How The Paper Industry in Japan Has Technologically Responded to The Paradigm Shifts of The Japanese Society

Iida Kiyoaki

doi:10.2524/jtappij.72.930

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日本における社会・経済の変化と製紙産業の技術対応
日本における社会・経済の変化と製紙産業の技術対応(第2部)1970年代の製紙産業(その1)
ニホンニオケルシャカイ・ケイザイノヘンカトセイシサンギョウノギジュツタイオウ(ダイ2ブ)1970ネンダイノセイシサンギョウ(ソノ 1)
製紙産業の技術対応第2部：1970年代の製紙産業（その1）
Part 2：The Paper Industry in the 1970s ⑴

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The period from 1970 to 1975 was one of paradigm shifts of Japanese society, as oil price hiked, the Rome Club warned that resources are limited, and the environment deteriorated severely due to the rapid economic expansion ahead of it. The paper industry, suffering imminent free trade of paper, steep rise of wood price and complaints on its pollution from public, had a sense of crisis for its business.To cope with the problems, it invested more than 800 billion yen to control pollution acceptable, mostly on effluent treatment, in the five years. As for wood supply, hardwood could be one of main wood supplies, wood chips were imported systematically, and old newsprint could be processed to newsprint furnish. What happened in those years were characterized as a technological revolution in Japan. The solid state was a key technology, and every industry in Japan, similarly making the best of it, became prosperous in the world. In the paper industry, many new paper machines were installed. Paper companies worked with unique and close cooperation with domestic suppliers who were licensees of foreign equipment suppliers, and improved their production capability to the top level in the world, and became competitive to imported products.The next issue will discuss energy saving and international business in those years and sum up the era.

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JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL

JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL 72 (8), 930-939, 2018

JAPAN TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY

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