M&A Deal Summary

Domtar Acquires Appvion - Point of Sale Paper Business

On February 14, 2020, Domtar acquired forest products company Appvion - Point of Sale Paper Business from Appvion

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Domtar’s 1st transaction in the Forest Products sector.
  • This is Domtar’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Domtar’s 1st transaction in Wisconsin.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-02-14
Target Appvion - Point of Sale Paper Business
Sector Forest Products
Buyer(s) Domtar
Sellers(s) Appvion
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Appvion - Point of Sale Paper Business

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Appvion's Point of Sale (POS) Paper Business provides a wide variety of fiber-based products.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Domtar

Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States
Category Company
Founded 1848
Sector Forest Products
Employees8,900
Revenue 3.7B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Domtar is a provider of a wide variety of fiber-based products including communication, specialty and packaging papers, market pulp, and air-laid nonwovens. Domtar was founded in 1848 and is based in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 9
Sector (Forest Products) 1 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
State (Wisconsin) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 6 of 7
Year (2020) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-18 HDIS

Olivette, Missouri, United States

HDIS, Inc. (Home Delivery Incontinent Supplies Co.) is a distributor of adult incontinence and related products.

Buy $45M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-08 Attindas Hygiene Partners

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Attindas Hygiene Partners designs, manufactures, and markets absorbent hygiene products. The company sells adult incontinence and infant diapers, among other products, into the healthcare, retail, and direct-to-consumer channels under brands including Attends, Indas, and Comfees as well as a wide range of private label brands for retailers.

Sell $920M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Appvion

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Category Company
Founded 1907
Sector Forest Products
Employees1,600
DESCRIPTION

Appvion, Inc. is a producer of thermal, carbonless, security, inkjet, digital specialty, and colored papers.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 4
Sector (Forest Products) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 4
State (Wisconsin) 2 of 4
Country (United States) 2 of 4
Year (2020) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-04 Encapsys

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

Encapsys discovers, develops and manufactures microencapsulation solutions for use in the building and construction, paper, bedding, and personal and household care industries. Encapsys is based in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Sell $208M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-02-15 Appvion - Specialty Papers Business

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

Appvion Specialty Papers Business includes carbonless rolls and security papers. Carbonless gives you clean, legible images that are guaranteed to remain intense throughout the life of the document. Even down to the last ply. We offer a broad range of papers optimized for different types of multipart forms and printing setups which has helped us become the number one carbonless paper in the world. Security Papers The best protection against fraud is to prevent it from ever happening – by creating documents that deter the schemes that fraud criminals use.

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