Akita Mill
Akita Mill · also known as Tohoku Paper Akita Mill
Akita Mill is an operating pulp mill in Akita, Japan, with a capacity of 237 050 tonnes per year.
- Company
- Tohoku Paper Co., Ltd.
- Group
- Nippon Paper Group
- Country
- Japan
- City
- Akita
- Status
- Operating
- Capacity
- 237 050 t/y pulp production
39.746, 140.058
Raw material
Products
Pulp grades
Paper products
Timeline
- 2023startup
Valmet TwinRoll Evolution wash press installed; start-up May 2023
Source ↗ - 2018closure
Coating machine No. 1 shut down (May 2018)
Source ↗ - 1999conversion
Converted to ECF (elementally chlorine-free) pulping; replaced elemental chlorine with chlorine dioxide to reduce AOX by approximately 50% (to 0.4-0.5 kg/ton pulp)
Source ↗
Sources
- otherchecked 2026-07-22https://www.nipponpapergroup.com/e/news/news99062901.html
- otherchecked 2026-07-22https://www.valmet.com/media/news/press-releases/2022/valmet-to-deliver-a-wash-press-to-nippon-paper-industries-co.-ltd.-akita-mill-in-japan/
- company websitechecked 2026-07-23https://www.nipponpapergroup.com/news/year/2022/news220930005296.html
- company websitechecked 2026-07-23https://www.nipponpapergroup.com/about/branch/factory/npi/akita/