| Aquiring Company |
United States Assets Purchased |
Estimated Value
(million $) |
| Alliance Forest Products Inc. |
Coosa Pines, Ala., fluff pulp and newsprint mill from Kimberly-Clark Corp. |
$600 |
| Belgravia Investments Ltd. |
West Linn, Ore., coated free-sheet mill from Simpson Paper Co. |
n.a. |
| Brant-Allen Industries Inc. |
Dow Jones & Co.'s and the Washington Post Co.'s 35% stakes
in the Bear Island Paper Co. |
n.a. |
| Brownsville Specialty Paper Products Inc. |
Columbus, Ohio, lightweight coated specialty paper mill from Fletcher Paper Co. |
n.a. |
| Caraustar Industries Inc. |
Baxter Tube Co., a subsidiary of Cleveland, Ohio-based The Tranzonic Cos. |
n.a. |
| Consolidated Papers Inc |
Repap USA including Kimberly, Wis., coated paper mill from Repap Enterprises Inc. |
674 |
| Fort Howard Corp. |
Merger with James River Corp. |
5,800 |
|
| Kimberly-Clark Corp. |
Nonwoven disposable medical products manufacturer Tecnol Medical Products Inc. |
400 |
| Newark Group Inc. |
Two recycled paperboard mills from Yorktowne Paper Mills Inc. and
Yorktowne's Mercer Paper Tube Corp. subsidiary |
n.a. |
| Northwest Capital Appreciation Inc. |
Port Townsend, Wash., kraft market pulp, kraft sack and lightweight
linerboard mill from Port Townsend Paper Co. |
pending |
| Rock-Tenn Co. |
Privately-held Davey Co. and Rite Paper Products Inc.
St. Paul, Minn.-based Waldorf Corp. |
12
414 |
| St. Laurent Paperboard Inc. |
West Point, Va., pulp, kraft papers and containerboard mill, plus four box plants
and related assets from Chesapeake Corp. |
508 |
| Southern Bag Corp. |
Multiwall bag business from International Paper Co. |
n.a. |
| The New Group Inc. |
Plainwell, Mich., coated and uncoated free-sheet mill from Simpson Paper Co. |
n.a. |
| Wausau Paper Mills Co. |
Merger with Mosinee Paper Corp.
Otis Specialty Papers from Rexam Inc. |
$477/pending
58 |
| Aquiring Company |
United States Assets Purchased |
Estimated Value
(million $) |
| Abitibi-Price Inc. |
Merger with Stone-Consolidated Corp. |
$4,900 |
| Buckeye Cellulose Corp. |
100% of Delta, B.C.-based Merfin International |
270 |
| Cascades Inc. |
25% interest in CDM Desencrage owned by Donohue Inc. |
n.a. |
| Cascades Inc. |
Amalgamation of Domtar Inc.'s and Cascades Inc.'s
containerboard and packaging operations. |
n.a. |
| Gallaher Thorold Paper |
Thorold, Ont., fine paper mill from Noranda Forest Inc. |
n.a. |
| Investing public |
24.8% stake in Alberta Newsprint Co. |
Pending |
| Kruger Inc. |
100% of Mississauga, Ont.-based Scott Paper Ltd. |
350 |
| Rolland Inc. |
Thunder Bay, Ont., employee-owned Provincial Papers Inc. |
26 |
| Spexel Inc. |
Beauharnois, Que., specialty paper mill from Domtar Inc. |
n.a. |
| Tembec Inc. |
Pine Falls, Man., newsprint mill from Pine Falls Paper Co. Ltd. |
$100 million in cash
and shares (pending) |
| Tembec Inc. |
45% interest in Spruce Falls Inc. it did not already own |
182 |
| Tolko Industries Ltd. |
The Pas, Man., (Repap Manitoba) kraft paper and multiwall
sack mill from Repap Enterprises Inc. |
147 |
| Two Canadian banks |
Assumed ownership of market pulp mill Skeena Cellulose Inc. |
nominal |
| Uniforet Inc. |
Additional 25% stake in Trois-Rivieres, Que.-based Tripap Inc. |
66 |
| UPM-Kymmene Corp. |
Coated groundwood paper mill in Grand Rapids, Minn., from Fletcher Challenge |
650 |
