0%4.0%+1.7%¥33.3B
5HokuetsuPaper pulp + 1 more¥278.8B6.4%2.3%+2.4%-¥6.5B
6Mitsubishi Paper MillsFunctional Materials Business + 1 more¥156.5B3.6%0.2%-3.2%¥1.53B
7TomokuCardboard¥124.6B2.8%8.4%+5.7%¥5.32B
8Chuetsu Pulp & PaperPaper pulp and paper manufacturing + 1 more¥104.7B2.4%2.1%+5.8%¥26M
9Tokushu Tokai PaperIndustrial Material Business + 2 more¥80.4B1.8%4.3%+1.8%¥1.47B
10THE PackPaper products business¥75.8B1.7%8.7%+8.1%¥2.91B
11DynapacPackaging Business¥66.7B1.5%4.6%—¥3.17B
12Japan Pulp & PaperPaper Manufacturing and Processing¥51.4B1.2%14.1%+5.5%¥18.3B
13LintecPaper and work timber¥36B0.8%2.7%+2.2%¥18.2B
14Ohishi SangyoCushioning functional materials + 1 more¥23B0.5%7.8%+4.4%-¥221M
15AWA Paper & Technological Company¥18.5B0.4%0.3%+5.3%-¥505.3M
16Showa PaxxsHeavy Duty Packaging¥15.4B0.4%8.0%+3.9%¥1.09B
17SuperbagPaper products¥15.2B0.3%7.1%+8.3%-¥639M
18Imura &Package solutions¥15.1B0.3%6.7%-0.0%-¥2.45B
19Okayama Paper IndustriesPaperboard + 1 more¥11.5B0.3%9.0%+5.2%-¥2.02B
20Ohmura Shigyo¥5.95B0.1%5.9%+4.6%-¥209.5M
21newHavixPaper related¥5.34B0.1%9.6%—¥290.5M

* FCF is company-wide (not disclosed by segment). CAGR covers the available years, up to five.

How they make money differently

Where each company's ¥100 of sales goes, and how much it keeps (company-wide).

Ownership links

From the major-shareholder section of annual securities reports.

The company on each card is a major shareholder of the companies listed under it (latest 'major shareholders' disclosure). 50%+ is labelled subsidiary and 20%+ affiliate, based on ownership alone. Stakes under 3% are omitted.

Compare the leaders side by side

All companies in Paper & Pulp (by revenue)

All 21 companies in this industry, ranked by revenue in each company's latest fiscal year. For companies that belong through one business segment, the figure is that segment's revenue.

  1. Oji Holdings¥1.65T · 2.7%
  2. Rengo¥731B · 3.3%
  3. Nippon Paper Industries¥557.9B · 0.1%
  4. Daio Paper¥350.3B · 4.0%
  5. Hokuetsu¥278.8B · 2.3%
  6. Mitsubishi Paper Mills¥156.5B · 0.2%
  7. Tomoku¥124.6B · 8.4%
  8. Chuetsu Pulp & Paper¥104.7B · 2.1%
  9. Tokushu Tokai Paper¥80.4B · 4.3%
  10. THE Pack¥75.8B · 8.7%
  11. Dynapac¥66.7B · 4.6%
  12. Japan Pulp & Paper¥51.4B · 14.1%
  13. Lintec¥36B · 2.7%
  14. Ohishi Sangyo¥23B · 7.8%
  15. AWA Paper & Technological Company¥18.5B · 0.3%
  16. Showa Paxxs¥15.4B · 8.0%
  17. Superbag¥15.2B · 7.1%
  18. Imura &¥15.1B · 6.7%
  19. Okayama Paper Industries¥11.2B · 8.4%
  20. Ohmura Shigyo¥5.95B · 5.9%
  21. Havix¥5.34B · 9.6%

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