Forest Products Division
Message from the COO
- Executive Officer, COO, Forest Products Division
- Yukichi Nakamura
This division pursues business and trade in the forest products sector, where forest-related commercial goods have risen in value in recent years. In a climate characterized by growing calls to secure limited natural resources and add increased value, the Forest Products Division handles everything from raw materials to finished products. The division also exhibits powerful information and response capabilities, reflecting the knowledge of front-line operations of operating companies as major players in each segment.
Going forward, we will continue to assertively develop the Company’s value chain upstream, with a particular focus on afforestation operations, in a bid to achieve sustainable earnings growth.
Sources of Strength
• A value chain in the forest products business covering upstream to downstream operations
The division creates added value in each area of the paper and pulp business cycle. This work includes producing mainly paper from wood chips and pulp, as well as paperboard using recycled paper as a raw material. Each constituent unit within the division aims to be top in its field, enabling the development of a highly competitive value chain.
• Organically integrated business and trading operations
The division invests across the entire paper and pulp business, from afforestation, wood chips, pulp, paper, paperboard, and paper recycling, while simultaneously conducting trading operations in each process. In this way, the division is building an earnings base driven by both business and trading operations that is responsive to market changes.
• Domestic and international business networks capable of providing production, sales and other extensive functions
Leveraging the Group’s strengths upstream as a wood chip and pulp supplier, midstream and downstream as a manufacturer of printing paper and a containerboard manufacturer, and as a paper distribution company, the division skillfully identifies markets and commodities with future growth potential in the quest to further expand sustainable earnings.
News & Topics
Boosting Production Capacity at Long Chen Paper (China) Holdings Co., Ltd.
Marubeni Obtains Certification From Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in Brazil and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) in Australia
Promoting Export of Printing Paper
