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Akita Mill

Akita Mill · also known as Tohoku Paper Akita Mill

Akita Mill is an operating kraft pulp mill in Akita, Japan, with a capacity of 237 050 tonnes per year.

Company
Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
Group
Nippon Paper Group
WoodComp ID
00517 (how IDs work)
Country
Japan
City
Akita
Status
Operating
Capacity
237 050 t/y pulp
Type
Kraft
Region
Akita

39.746, 140.058

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Raw material

OCC

Products

Pulp grades
OCC
Paper products
Containerboard

Related facilities

Akita Mill is the 10th largest pulp mill in Japan of the 11 with a pulp capacity figure in WoodComp's register.

More Nippon Paper Group facilities
Yatsushiro Mill ·Iwakuni Mill ·Ishinomaki Mill ·Shiraoi Mill ·Asahikawa Mill
Largest pulp mills in Japan
Niigata Mill ·Tomioka Mill ·Yonago Mill ·Tomakomai Mill ·Satsumasendai Mill
Nearest facilities
Kyowa Mokuzai (協和木材, Hanawa + Shinjo-anläggningarna) (309 km) ·Chugoku Lumber Kashima (鹿島工場, inkl. andra sågverket) (430 km) ·Terneyles Plastun (STS Technowood softwood mill) (636 km) ·Gotsu Mill (869 km) ·Chugoku Lumber Kure (HQ complex: honsha seizai + kobara) (902 km)

Timeline

  1. 2023startup

    Valmet TwinRoll Evolution wash press installed; start-up May 2023

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  2. 2018closure

    Coating machine No. 1 shut down (May 2018)

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  3. 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)

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Sources

Data confidence: Medium (74 of 100) how this is computed

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