Corporate History
| Apr. 1907 |
Hokuetsu Paper Mills, Ltd. is founded at the inaugural meeting held in Nagaoka City (Registration of incorporation on May 9 of the same year) |
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Oct. 1908 |
Cardboard production starts at Nagaoka Mill |
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Jul. 1914 |
Hokuetsu Itagami Co., Ltd. is founded in Niigata City |
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Feb. 1917 |
Hokuetsu Itagami Co., Ltd. is merged with Hokuetsu Paper Mills, Ltd. and becomes Niigata Mill |
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Dec. 1920 |
Ichikawa Mill is built in Ichikawa City; production of wood-free paper starts |
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Dec. 1935 |
Production of vulcanized fiber begins at Nagaoka Mill |
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May 1937 |
Hokuetsu Pulp Co., Ltd. is founded in Niigata City |
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Mar. 1944 |
Hokuetsu Pulp Co., Ltd. is merged with Hokuetsu Paper Mills, Ltd. and becomes Pulp Mill |
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Oct. 1950 |
Kishu Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. is founded in Minami-Muro-gun, Mie Prefecture |
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Aug. 1951 |
Kishu Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. constructs Kishu Mill; starts production of unbleached kraft pulp |
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Nov. 1954 |
Kishu Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. starts production of printing paper at Kishu Mill |
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Sep. 1955 |
Kishu Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. constructs Osaka Mill in Suita city; starts production of printing paper |
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Jul. 1956 |
Wood-free paper machine (No. 3) is introduced at Nagaoka Mill |
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Mar. 1957 |
Completion of bleached kraft pulp production facilities at Pulp Mill |
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Feb. 1958 |
Three locations of Niigata Mill, Pulp Mill and Niigata Branch are integrated to become Niigata Mill |
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May 1960 |
Kishu Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. changes its tradling name to Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. |
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Oct. 1961 |
Coated white lined board machine (No. 4) is introduced at Ichikawa Mill |
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May. 1964 |
Coated white lined board machine (No. 5) is introduced at Ichikawa Mill |
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Jun. 1964 |
Niigata Mill is damaged by the Niigata Earthquake, but reconstruction starts immediately (including the latest paper machines) |
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Mar. 1966 |
Reconstruction of Niigata Mill is completed (transfer of No. 2 machine and introduction of No. 3 machine also completed) |
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Aug. 1968 |
Fourdrinier triple-layer ivory board paper machine (No. 4) is introduced at Niigata Mill to start production of Japan's first reversible paperboard |
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Apr. 1970 |
Large wood-free paper machine (No. 5) is introduced at Niigata Mill |
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Sep. 1971 |
Construction of production facility for fiberboard "Pasco" is completed at Nagaoka Mill |
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Oct. 1971 |
The Katsuta Mill is newly established and as the first phase of construction facilities for liquid paper containers and paper processing are completed |
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Apr. 1975 |
Cardboard machine (No. 1) is introduced at Katsuta Mill |
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Jul. 1986 |
Ultra-lightweight coated wood-free paper and wood-containing paper machine (No. 6) introduced at Niigata Mill |
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Sep. 1990 |
Ultra-lightweight coated wood-free paper and wood-containing paper machine (No. 7) introduced at Niigata Mill |
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Jul. 1998 |
On-machine coater (No. 8) is introduced at Niigata Mill to start production of ECF pulp |
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Apr. 2000 |
ECF process adopted company-wide for all pulp products |
| Ichikawa Mill and Katsuta Mill are integrated into one organization to become Kanto Mill | |
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Mar. 2002 |
Specialty paper machine (No. 6) is introduced at Nagaoka Mill |
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Oct. 2004 |
Nagaoka Mill is damaged by the Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake, but quickly resumes operation |
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Jul. 2006 |
A business alliance is concluded with Mitsubishi Corporation |
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Dec. 2006 |
A strategic alliance is concluded with Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. |
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A technical alliance is concluded with Daio Paper Corporation |
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Apr. 2007 |
100th anniversary of the Company's founding |
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Sep. 2008 |
On-machine coater (No. 9) is introduced at Niigata Mill |
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Oct. 2009 |
Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. becomes, through an exchange of equity, a 100% subsidiary of Hokuetsu Pulp Co., Ltd., which changes its trading name to Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. |
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Apr. 2011 |
Merger with Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. is completed and operations integrated. |
| Hokuetsu Kishu Sales Co., Ltd. is founded. | |
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Oct. 2011 |
The sales businesses of agents Marudai Shigyo Co., Ltd. and Tamura Paper In., are merged with Hokuetsu Kishu Sales Co., Ltd. |
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Jiangmen Xinghui Paper Mill Co., Ltd. is established in Guangdong Province, China |
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Feb. 2012 |
Toyo Fibre Co., Ltd. is converted into a wholly-owned subsidiary through a share exchange |
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Aug. 2012 |
Through acquisition of stock, Daio Paper Corporation is converted into an affiliate company, by applying the equity method |
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Sep. 2012 |
Financiere Bernard Dumas S.A.S. is made into a wholly-owned subsidiary through acquisition of stock |
| Nov. 2012 | Agreement on comprehensive technical cooperation is concluded with Daio Paper Corporation |
| Feb. 2014 | Natural gas power generation operations are started by MC Hokuetsu Energy Service Co., Ltd., a joint venture company with Mitsubishi Corporation |
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Apr. 2014 |
Fiber business of the Nagaoka Mill is concentrated at Hokuetsu Toyo Fibre Co., Ltd. |
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Jan. 2015 |
White paperboard manufacturing facilities are newly installed at Jiangmen Xinghui Paper Mill Co., Ltd. and operations and sales are launched. |
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Apr. 2015 |
Hokuetsu Package Co., Ltd., merges with BF Co., Ltd., with the name of the new company being changed to BF & Package Co., Ltd. |
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Oct. 2015 |
Alpac Forest Products Inc. and Alpac Pulp Sales Inc. are made into wholly-owned subsidiaries through acquisition of stock. |
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Sep. 2016 |
Alpac Forest Products Inc. and Alpac Pulp Sales Inc. merge into Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. |
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Jul. 2018 |
The trading name is changed to Hokuetsu Corporation |
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BF & Package Co., Ltd. changes its trading name to Hokuetsu Package Co., Ltd. |