Hammermill Paper Company

The Hammermill Paper Company, founded in 1898 was originally known as the Ernst R Behrend Company. That same year, construction began on their first paper mill in Erie, Pennsylvania.[1] The company was founded by three brothers (Ernst, Otto and Bernard Behrend) and their father Moritz Behrend in Erie, Pennsylvania. Ernst served as President and Otto, secretary.[2]

History

Behrend changed the name of the company before the first mill even opened in honor of his father's papermills in Germany. The company expanded by buying a mill in Oswego, New York that was making copier paper exclusively for Xerox. In the 1960s, mills were acquired in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and near Selma, Alabama.[3] In 1962, they bought the Stathmore Paper Company.[4] After a failed takeover by Paul Bilzerian and brothers William and Earle I. Mack (sons of New Jersey real estate developer H. Bert Mack),[5] Hammermill was purchased in 1986, by the International Paper Company, with customer services and operations moving to their Memphis headquarters in 1988.[3] [6]

Innovations

  • 1952 Hammermill developed the neutracel pulping process.
  • 1954 In a cooperative venture with the Haloid-Xerox Company, they created the first xerographic copier papers.
  • 1986, Hammermill was the first to market laser paper.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "404". www.internationalpaper.com.
  2. ↑ "Penn State Archives Hammermill Collection".
  3. 1 2 3 "404". www.internationalpaper.com.
  4. ↑ "The History of Strathmore Artist Papers - Strathmore Artist Papers". www.strathmoreartist.com.
  5. ↑ New York Times: "HAMMERHILL GETS BID OF $722 MILLION" by John Crudele July 25, 1986
  6. ↑ Crudele, John; Wedemeyer, Dee (14 August 1986). "BUSINESS PEOPLE; Hammermill President Adjusting to Takeover" – via NYTimes.com.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.