Shiraoi Mill

Also known as Hokkaido Mill (integrated 2010)

OperatingNippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.Nippon Paper Group nipponpapergroup.comID 00516

Shiraoi Mill is an operating pulp mill in Shiraoi, Japan, owned by Nippon Paper Group. With a capacity of 365 000 tonnes per year it is the 7th largest of the 10 pulp mills in Japan with a recorded capacity.

Location and logistics

Location: Shiraoi, Hokkaidō, Japan
Nearest port: Muroran Ko · 32 km
Straight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
Rail siding: No siding mapped
Nearest railway: 0.2 km

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Capacity and output

Capacity: 365 000 t/y pulp
Other filing for 2010
Production: Not reported

Raw material and products

Paper products

Coated Paper Fine Paper Specialty Paper

History and sources

Data confidence: Medium (74 of 100) · methodology

Timeline

closure2025
No. 8 paper machine (fine paper manufacturing) scheduled to shut down end of September 2025 due to graphic paper demand decline
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15 years
other2010
Integrated with Asahikawa Mill and Yufutsu Mill into unified Hokkaido Mill operation
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Sources

other×2checked 2026-07-22
nipponpapergroup.com ↗
otherchecked 2026-07-22
paper-world.com ↗
company websitechecked 2026-07-23
nipponpapergroup.com ↗

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otherchecked 2026-07-25
jstage.jst.go.jp ↗

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Nippon Paper Group

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Largest in Japan

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Nearby

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WoodComp (). Shiraoi Mill (WoodComp ID 00516). WoodComp facility database, version 2026-11. Accessed the date you retrieved it. https://woodcomp.world/id/516