| FEBRUARY | Unisource Corp. acquired Hopaco, Boise Cascade’s Hawaiian paper distribution firm. |
| MARCH | Domtar, Inc. Montreal agreed to merge its Merchant Distribution Division with WWF Paper Corp., Bala Cynwyd, PA. Domtar Merchants would continue to operate its seven warehouses in Canada under the name Buntin Reid in Ontario and The Paper House/La Mason du Papier in Quebec & the Atlantic provinces. |
| APRIL | Central National Gottesman acquired Perkins & Squire Co. (P&S) a leading seller of book publishing and printing papers to the publication and graphic arts industry. |
| Gould Paper signed a letter of intent to acquire the paper merchanting activities of Hobart/McIntosh Paper Co. | |
| Central Paper and Lewmar Paper merged their two companies. The current owners and management each received equal interest in the new combined company to be called Central Lewmar L.P. With sales of approximately $200 million, the new company is comprised of Central Lewmar/Newark; Central Lewmar/Penn/Trenton; Marquardt & Company/New York; First State Paper/Wilmington and Pick Quick Papers. | |
| MAY | Garrett-Buchanan and Butler consolidated under the name Unisource. |
| JUNE | ResourceNet International acquired the assets of Ogi Papel and Apelera Kif, two printing paper distributors in Mexico. |
| SEPTEMBER | Midland Paper bought Hobart/McIntosh Paper Co., Chicago from the Amer Group. The deal follows the purchase 10 months before of Northland Paper, Rockford, IL into Midland’s Rockford operation. |
| OCTOBER | Global Paper said it would buy Standard Paper Co. and the new company would be called Global Standard Paper Co. |
| Gould Paper withdrew its offer to acquire Hobart McIntosh on Sept. 8. | |
| NOVEMBER | Midwestern Paper, North Kansas City, and Leslie Paper, Lenexa, KS merged into ResourceNet International. |