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  • Expansion into Ireland for the Group’s Non-Japan Wholesaling Business

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  • The information provided herein was current at the time of its announcement.
    Please note that this information may be subject to change without notice.
  • 2023.01.25
  • Japan Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd.

Expansion into Ireland for the Group’s Non-Japan Wholesaling Business

Japan Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Tokyo, Japan; President: Akihiko Watanabe; hereinafter, “the company”) announces that Premier Paper Group Limited (headquartered in Birmingham, UK), a consolidated subsidiary of the company, has acquired shares in Graphic And Paper Merchants Holdings Limited (headquartered in Dublin, Ireland), a sign and display, and paper wholesaling business in Ireland.

1. Background and Purpose

OVOL Japan Pulp & Paper Group has made this acquisition in accordance with its policy to strengthen its sales of high value-added items, such as packaging, and chemical and functional products in its Non-Japan Wholesaling segment, while carrying out M&A activities that complement its existing network, as set out in the Medium-term Business Plan 2023. The details of the acquisition are as follows.

2. Outline

Overview of the Transferor of shares

Name Graphic And Paper Merchants Holdings Limited (hereinafter, “GPMI”)
Head office location Dublin, Ireland
Representative Enda Brophy
Business Outline Sales of sign and display media and hardware and related technical services as well as the wholesale of paper

Overview of the Acquirer of shares

Name Premier Paper Group Limited (hereinafter, “PPG”)
Head office location Birmingham, United Kingdom
Business Outline Import and wholesale of paper, paperboard, and packaging materials

Ireland has been achieving steady economic growth after joining the EU and by proactively attracting foreign companies. With Ireland’s internal demand for paper and paperboard being met entirely through imports, another major feature of the market is the important role that merchants play in supplying this demand. GPMI is engaged in the sale of sign and display media and hardware, technical services, and paper wholesaling in the Republic of Ireland and the UK’s Northern Ireland. In the sign and display business in particular, the company differentiates itself from its competitors in the industry by offering films and other media together with an integrated service that includes the sale, installation and maintenance of printing machines and other hardware.

This share acquisition will enable PPG and OVOL Japan Pulp & Paper Group to enter the Irish sign and display, and paper and paperboard market and expand their operating base by acquiring the customers of GPMI, which has a leading position in this market. The acquisition also enables GPMI to strengthen its supply capabilities by leveraging the procurement base of PPG and the entire OVOL Japan Pulp & Paper Group.
Moreover, PPG has been strengthening its sales of high-value-added products in the UK through last year’s addition of Zulu Packaging Limited, which imports and sells films, and Wine Box Company Limited, an importer and wholesaler of packaging materials including wrapping materials for food as well as wine and other beverages, to its group. With the addition of GPMI to its group, PPG aims to generate synergy effects by leveraging the strengths of the respective companies and expanding sales of products to each other’s markets and customers.

With the acquisition of these shares, the number of countries in which the OVOL Japan Pulp & Paper Group now operates has expanded to a total of 22, including Japan.

For inquiries regarding this matter, please contact:
The Japan Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. Public Relations Office on +81-3-5548-4026

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