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 | | BRUSSELS, Oct. 26, 1998 (pponline.com) - The merger of Japan's Rengo and Settsu next year will create the country's largest paperboard producer, Rengo Co. Ltd., and is a sign of the corporate shifts occurring in Japan, Pulp and Paper International magazine reports in its October issue. |
 | | Settsu, in Amagasaki, had pulp and paper sales of $505 million and employs about 1,000. |
 | | The major part of the merger, a Rengo official told PPI, is in the fluting sector, where market leader Settsu's 613,000 tons/year will combine with Rengo's 327,000 tons/year to hold a 25.4 percent market share. |
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