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Nippon Paper operates across multiple business segments with diverse operations. In the paper and paperboard business, the company manufactures and sells printing paper, paperboard, specialty paper, and pulp. Nippon Paper manufactures printing paper, while Nippon Paper Trading handles sales. Tochō Thermal manufactures and sells thermal paper in the European market.

The lifestyle products business manufactures and sells household paper, miscellaneous paper, paper-processed products, corrugated cardboard, and chemical products. Nippon Paper Crecia manufactures and sells household paper, while Opal manufactures and sells paper containers in the Australian market. Opal and Nippon Tokan Package handle corrugated cardboard operations.

In the energy business, Nippon Paper operates and manages power generation facilities, while Nippon Paper Ishinomaki Energy Center and Yufutsu Energy Center LLC handle wholesale power supply and sales. This ensures stable power supply.

In the timber, building materials, and civil engineering business, Nippon Paper Timber handles procurement and sales of timber and building materials, while N&E manufactures and sells building materials. Nippon Paper Unitec operates civil engineering and construction projects. These operations contribute to the construction industry.

Other operations include Nippon Paper Logistics, which operates logistics services, and Nippon Paper Comprehensive Development, which handles leisure and other businesses. This diversified structure enables the company to meet varied market needs.

Nippon Paper is pursuing sustainable growth under its "2030 Vision" toward 2030. This vision is built on two core principles: shifting management resources toward growth businesses and addressing environmental challenges, including GHG emissions reduction. The company is responding to declining demand for graphic paper by accelerating its shift toward growth and new businesses.

The Medium-Term Management Plan 2025 sets "accelerating business structure transformation" as its core strategy, with four priority areas: strengthening profitability in lifestyle-related businesses, reinforcing the graphic paper business foundation, accelerating GHG emissions reduction, and improving financial health. The company targets net sales of 1.2 trillion yen or more and operating profit of 4 billion yen or more.

Nippon Paper is focusing on expanding its lifestyle-related businesses, planning to increase their sales ratio to 41% by fiscal 2025. The company is also working to improve profitability at Australian subsidiary Opal, strengthen its liquid packaging business, and enhance productivity in household paper and healthcare operations. These efforts are accelerating the business structure transformation.

Strengthening sustainability management is also a key pillar. The company is reducing GHG emissions, targeting a 54% reduction by fiscal 2030 compared to fiscal 2013. Through forest resource utilization and product recycling initiatives, Nippon Paper is contributing to the development of a circular economy. This approach enables sustainable growth.

The company is also strengthening human capital management. It is clarifying its basic human resources strategy and working on recruitment, development, retention, and optimal placement of talent. In particular, it is promoting human resource utilization and appropriate allocation to simultaneously achieve competitive advantage and labor efficiency. This builds the organizational foundation to support business growth.