Sumitomo, Nippon Paper, Rengo to form trilateral tie-up

Sumitomo, Nippon Paper, Rengo to form trilateral tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Otsubo (L), president of Rengo Co., Motoyoshi Oka (C), president of Sumitomo Corp., and Masatomo Nakamura, president of Nippon Paper Group Inc., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 20 at which they announced the companies have agreed to form a trilateral tie-up in an attempt to sharpen their competitiveness and better cope with growing demand for paper products in Asia.

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