| 2010 |
- Gould Paper, a major independent U.S. paper merchant, became a consolidated subsidiary of Japan Pulp & Paper, expanding the group's business activities throughout North America and Europe.
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Corex Shinei's new recycled household paper mill
Ball&Doggett Group, leading paper merchant in Oceania, joins the group
Premier Paper Group, a leading paper merchant in the UK, joins the group
OAJ begins full-scale operations of its new mill
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| 2011 |
- Corelex Group, a major player in the recycled household paper sector, joins the group.
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| 2012 |
- KCT Trading, an Indian paper merchant, comes under the Japan Pulp & Paper umbrella, expanding the group's business activities throughout India.
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| 2013 |
- JP Loginet Group established to enhance logistics efficiency and strengthen operational capabilities.
- Eco Power JP established, enabling the group to enter the electric power selling business.
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| 2014 |
- Hanoi Representative Office opened.
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| 2015 |
- Manila Representative Office opened.
- Eco Power JP’s Kushiro Onbetsu Solar Power Plant commences operations.
- Corelex Shin-Ei’s new recycled household paper mill commences operations.
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| 2016 |
- Noda Biopower JP (established in 2014) begins operation of a woody biomass power plant.
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| 2017 |
- Fukudasansho, a major player in the Japanese wastepaper trading sector, joins the group.
- Ho Chi Minh Representative Office opened.
- Ball & Doggett Group ― a major paper merchant in Oceania ― joins the group, strengthening sales in the region.
- Group brand “OVOL” adopted.
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| 2018 |
- Ball & Doggett Group acquires shares in Aarque Group, strengthening sales in the sign and display market in the Oceania region.
- OVOL Fibre Solution India established, strengthening the paper recycling business in India.
- Western-BRW, a subsidiary of Gould Paper, acquires the JanSan (cleaning services and the sale and repair of related equipment) businesses of John M. Baxter Sales and High Point.
- The OVOL Nihonbashi Building completed.
- OVOL New Energy established in Malaysia to engage in PKS collection and sales, strengthening Japan’s biomass fuel supply system.
- Spicers Paper (Singapore) (now OVOL Singapore) and Spicers Paper (Malaysia) (now OVOL Malaysia), major paper merchants in the Southeast Asia region, join the group.
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| 2019 |
- The OVOL Kyoto Ekimae Building completed.
- Premier Paper Group, a leading paper merchant in the U.K., joins the group.
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| 2020 |
- Paper merchant Fuchikami, which has a high market share in paper sales in the Kagoshima and Okinawa regions, joins the group.
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| 2021 |
- OVOL Vision 2030 “Paper, and beyond" formulated.
- Narumi-Kamiten, a paper merchant in Aomori, joins the group.
- OAJ begins full-scale operations of its new corrugated box processing mill in Indonesia.
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| 2022 |
- Osaka Paperware Mfg. and Misuzushigyo, containerboard manufacturers in Osaka, join the group.
- Premier Paper Group acquires shares in Zulu Packaging and Wine Box Company, strengthening the film sales and packaging materials businesses in the U.K.
- Ball & Doggett Group acquires Conect Enterprises and Cas-Pak Products, strengthening the sign & display and flexible packaging businesses in Oceania.
- OVOL Singapore acquires shares in thermal transfer ribbon processing and sales company Transam Industries.
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| 2023 |
- Premier Paper Group acquires shares in Graphic And Paper Merchants Holdings, marking its entry into the sign & display and paper wholesaling business in Ireland.
- Signatory to the UN Global Compact.
- Japan Pulp & Paper (M) acquires shares in Mutiara Paper (M), a paper wholesaler.
- Japan Pulp & Paper (M) acquires shares in Compedo Media, a sign & display media and hardware sales and technical services company, strengthening its sign and display business in Malaysia.
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| 2024 |
- OVOL Singapore acquires shares in CAS Technology, a sign & display hardware sales and technical services company that operates in Singapore, strengthening its sign and display business there.
- Gould Paper Corporation acquires shares in EFP-Chavassieu, a paper, paperboard, and non-woven fabric distributor in France.
- OVOL Medium-term Business Plan 2026 formulated.
- Ball & Doggett Group acquires Pacrite Industries and Sign Essentials, strengthening the sign & display and flexible packaging businesses in Oceania.
- OVOL Papier Deutschland, OVOL Packaging, OVOL ComPlott, OVOL France, and JJ LOOS join the group through the establishment of a new company and the acquisition of businesses in Germany, and through the acquisition of shares in two companies engaged in the wholesale of paper and other products in France ― expanding the wholesale business in continental Europe.
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| 2025 |
- Koyosha succeeds the paper and paperboard sales business of Nishimura Paper (Head Office: Kobe City).
- Masukoh Paper, which manufactures household paper products, joins the group.
- Seibunsha, a company engaged in the manufacture and sales of paper products, joins the group.
- Participation in Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
- Ball & Doggett Group’s subsidiary Aarque acquires the business of Carter, strengthening the sign & display business.
- Ball & Doggett Group acquires the business of Caspak, as well as the businesses of Impak Films, Impak Films New Zealand, and Impak Films US — strengthening the flexible packaging business.
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| 2026 |
- Gould Paper converts Shippers Resource Center, engaged in the development and management of logistics systems software and the provision of third-party logistics services, into a group company.
- Japan Pulp & Paper’s “DX Grand Design” formulated.
- Premier Paper Group acquires all shares of PPB, strengthening the sign & display business.
- Premier Paper Group acquires all shares of Halyard Holdings, strengthening the packaging business.
- Aoi Fukuhara, a company engaged in the sale of paper and papermaking raw materials, joins the group.
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