COMPANYHISTORIES
SIC 2631

Paperboard Mills

How the companies in this industry began, and the forces that shaped them.

39companies1832–1989founding years37still active2no longer operating
§ 01

The industry over time

Companies foundedEconomyTechnologyEnvironmentHistory
FoundedRogers Corporation
1832
FoundedMenasha Corporation
1872
FoundedChampion International Corporation
1893
FoundedStora Enso Oyj
1896
FoundedSonoco Products Company
1899
FoundedWeyerhaeuser Company
1900
1903
TechnologyThe Wright brothers achieve powered flight.
FoundedLydall, Inc.
1913
1914
EconomyWorld War I begins; global trade reorders.
FoundedFederal Paper Board Company, Inc.
1916
FoundedKruger Inc.
1921
FoundedGeorgia-Pacific Corporation
1927
FoundedSvenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA
1929
FoundedJefferson Smurfit Group plc
1934
1939
EconomyWorld War II begins; wartime production surges.
FoundedDS Smith Plc
1940
1945
EconomyThe war ends; a long global expansion begins.
1947
TechnologyThe transistor is invented.
1958
TechnologyThe integrated circuit is demonstrated.
1962
EnvironmentSilent Spring launches the modern environmental movement.
FoundedCascades Inc.
1964
FoundedReno de Medici S.p.A.
1967
FoundedGrupo Industrial Durango, S.A. de C.V.
1975
TechnologyThe personal-computer era begins.
1981
TechnologyThe IBM PC launches and sets a standard.
FoundedTemple-Inland Inc.
1983
1984
TechnologyApple ships the Macintosh; the GUI era begins.
FoundedM-real Oyj
1986
1989
HistoryThe Berlin Wall falls; global markets open up.
1991
TechnologyThe World Wide Web is released to the public.
1993
TechnologyThe Mosaic browser brings the web to everyone.
1995
TechnologyWindows 95 launches; the internet goes mainstream.
1997
EnvironmentThe Kyoto Protocol sets the first climate targets.
2004
TechnologySocial media and Web 2.0 take hold.
2007
TechnologyThe iPhone launches the smartphone era.
2010
TechnologyCloud computing goes mainstream for business.
2015
EnvironmentThe Paris Agreement sets global climate targets.
2020
EconomyThe COVID-19 pandemic upends the global economy.
2022
EconomyInflation spikes; central banks raise rates sharply.
2023
TechnologyGenerative AI reaches mainstream business use.
§ 02

The companies

Rogers Corporation →
Active · founded 1832
Rogers Corporation was originally founded as a paper mill in 1832 and segued from insulated paperboard into a wide…
Ahlstrom Corporation →
Active · founded 1851 · Finland
Ahlstrom Corporation celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2001 by breaking up.
Menasha Corporation →
Active · founded 1872
The third oldest privately held manufacturing company in the United States, Menasha Corporation is a holding company…
Holmen AB →
Active · founded 1873 · Sweden
Early 1900s:[fsps*2.5]Company builds a sulfite pulp mill at Domsjö.
Champion International Corporation →
Active · founded 1893
Champion International Corporation is a leading U.S.
Consolidated Papers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1894
Consolidated Papers, Inc., which was acquired by Finnish-Swedish paper giant Stora Enso Oyj in August 2000, is the…
Stora Enso Oyj →
Active · founded 1896 · Finland
1288: First documentary evidence of mining at the copper mountain near Falun, Sweden.
International Paper Company →
Active · founded 1898
International Paper Company (IP) is the world's largest producer of paper, packaging, and forest products.
Sonoco Products Company →
Active · founded 1899
Sonoco Products Co.
Westvaco Corporation →
Active · founded 1899
Westvaco Corporation is a major manufacturer of printing papers and envelopes, consumer and industrial packaging, and…
Weyerhaeuser Company →
Active · founded 1900
Weyerhaeuser Company is the world's largest private owner of softwood timber and the world's largest producer of…
Potlatch Corporation →
Active · founded 1903
Potlatch Corporation--a mid-sized manufacturer of wood products, printing paper, and other pulp- and paper-based…
DEMCO, Inc. →
Active · founded 1905
DEMCO, Inc.
Lydall, Inc. →
Active · founded 1913
Lydall, Inc.
The Siam Cement Public Company Limited →
Active · founded 1913 · Thailand
One of Thailand's largest companies, The Siam Cement Public Company Limited is a diversified conglomerate with…
Federal Paper Board Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1916
Federal Paper Board Company, Inc., is a leading producer of recycled and bleached paperboard, which is used to make…
Empresas CMPC S.A. →
Active · founded 1920 · Chile
Empresas CMPC S.A.
Kruger Inc. →
Active · founded 1921 · Canada
A leading manufacturer of recycled newsprint and other paper products, Kruger Inc.
Inland Container Corporation →
Active · founded 1925
Inland Container Corporation, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is one of the United States' largest producers of…
Georgia-Pacific Corporation →
Active · founded 1927
Georgia-Pacific Corporation is a leading manufacturer and distributor of paper-based consumer products, pulp, office…
Longview Fibre Company →
Active · founded 1927
Longview Fibre Company owns and operates a pulp and paper mill as well as 16 container and bag plants in 11 states.
Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA →
Active · founded 1929 · Sweden
Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (SCA for short) is one of Europe's leading forestry companies, specializing in…
The Mead Corporation →
Active · founded 1930
The Mead Corporation is one of the world's largest manufacturers of paper (producing more than 1.7 million tons each…
Jefferson Smurfit Group plc →
Defunct · founded 1934 · Ireland
Jefferson Smurfit Group plc has expanded from its origins in the Irish packaging industry to become one of the world's…
St. Joe Paper Company →
Active · founded 1936
The St.
Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1938 · Japan
An independent public company for much of its history, Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
DS Smith Plc →
Active · founded 1940 · United Kingdom
DS Smith Plc has wrapped up leading European positions in its two primary lines of business: packaging (paper-based and…
Grupo Portucel Soporcel →
Active · founded 1952 · www.portucelsoporcel.com
The addition of Soporcel also allowed the company to shift away from its reliance on the pulp market, which had come…
Cascades Inc. →
Active · founded 1964 · Canada
Cascades Inc., over its 40-year history, has grown from the operator of a single paper mill in a small Canadian town to…
Genting Bhd. →
Active · founded 1965 · Malaysia
Genting Bhd.
Reno de Medici S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1967 · Italy
Milan-based Reno de Medici S.p.A.
Rock-Tenn Company →
Defunct · founded 1973
Rock-Tenn Company is one of the largest U.S.
Grupo Industrial Durango, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1975 · Mexico
Grupo Industrial Durango, S.A.
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging…
Temple-Inland Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
Temple-Inland Inc.
Gaylord Container Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
Gaylord Container Corporation is a major national manufacturer and distributor of corrugated containers,…
M-real Oyj →
Active · founded 1986 · Finland
M-real Oyj--known as Metsä-Serla Oy until 2001--operates as a leading supplier of paper and paperboard and is Europe's…
FiberMark, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
FiberMark, Inc.
Riverwood International Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
Riverwood International Corporation is a global paperboard, packaging, and packaging machinery firm that produces…
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