NEWS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 3, 2012

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Mr. Atsuki Kimura
mitsubishi_dpm@mpm.co.jp
Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
Paper Division, Business Communication & Specialty Paper Sales Department
10-14, Ryogoku 2-Chome, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0026, Japan+81(0)3-5600-1462
http://www.mpm.co.jp/ip/si/

MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS (MPM) LAUNCHES SWORD iJET GLOSS FROMHACHINOHE MILL(TOKYO, JAPAN) Mitsubishi Paper Mills (MPM) today announced the official launchof SWORD iJET premium coated production inkjet media. Since its initial introduction
at drupa 2012, MPM has received positive feedback from the market for both its
gloss and matte coated products.
The launch of SWORD iJET, manufactured at MPM’s Hachinohe Mill, one of several
production facilities located in Japan, is a true testament to the strong will and abilityof MPM’s courageous employees to overcome such adversity. The Tsunami of 2011
caused extensive damage and flooding of Hachinohe’s production equipment.

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“Hachinohe Mill’s primary concern after the disaster was to safeguard its employees
and local town’s people.” Said Mr. Atsuki Kimura of Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Specialty
Paper Department. MPM supplied much needed electricity to the community fromthe mills on site power generation facility. It is encouraging that Hachinohe Mill wasable to restore full manufacturing capabilities of its core paper products within 8months. “We greatly appreciated all the support and kind words from our partners
and customers during this difficult time, and look forward to continuing our traditionof launching value added products to the world.” added Mr. Kimura
Utilizing its extensive history and patents in specialty inkjet coatings, MPM hascommercialized SWORD iJET 4.3 Gloss and other new FSC grades to have instant dry
characteristics, universal ink compatibility, wide color gamut, and excellent inkadhesion.
Sword iJET is compatible with all major production inkjet printers
including; Dainippon Screen, Ricoh Production Print Solutions Japan, and KODAK.
Unlike most other gloss coated media in the marketplace, SWORD iJET does not
require post printing lamination or liquid UV.
SWORD iJET is available in a basis weight of 127.9gsm in both gloss and mattesurfaces. The SWORD iJET portfolio will expand to include additional basis weights
to target varied market opportunities such as mailers, reply cards and other printedproducts.

To learn more about SWORD iJET and Mitsubishi’s complete portfolio of premium
coated inkjet media for today’s high speed color inkjet presses, contact us at
mitsubishi_dpm@mpm.co.jp .

2About MPM
Mitsubishi Paper Mills produces and develops not only printing paper, printing platematerials and printing systems supporting offset and other printing, but also supplies
the media for almost all recording formats, such as pressure-sensitive, thermal,
magnetic, electrographic, silver halide photography and inkjet paper. Furthermore,
we are adding functional materials such as highly functional filters to our operating
business, and we are increasing emphasis on research and development in new
business areas. With production facilities and R&D sites mainly located in Japan andGermany, and sales sites located in Japan, Germany and the United States, we haveadopted a stance suited to access to global markets. Paper plays an essential part ofour lives by creating and enriching various aspects of our daily lifestyle. Readingbooks, sending letters, choosing products from catalogs, reliving memories in family
photos… all are important aspects of our lives.

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