1881
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| W.V. Bowater establishes business as a paper merchant in London. |
1923–1927
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| Transition of W.V. Bowater and Sons from paper merchant to paper manufacturer. |
1938
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| First North American manufacturing operations began at Corner Brook, Newfoundland. |
1952–1958
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| Construction and expansion of the Calhoun, Tennessee mill. |
1956
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| Acquisition of Bowater Mersey Paper Company Limited in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. |
1957–1968
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| Construction and expansion of the Catawba, South Carolina mill. |
1984
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| Bowater North America Corporation becomes Bowater Incorporated. North American headquarters established in Darien, Connecticut. |
1984
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| Bowater Incorporated Initial Public Offering and listing on the NYSE.
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1989
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| Startup of new thermo-mechanical pulp mill at Mersey. |
1990
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| Startup of new kraft pulp mill at Calhoun. |
1991
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| Acquisition of Great Northern Paper in Millinocket and East Millinocket, Maine. |
1991
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| Startup of recycled plant at Calhoun. |
1992
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| Corporate headquarters move from Darien, Connecticut to Greenville, South Carolina. |
1994
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| Startup of new recovery boiler at Calhoun. |
1994
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| Arnold M. Nemirow appointed Chief Operating Officer. |
1995
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| Arnold M. Nemirow succeeds Anthony P. Gammie as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. |
1998
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| Acquisition
of Avenor Inc., headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. The acquisition adds
the Dalhousie, New Brunswick; Gatineau, Quebec; Maniwaki, Quebec;
Thunder Bay, Ontario; and Usk, Washington mills to Bowater's operations. |
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| Acquisition of a 100% recycle content mill in Mokpo, South Korea. |
1999
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| Acquisition of paper converting facility in Benton Harbor, Michigan. |
1999
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| Great Northern Paper sold. |
2000
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| Acquisition of Newsprint South in Grenada, Mississippi. |
2001
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| Acquisition
of Alliance Forest Products, headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, adding
10 Canadian sawmills, the Coosa Pines, Alabama, and the Donnacona and
Dolbeau, Quebec paper mills to Bowater's operations. |
2001
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| Canadian operations and sawmills combined to form the Canadian Forest Products Division, headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. |
2001
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| Startup of the No. 2 converting line at Benton Harbor. |
2002
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| Startup of operations at the Convington, Tennessee converting facility. |
2002
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| Celebration of the 75th anniversary of operations at the Gatineau mill. |
2003
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| Newsprint machine conversion to lightweight coated paper at Catawba. |
2003
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| New fiber line built at Catawba. |
2003
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| Startup of the Ignace and Thunder Bay sawmills in Ontario, Canada. |
2004
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| Celebration of the 50th and 75th anniversaries of operations at the Calhoun and Mersey mills, respectively. |
2005
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| Announcement of a conversion of the No. 4 paper machine at Calhoun from newsprint to specialty papers. |
2005
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| Signing
of Memorandum of Understanding between Bowater, the Natural Resources
Defense Council and the Dogwood Alliance regarding forestry operations
on Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau. |
2005
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| Celebration of the 75th anniversary of operations at the Dalhousie mill. |
2006
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| David J. Paterson succeeds Arnold M. Nemirow as President and Chief Executive Officer.
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2007
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| Announced intention to merge with Abitibi-Consolidated on January 29th.
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2007
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| Completed combination with Abitibi-Consolidated to become AbitibiBowater on October 29th.
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