COMPANY·HISTORIES
NAIC 322222

Coated and Laminated Paper Manufacturing

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

28companies1872–2001founding years26still active2no longer operating
§ 01

The industry over time

Companies foundedEconomyTechnologyEnvironmentHistory
FoundedUPM-Kymmene CorporationFoundedUPM-Kymmene Corporation
1872
FoundedBeiersdorf AG
1882
FoundedConsolidated Papers, Inc.
1894
FoundedStora Enso OyjFoundedStora Enso Oyj
1896
1903
TechnologyThe Wright brothers achieve powered flight.
FoundedWillamette Industries, Inc.
1906
FoundedRexam PLC
1910
1914
EconomyWorld War I begins; global trade reorders.
FoundedHuhtamäki Oyj
1920
FoundedCSS Industries, Inc.FoundedCSS Industries, Inc.
1923
1929
EconomyThe stock market crashes; the Great Depression spreads worldwide.
1939
EconomyWorld War II begins; wartime production surges.
FoundedAmerican Greetings Corporation
1944
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.
FoundedShorewood Packaging Corporation
1967
1971
EconomyThe dollar leaves the gold standard; currencies float.
1973
EconomyThe OPEC oil embargo triggers a global shock.
1975
TechnologyThe personal-computer era begins.
FoundedAvery Dennison CorporationFoundedAvery Dennison Corporation
1977
1979
EconomyA second oil crisis drives inflation higher worldwide.
1981
TechnologyThe IBM PC launches and sets a standard.
1984
TechnologyApple ships the Macintosh; the GUI era begins.
FoundedM-real Oyj
1986
1987
EconomyBlack Monday: markets fall sharply around the world.
1989
HistoryThe Berlin Wall falls; global markets open up.
FoundedArjo Wiggins Appleton p.l.c.
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
EconomyThe Asian financial crisis rattles global markets.
EnvironmentThe Kyoto Protocol sets the first climate targets.
2000
EconomyThe dot-com bubble bursts.
FoundedDynea
2001
2004
TechnologySocial media and Web 2.0 take hold.
2007
TechnologyThe iPhone launches the smartphone era.
2008
EconomyThe global financial crisis freezes credit worldwide.
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

UPM-Kymmene Corporation →
Active · founded 1872 · Finland
UPM-Kymmene Corporation is Finland's leading forestry company and Europe's largest papermaking concern.
UPM-Kymmene Corporation →
Active · founded 1872 · Finland
UPM-Kymmene Corporation is Finland's leading forestry company and Europe's largest papermaking concern.
Beiersdorf AG →
Active · founded 1882 · Germany
Beiersdorf AG is an international company based in Hamburg, Germany, that develops, manufactures and distributes…
Beiersdorf AG →
Active · founded 1882 · Germany
Beiersdorf AG is an international company based in Hamburg, Germany, that develops, manufactures and distributes…
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…
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.
Stora Enso Oyj →
Active · founded 1896 · Finland
1288: First documentary evidence of mining at the copper mountain near Falun, Sweden.
Willamette Industries, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1906
Willamette Industries, Inc., headquartered in Portland, Oregon, is a medium-sized, diversified forest-products company.
Willamette Industries, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1906
Willamette Industries, Inc., headquartered in Portland, Oregon, is a medium-sized, diversified forest-products company.
Rexam PLC →
Active · founded 1910 · United Kingdom
Rexam PLC is one of the world's ten largest consumer packaging companies.
Rexam PLC →
Active · founded 1910 · United Kingdom
Rexam PLC is one of the world's ten largest consumer packaging companies.
Huhtamäki Oyj →
Active · founded 1920 · Finland
Finland's Huhtamäki Oyj is the world's leading producer of molded fiber-based and rigid packaging products for the…
Huhtamäki Oyj →
Active · founded 1920 · Finland
Finland's Huhtamäki Oyj is the world's leading producer of molded fiber-based and rigid packaging products for the…
CSS Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1923
CSS Industries, Inc.
CSS Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1923
CSS Industries, Inc.
American Greetings Corporation →
Active · founded 1944
Founded in 1906 as a small Cleveland jobber's shop, American Greetings Corporation, which advertises itself as "the…
American Greetings Corporation →
Active · founded 1944
Founded in 1906 as a small Cleveland jobber's shop, American Greetings Corporation, which advertises itself as "the…
Shorewood Packaging Corporation →
Active · founded 1967
Shorewood Packaging Corporation and its subsidiaries print and manufacture high-quality paperboard packaging for the…
Shorewood Packaging Corporation →
Active · founded 1967
Shorewood Packaging Corporation and its subsidiaries print and manufacture high-quality paperboard packaging for the…
Avery Dennison Corporation →
Active · founded 1977
Avery Dennison Corporation was formed in the fall of 1990 by the merger of two Fortune 500 companies, Avery…
Avery Dennison Corporation →
Active · founded 1977
Avery Dennison Corporation was formed in the fall of 1990 by the merger of two Fortune 500 companies, Avery…
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…
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…
Arjo Wiggins Appleton p.l.c. →
Active · founded 1991 · United Kingdom
Late 1990s:Company undergoes major reorganization while the Agnelli family assumes a 40 percent ownership position.
Arjo Wiggins Appleton p.l.c. →
Active · founded 1991 · United Kingdom
Late 1990s:Company undergoes major reorganization while the Agnelli family assumes a 40 percent ownership position.
Dynea →
Active · founded 2001 · Finland
Dynea is a world-leading producer of industrial adhesives and adhesive resins.
Dynea →
Active · founded 2001 · Finland
Dynea is a world-leading producer of industrial adhesives and adhesive resins.
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