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Paper. At the time it was referred
to as a “merger,” but was actually a
takeover. The Union Camp chairman
at that time, W. Craig McClelland,
had actually sold another company,
Hammermill Paper Company, to
International Paper in the mid-
1980s, when he was also in charge
of that company. He finally retired
from International Paper’s Board of
Directors in late 2006.
Continental Can:
In 1976, CCC changed its name to the
Continental Group, a conglomerate
with operations in many countries,
but kept “Continental Can” as its
packaging unit within Continental
Group. In 1987, the remnants of
Continental Can became part of
the United States Can Company
(a subsidiary of Inter-American
Packaging) Continental Group was
dismantled in 1991 and, in early
1991, Continental Can Company
was ordered to pay out $415 million
to some 3,700 former employees
and members of the United Steel
Workers of America, when the
courts found that the company had
attempted to defraud the employees
of pensions during the late 1970s.
The rights to the name “Continental
Can Company” name and logo were
sold in 1991 and renamed to the
Viatech Continental Can Company,
Inc. in October 1992. In June 1998
Suiza Foods Corporation completed
its acquisition of Continental Can.
In July 1999, Suiza sold all of
Continental Can’s U.S. packaging
operations in partial exchange for a
minority interest in the purchaser,
Consolidated Container Company. As
of 2000, the only remaining business
of Continental Can was Dixie Union,
a small flexible film business based in
Kempten, Germany.
Champion International:
In 2000, the company was bought by
International Paper. Champion had
operated since the late 19th century
in the USA and other countries.
Next Issue:
We will cover and discuss Owens-
Illinois, Great Northern Nekoosa,
Crown Zellerbach, Southern Container,
Longview Fibre, Boise Cascade, Hinde
and Dauch, Inland, US Corrugated,
CeCorr, St. Laurent, Westvaco,
Hoerner Waldorf, and Chesapeake.
You are always welcome to contact
me at anytime to discuss any
technical concerns at ASKRalph@
or through my consulting
company, Alternative Paper Solutions
at or just
call 404.915.2792. Please visit the
blog. 
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