Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd ( Japanese 三菱 製 紙 株式会社 Mitsubishi Seishi Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a division of the Mitsubishi Group , a Japanese manufacturer of paper and photosensitive materials. Founded in 1898 as “Kobe Paper Mills, Co.”, in 1917 it was renamed “Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.”
| Mitsubishi paper mills 三菱 製 紙 | |
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| Type of | kabusiki |
| Exchange listing | |
| Base | 1898 (as Kobe Paper Mills, Co.) |
| Location |  Tokyo Japan |
| Industry | |
| Products | paper |
| Turnover | $ 2,371 million (2012) |
| Number of employees | 4,341 (2012) |
| Parent company | |
| Site | www.mpm.co.jp |
The company produces paper for a variety of printed products, such as labels, photo albums, greeting cards, advertising brochures, posters, etc.
The company is one of the five largest Japanese manufacturers of paper products for printers and copy machines, along with the companies Nippon Paper, Daio Paper Corp., Oji Paper Co. and Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. .
As of 2012, the company owns ten factories: six in Japan, two in Germany, one in Mexico and one in China, and three research centers in Japan .
Subsidiaries and representative offices
As of 2012, the company had 36 subsidiaries and was affiliated with 12 companies.
- European Mitsubishi Paper Group is a subsidiary company, founded in the German city of Dusseldorf in 1989.