| JANUARY | Alco’s Paper Corporation of America said it would acquire Sloan Paper, Atlanta, distributor of printing papers. |
| Scott Paper said that it would sell its specialty paper business including the S.D. Warren paper mill in Westbrook, ME and a converting plant in Belgium. | |
| The sale of G-P’s interest in its French operations to IP for 525 million French francs. | |
| FEBRUARY | Perkins-Goodwin acquired Atlanta Kraft from Bunzl, USA. |
| MARCH | International paper said it would buy Dillard Paper Co., Charlotte, NC, boosting International Paper’s papers distribution business by 25% and filling a regional gap in its distribution system. |
| Gould Paper Co. acquired the Whiting-Patterson Paper division of American Envelope, which would operate as a division of Gould covering Philadelphia, Delaware, Maryland, southern New Jersey and western Pennsylvania. | |
| Mark J. Vallely of A.T. Clayton and Clayton Forms and Raymond A. Germin bought Impressions Paper & Supply from WWF Paper Corp. | |
| MAY | Interstate Packaging, Walden, NY, acquired Champion Retail Packaging. |
| JUNE | Central National Gottesman acquired Communication Paper Corp. |
| AUGUST | Donside Paper acquired Garden City Paper International from Ris Paper Co. |
| SEPTEMBER | Barber Ellis Paper Co., Portland OR, merged with Fraser Paper Co. |