Nippon's Ishinomaki Mill Now Fully Restored

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Nippon Paper Industries, Japan, reports that it has resumed operation of N2 paper machine and coating machine No. 2 at its Ishinomaki Mill (Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture) in Japan. The Ishinomaki mill was damaged and shut down by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.

 With the N2 and coating machine No. 2 startup, the production capability at Ishinomaki mill has recovered to around 850,000 metric tpy, with all six paper machines and two coating machines at the mill having resumed operations based on the company's Plan for Paper Business Revitalization released in August 2011.