Corporate Profile
Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. (DMI) is an integrated forest products company first established in western Canada in 1969 by Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Daishowa) and Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni) of Japan, when the company began a joint venture with Weldwood of Canada (acquired by West Fraser Timber Co., Ltd. in January 2005) in the Cariboo Pulp and Paper Company (CPP) at Quesnel, BC. In December 1992, DMI absorbed Daishowa Canada’s Alberta assets which consisted of a modern 400,000 mt/year hardwood/softwood kraft pulp mill in Peace River and two sawmills located in High Level and Red Earth. The sawmills were sold in 1999 and 2000 leaving the Alberta operation to the bleach kraft pulp mill in Peace River, Alberta (PRPD), which has become one of the top ten pulp producers in North America. In 2003, Daishowa in Japan was acquired and amalgamated into Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.(Nippon Paper). Nippon Paper is Japan’s second largest pulp and paper manufacturing company, whereas Marubeni is one of the major trading company in Japan and one of the world’s largest dealers in market pulp. DMI employs over 600 people in British Columbia and Alberta and conducts business with an additional 600 woodlands, log and chip haul contractors.
DMI, through its PRPD pulp mill, manages 2.9 million hectares of Forest Management Agreement(FMA) timberlands (42.6% is productive) to supply most of its fibre requirements for its pulp mill in Peace River. DMI also has Deciduous Timber Allocation (DTA) tenure on an additional 5.0 million hectares.
The company manages these lands on a sustainable basis for commercial harvest, reforestation, wildlife habitat, fish habitat, ecological diversity, and other non-timber values. DMI complies with federal and provincial regulations and FORESTCARE Codes of Practice. DMI's Peace River Pulp Division is FORESTCARE certified and ISO 14001 certified.
Together with West Fraser Mills Ltd. DMI jointly owns Cariboo Pulp & Paper Company, a high quality bleached kraft pulp mill. Cariboo Pulp & Paper Company produces bleached softwood kraft pulp, which meets the stringent requirements of the world's most demanding markets for high brightness, cleanliness and strength. The mill is located at Quesnel, in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. Cariboo Pulp & Paper began production in 1972.
Corporate Structure | Nippon Paper | Marubeni Corporation | CPP | PRPD
