Paper Excellence Buys Domtar For $3 Billion
Paper Excellence, a North American manufacturer of pulp and specialty printing, writing and packaging papers headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Can., is acquiring Domtar for $3 billion.
After the transaction closes, Paper Excellence says it intends to continue the operations of Domtar as a stand-alone business entity. Domtar will continue to be led by its management team and Paper Excellence plans to retain Domtar’s corporate and production locations.
Paper Excellence has seven pulp and paper manufacturing facilities in Canada, with more than 2.8 million tonnes of production and $2.4 billion in annual sales.
Domtar maintains corporate offices in Fort Mill, SC and Montreal and operates multiple pulp, paper, converting, liner board and chip mill manufacturing facilities in North America, including a paper facility in Bennettsville, SC and a pulp facility in Ashdown, Ark. The company reported $3.65 billion in sales for 2020.
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