| JANUARY | The American Paper Institute, API, became AFPA, the American Forest and Paper Association. |
| Paper Corp. of America formed a new paper distribution company when it combined segments of its subsidiary, Baldwin Paper with another subsidiary, Saxon Paper Co. . . . the combined organization, Unisource Metro. Other operating units of Baldwin became part of Websource, a PCA Co. | |
| James River completed the sale of its specialty & industrial papers mill in Pepperell, MA to Merrimac Paper. | |
| FEBRUARY | Oji Paper, Japan’s biggest paper-maker, and Kanzaki Paper Mfg., said they would merge on Oct. 1. |
| American Israeli Paper Mills said it would acquire Molett Paper Mills Ltd. | |
| Abitibi-Price to transfer ownership of its coated paper mill in Thunder Bay, Ontario to a new company formed by the mill’s employees . . .Assn. of Independent Printing Paper Merchants (AIPPM). | |
| MARCH | Georgia-Pacific signed a letter of intent to sell Butler Paper to Alco Standard. |
| Alco also bought Remco Business Products, San Diego. | |
| International Paper said it would buy Ingram Paper, Los Angeles. | |
| Gilman Paper said it would acquire JD Sky Corp. The new company operates as Gilman Communications Products. | |
| The Boston Paper Trade Association and the New England paper Merchants decided they would merge on April 14 when BPTA would become the New England Paper Trade Assn. | |
| APRIL | Gould Paper acquired Total Business Papers, Willow Grove, PA. |
| Butler Paper acquired Alpine Paper, Rockford, IL. | |
| George W. Strahler formed Ohio Paper Products, Columbus. | |
| Pequot Papers, Southport, CT formed a business partnership with Perkins Goodwin, Stamford. | |
| MAY | Union Camp sold its school supplies & stationery div. to Mead Corp. |
| Barber Ellis Fine Paper became Unisource Canada. | |
| City Forest agreed to buy the Pope & Talbot tissue mill in Ladysmith, WI. | |
| JUNE | Alco Standard agreed to acquire Erskine House Group. PLC. It also bought Mack-Pak, Inc., Dallas. |
| Gould Paper’s Albany div. bought Sofco’s Select Paper div. | |
| JULY | G-P completed the sale of Butler Paper to Alco Standard. |
| MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. and Noranda Forest Inc. sold their 50% interest in Island Paper Mills to E.B. Eddy. | |
| AUGUST | Cross Pointe paper said it would buy the Dayton, OH div. of Badger Paper Mills. |
| Rolland sold its 49% stake in PWA Rolland Decor. | |
| The Japan FTC asked Oji Paper Co. and Kanzaki Paper Mfg. to sell part of their holdings. | |
| Arjo Wiggins Appleton (AWA) joined with Indonesia’s PT Risjadson to acquire a 55% stake in state-owned PT Kertas Padalarang. | |
| SEPTEMBER | Grays Harbor Industrial Inc. acquired Grays Harbor Paper Co. |
| Fletcher Paper agreed to buy Silver Leaf Paper Corp. and merged it into Fletcher. | |
| Gould subsidiary, Richard Lewis Paper Corp. bought Southern Paper Co., Miami, which would shortly merge with The Paper House, a div. of Richard Lewis. | |
| OCTOBER | PCA acquired Butler Paper, Crown Paper and Abitibi’s paper distribution business. |
| Specialty Paperboard agreed to buy the Warren Glen paper mill, Milford, NJ, from SCI Investors. | |
| NOVEMBER | Williamhouse-Regency said it would acquire Kimberly-Clark’s Karolton Envelope. |
| ResourceNet International said it would acquire JB Papers Inc., Union, NJ. | |
| SCI Investors, Richmond, VA, and nine senior execs from Custom Papers completed the purchase of Custom Papers Group from Bowater. | |
| Robert H. Berkowitz, chairman, Central Paper Co. and William L. Ostroff, president, Lewmar Paper Co., announced the intention to merge their two companies . . . to be called Central Lewmar Distribution Services Inc. | |