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Plastics ManufacturingTokio, Japan11-50 Employees
YUPO CORPORATION is a plastics manufacturing company headquartered in Kandasurugadai, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan, employing 11 to 50 people. The firm was established in May 1969 as a 50/50 joint venture between Oji Paper Co., Ltd. (now Oji Holdings Corporation) and Mitsubishi Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (now Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation) to commercialize petrochemical-based synthetic papers. Its production facilities began with a first production line in 1971, a second in 1986, and a third in 1990 at the Kashima Factory in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, creating a structure for stable supply in Japan and overseas. YUPO CORPORATION expanded internationally with a U.S. manufacturing and sales subsidiary established in Chesapeake, Virginia in September 1998, and a German sales subsidiary in October 2000, along with additional bases in China, India, and Thailand, positioning it as a global top manufacturer with a high share in the synthetic paper field. The company develops and markets synthetic paper products under the YUPO brand.