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packaging and paper
This page highlights some merger & acquisition benchmarks
in the paper, glass and container sectors.
It covers -
paper and packaging
Paper, pulp and packaging landmarks include -
- International
Paper agrees to acquire Weyerhaeuser’s packaging
business for US$6bn in 2008
- Alcoa
agrees to sell its consumer and packaging divisions
to Rank Group of New Zealand for US$2.7bn in 2007
- Stora
Enso Oyj sells US arm to Cerberus private equity for
US$2.07bn in 2007
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Svenska Cellulosa sells US packaging operations to Metalmark
Capital for US$400m in 2007
- Boise
Cascade agrees to sell its paper, packaging and newsprint
division for US$1.63bn to private equity vehicle Aldabra
2 Acquisition in 2007
- Brookfield
Asset Management agrees to buy Longview Fibre for US$2.15bn
in 2007
- Abitibi-Consolidated
and Bowater agree to merge as AbitibiBowater in 2007
- Smurfit-Stone
Container agrees to sell consumer packaging unit to
Texas Pacific Group for US$1.04bn in 2006
- Canfor
buys New South Companies for US$205m in 2006
- Georgia-Pacific
acquired by Koch Industries for US$13.2bn in 2005
- Jefferson
Smurfit acquires Kappa Packaging, becomes Smurfit Kappa
in 2005
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Cerberus buys NewPage for US$2.3bn in 2005
- Madison
Dearborn buys Boise Cascade for US$3.7bn in 2004
- Jefferson
Smurfit acquired by Madison Dearborn Partners for US$3.5bn
in 2002
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AssiDoman sells corrugated and containerboard operations
to Kappa Holdings for US$1bn in 2001
- Georgia-Pacific
buys Fort James for US$11bn in 2000
- Stora
Enso Oyj buys Consolidated Paper for US$4.8bn in 2000
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International Paper acquires Champion International
for US$7.3bn in 2000
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Smurfit-Stone Container pays US$1.4bn for St. Laurent
Paperboard in 2000
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International Paper buys Union Camp for US$6.6bn in
1998
- Stone
Container and US arm of Jefferson Smurfit merge as Smurfit-Stone
in US$11bn deal in 1998
- James
River buys Fort Howard for US$6.9bn in 1997
- Crown
Cork & Seal buys Carnaud Metalbox for £3.2bn
in 1995
- De
La Rue pays £682m for Portals in 1994
- Jefferson
Smurfit buys Cellulose du Pin from Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
for US$1.02bn in 1994
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Tetra Pak buys Alfa Laval for SK16bn in 1991
-
Georgia-Pacific buys Great Northern Nekoosa for US$5.4bn
in 1990
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Svenska Cellulosa pays £1.05bn for Reedpack in
1990
- Stora
acquires Béghin-Feldmühle in 1990
- Power
sells Consolidated-Bathurst to Stone Container for C$2.6bn
in 1989
- Béghin’s
writing paper division acquired by Feldmühle in
1989
- International
Paper buys Aussedat-Rey in 1988
- Cascades
buys La Rochette’s board division and La Chapelle
Darblay in 1986
- Borregaard merges with Orkla in 1986
- Papeteries
de La Chapelle and Darblay merge as la Chapelle-Darblay
in 1973
- Papeteries
d’Arches (est 1492), Papeteries Johannot (est
1560), Papeterie du Marais (est 1828) and Papeteries
Rives (est 1561) merge as Arjomari in 1956
glass
Deals in the glass sector include
- Pilkington
agrees to £2.2bn bid from Nippon Sheet Glass in
2006
-
Pilkington sells Sola spectacle lens arm for £200m
in 1993
- Pilkington
pays £386m for Revlon's Barnes-Hind and Coburn
Optical Industries in 1987
- Pilkington
pays £113m for 61% of Flachglas AG in 1980
- Pilkington
buys Nordlamex in 1979
- Pilkington
buys Sola Holdings
- Pilkington
acquires Lamino in 1975
- BSN
absorbs Gervais Danone in 1973.
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