title: Japan Pulp and Paper Company
text: # Japan Pulp and Paper Company
  
  Japan Pulp and Paper Company Limited (日本紙パルプ商事株式会社, Nihon Kami Parupu Shōji kabushiki kaisha) is a Japanese global pulp and paper trading company, first in Japan and third in the world by the amount of sales (sales in 2018 : ¥535.49B) after Veritiv Corporation (net sales in 2018 : $8.7B) and Central National-Gottesman (revenue in 2018 : $6.2B). Japan Pulp and Paper Company (JPP) distributes paper-related products and also operates real estate business.　In 2019, JPP acquired Birmingham-headquartered PREMIER PAPER GROUP (PPG) for ¥5.2B and made PPG into its affiliate with PPG's management team remaining in place and all the 480 employees being kept on following the acquisition.
  
  ## Major activities
  
  * Import and export, sale, distribution and manufacturing of paper, paperboard, pulp, paper-related products
  * Real estate leasing; generation, sale and provision of electricity
  
  ## Segments
  
  * Japan Wholesaling
  * Non-Japan Wholesaling
  * Paper Manufacturing and Processing
  * Resources and Environment
  * Real Estate Leasing
  