Yupo (manufacturer)

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Yupo Corporation
Type Corporation
IndustryPaper, pulp
Founded25 May 1970
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan Chiyoda-ku Kanda Surugadai 3-4 Shin-Ochanomizu Building 15th floor
Key people
Shinji Watanabe (president)
Products Synthetic paper
1,355 million yen (as of March 31, 2019) [1]
Total assets 495 million yen
Total equity 20,712 million yen (as of March 31, 2019) [1]
Owners Mitsubishi Chemical 50%
Oji Holdings 50%
Number of employees
327 (as of March 31, 2019)
Website www.yupo.com
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Yupo synthetic paper

Yupo Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of synthetic paper. It is the largest manufacturer of synthetic paper in the world with a 70% market share. [2] It is owned by Mitsubishi Chemical and Oji Holdings, also known as the Oji Paper Company.

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The firm produces the Yupo brand of polypropylene synthetic paper. [3]

History

Yupo Corporation was established as Oji Yuka Synthetic Paper Co. Ltd in 1970 as a 50/50 joint venture between Oji Paper (now Oji Holdings) and Mitsubishi Petrochemical (now Mitsubishi Chemical). One year prior in 1969, the two companies had established Oji Yuka Synthetic Paper Research Institute Co., Ltd. While they did work on the development of new products, the company was established because they had developed manufacturing techniques for synthetic paper made of polypropylene. [4] At the time, it attracted a great deal of attention as a joint venture between the Mitsubishi and Mitsui systems that went beyond the usual zaibatsu framework.

The brand name of the synthetic paper is Yupo, which is a combination of "YU" from Mitsubishi Yuka, "P" from paper, and "O" from Oji Paper Co. [4] The initial strategy was to sell their products as a substitute for coated paper and other similar products, but the cost increase caused by the 1970s energy crisis made them change that strategy to sell it instead for applications which paper was ill suited for. [4]

For a long time, the Kashima Plant in Ibaraki Prefecture was the only production base, but due to the growth in exports, Yupo expanded to a second production base in the United States in 1998 for domestic production and sales. [5] A sales company was also established in Europe in 2000. [5] Yupo also has multiple sales offices in Asia. [6]

Chronology

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Yupo-A sample of slap-sticker

Main locations

The corporate headquarters is located at 4 Shin Ochanomizu Building, Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda, Tokyo. [7]

The company's production base is the Kashima factory of Mitsubishi Chemical located in Ibaraki Prefecture Kamisu City Towada, close to Ibaraki Plant. [8] Its subsidiary, Yupo Corporation America, is located in Virginia. [8]

Footnote

  1. 1 2 "株式会社ユポ・コーポレーション 第45期決算公告 | 官報決算データベース". catr.jp.
  2. ↑ Yano Research Institute Ltd. (2012) "Perspectives and strategies for the 2012 high-performance paper market"
  3. ↑ "Trademark citation". Yupo Corporation. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Company history, P.143-144
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Company history main edition, P.470-472
  6. ↑ "Overseas office". Co., Ltd. YUPO CORPORATION (in Japanese). Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Company Profile". Yupo Corporation. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Office Information". Yupo Corporation. Retrieved July 15, 2016.

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