PALTAC and Daio Paper Participate in Commercial Operations Using T2's Autonomous Trucks

PALTAC Corporation and Daio Paper Corporation will participate as users in the 'commercial operation' of regularly transporting cargo for logistics companies using autonomous trucks, a service first commercialized in Japan by T2 Inc., starting in May 2026. This marks the first full-scale use of autonomous trucks in the Japanese paper manufacturing industry. To address the decline in transport capacity due to the severe shortage of truck drivers, PALTAC and Daio Paper conducted four verification tests from July 2025 to April 2026, transporting Elleair products, including diapers, using Level 2 autonomous trucks developed by T2, which aims to realize Level 4 autonomous trunk line transport services. In this commercial operation, starting May 28, 2026, they will regularly transport Elleair products using Level 2 autonomous trucks over a distance of approximately 520 km from Daio Paper's Nishi-Yodogawa DC to PALTAC's RDC Yokohama. Based on the results of this operation, both companies will consider participating in Level 4 autonomous trunk line transport, which T2 aims to launch from fiscal year 2027.