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PaperlinX
PaperlinX is a young company with a long history. Listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in April 2000 after demerging from Amcor, antecedents of PaperlinX have been making paper in Australia since 1926 and have distributed paper in Europe since the 1600s.
Over the last couple of years PaperlinX has undergone a period of rapid and significant expansion. In January 2001, PaperlinX acquired Australian listed paper distributor Spicers Paper providing a platform for international growth in fine paper merchanting, with businesses in Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Asia.
This was followed by the acquisitions of Canadian paper merchants Coast Paper in May 2001 and Papier Turgeon in April 2002 to add complete Canadian coverage to our strong US West Coast position.
In July 2002 the acquisition of Bunzl Fine Paper, later renamed The Paper Company, provided an important strategic footprint into the UK market.
The November 2003 acquisition of Buhrmann’s paper merchanting division, renamed PaperlinX Europe, strengthened PaperlinX’s European customer base and established PaperlinX’s paper merchanting business, the only world wide merchant platform.
August 2005 saw PaperlinX announce the Maryvale Kraft Pulp Capacity upgrade to be completed by 2008 in Australia. More recently in March 2006 PaperlinX acquired another Canadian paper distributor, Cascades Merchanting (now Spicers Canada) to build value in North America.
In May 2007, PaperlinX completed two simultaneous transactions in Europe, the purchase of Antalis S.p.A in Italy and the sale of Axelium SAS in France.
Today, PaperlinX is Australia and New Zealand’s leading paper manufacturer and has the widest geographic distribution of any fine paper merchant in the world.
Timeline
- Apr 2000 - Listed on the Australian Stock Exchange as PaperlinX Limited
- Jan 2001 - Acquisition of Spicers Paper (International fine paper merchant)
- May 2001 - Acquisition of Coast Paper (Canadian fine paper merchant), Restructuring of New Zealand paper merchants
- Jun 2001 - ISO 14001 Environmental Accreditation at all Australian Paper mills
- Aug 2001 - Australian Paper Plantations Sold
- Sep 2001 - Edwards Dunlop Paper and Commonwealth Paper sold
- Oct 2001 - Restructuring of Australian Paper Merchants, Amtrade chemical trading business sold
- Mar 2002 - Restructuring of Spicers stationery and envelope business, Australian Paper signs National Packaging Covenant
- Apr 2002 - Acquisition of L.P. Turgeon (Canadian fine paper merchant) renamed to Papier Turgeon
- Jul 2002 - Acquisition of Bunzl Fine Paper (UK fine paper mechant)
- Dec 2002 - Bunzl Fine Paper renamed The Paper Company, Further restructuring of New Zealand paper merchants
- Nov 2003 - Acquisition of Buhrmann Paper Merchanting Division - renamed PaperlinX Europe
- Nov 2004 - Purchase of small Danish paper merchant
- Aug 2005 - Upgrade to Maryvale Kraft Pulp Mill and Bleach Plant announced to be completed in 2008 in Australia
- Jan 2006 - PaperlinX UK launched the Delivery Co, an integrated logistics group across our three UK paper merchants
- Mar 2002 2006 - Acquisition of Canadian paper distributor, Cascades Merchanting (now called Spicers Canada)
- May 2006 - PaperlinX Office launched in Australia, integrating the Tudor Group, Spicers Office Papers and Australian Paper - Office
- Aug 2006 - By August, Australian Paper’s Shoalhaven Mill in New South Wales and Maryvale Mill in Victoria both achieved FSC chain-of-custody certification. This is recognised as a global standard in forest certification and the chain-of-custody component ensures that the final product can be traced back to its original source
- May 2007 - PaperlinX acquires Antalis S.p.A in Italy and sells Axelium SAS in France
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