Niigata Mill
Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co. Ltd, Niigata Mill
Niigata Mill is an operating kraft pulp mill in Ishinomaki, Japan, with a capacity of 700 000 tonnes per year.
- Group
- Hokuetsu Corporation
- WoodComp ID
- 00140 (how IDs work)
- Country
- Japan
- City
- Ishinomaki
- Status
- Operating
- Capacity
- 700 000 t/y pulpPaper: not recorded (integrated papermaking; no paper capacity figure recorded)
- Type
- Kraft
- Region
- Miyagi
38.419, 141.252
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Niigata Mill is the 1st largest pulp mill in Japan of the 11 with a pulp capacity figure in WoodComp's register.
- Largest pulp mills in Japan
- Yatsushiro Mill ·Iwakuni Mill ·Ishinomaki Mill ·Tomioka Mill ·Yonago Mill
- Nearest facilities
- Kyowa Mokuzai (協和木材, Hanawa + Shinjo-anläggningarna) (177 km) ·Akita Mill (180 km) ·Chugoku Lumber Kashima (鹿島工場, inkl. andra sågverket) (284 km) ·Shiraoi Mill (455 km) ·Tomakomai Mill (470 km)
Timeline
- 2011expansion
Metso paper making line installed at Hokuetsu Niigata
Source ↗ - 2008-09-03expansion
A new wide paper machine line supplied by Metso started up in July 2008 and was officially inaugurated at the Niigata mill on 3 September 2008, adding about 400,000 tonnes per year to the mill's existing 1,000,000 tonne coated paper capacity.
Source ↗ - 1964expansion
After the 1964 Niigata earthquake the company installed new paper machines at the Niigata mill alongside the repair work, increasing capacity.
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Data confidence: Medium (74 of 100) how this is computed
- otherchecked 2026-07-22paper-world.com
- otherchecked 2026-07-22jstage.jst.go.jp
- company websitechecked 2026-07-23hokuetsucorp.com
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- newschecked 2026-07-23en.wikipedia.org
- otherchecked 2026-07-27hokuetsucorp.com
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