Recovered Nippon Ishomaki Mill Running

Nippon Paper resumes operation of PM2 and coating machine 2 at Ishinomaki mill in Japan; production capability reaches 850,000 tonnes/yr: After being affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. resumed operation of Paper Machine N2 and Coating Machine 2 at the Ishinomaki Mill (Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture) today. As a result, the production capability at Ishinomaki Mill has recovered to around 850,000 tons/year, with all six paper machines and two coating machines at the mill having resumed operations based on the Plan for Paper Business Revitalization released in August 2011.