PaperlinX (ASX: PPX) is an international merchant of fine paper, industrial packaging products and equipment, sign and display, hardware and
consumables
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, and graphic supplies and systems. Customers include printers, designers, agencies, publishers, end-users and advertisers.
PaperlinX owns merchanting companies in 20 countries. In the
United Kingdom
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and
Europe
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, the businesses are branded ‘PaperlinX’. In
Canada
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,
Australian
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Australia
* Australia, a country
* Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia
** European Australians
** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists
** Aboriginal Au ...
,
New Zealand
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and
Asia
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the businesses operate under the ‘Spicers’ brand. The company was formed in April 2000 after demerging from
Amcor
Amcor plc is a global packaging company. It develops and produces flexible packaging, rigid containers, specialty cartons, closures and services for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical-device, home and personal-care, and other products.
The ...
.
["Group History - PaperlinX". paperlinx.com.au. Retrieved 10 July 2011.] PaperlinX employs approximately 4000 people in 20 countries and is listed on the
Australian Securities Exchange
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, trading under the ASX code 'PPX'. The corporate office is located in Melbourne, Australia.
In June 2009, PaperlinX sold its manufacturing business,
Australian Paper
Australian Paper is the only Australian manufacturer of office, printing and packaging papers and manufactures more than 600,000 tonnes of paper annually for Australia, New Zealand and other export markets. Australian Paper was purchased from Pap ...
, to
Nippon Paper Group Inc of Japan. PaperlinX closed its paper manufacturing division, Tas Paper, in Tasmania, in mid-2010. In 2012, PaperlinX sold merchanting businesses in the
US and Italy, Eastern Europe and South Africa.
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See also
*List of paper mills
This is a list of paper mills sorted by country.
Algeria
* GIPEC SPA, Baba-Ali Mill, Bilda
Argentina
* Papel Prensa, San Pedro Pulp and Paper Mill, San Pedro, Buenos Aires Province
Australia
* ABC Tissue Products, Sydney
* Asaleo Ca ...
References
External links
*{{Official website, https://www.spicers.com.au/
Pulp and paper companies of Australia
Manufacturing companies established in 2000
Australian companies established in 2000
Playing card manufacturers
Companies formerly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange
Manufacturing companies based in Melbourne
Printing companies
Australian subsidiaries of foreign companies
Corporate spin-offs
2019 mergers and acquisitions