| FEBRUARY | Paper Corporation of America acquired Distribix, Inc. |
| MARCH | Norkol, Inc. acquired Gibraltar Paper bringing together a full service paper broker/converter/sheeter in one facility in Northlake IL. |
| Leslie Paper and Michigan Paper Co. agreed to merge via a purchase of Michigan’s assets by Leslie. | |
| Gould Paper acquired Fibreweb International Ltd., Norwalk CT -- the company opened Gould Paper of New England in Stroughton MA. | |
| Lindenmeyr Paper Co. and Lindenmeyr Munroe were consolidated into a single paper merchant in Peabody MA, serving the Northeast. | |
| APRIL | International Paper bought Dixon Paper Co., Denver CO. Together they would have 183 wholesale and retail locations and group sales of over $2 billion. |
| JUNE | Michigan Paper Co. became part of Leslie Paper. |
| AUGUST | German firm Zanders Feinpapiers AG, acquired Paper Sources International from Central National Gottesman. |
| NOVEMBER | All States acquired U.S. Pulp & Paper. |
| Pratt Paper, Boston, bought Donald Wyman, Inc. | |
| A.B. Massa Paper Corp. opened a New England facility in Suffield, CT. | |
| DECEMBER | Alco Standard Corp., Wayne, PA, and its subsidiary, Paper Corp. of America, said they acquired Bay Colony Paper Corp. of Norwood, MA. It will operate under Rourke Eno Paper Co., a Paper Corporation of America operating unit. |