() is an American
Pulp And Paper Company , the largest pulp and paper company in the world and the largest private owner of
Timber land in the
United States . It has approximately 83,000 employees. Its headquarters are currently in
Stamford, Connecticut , but the company has announced a relocation to
Memphis, Tennessee .
International Paper was formed in January
1898 by the merger of 17 pulp and paper mills in the northeastern U.S. Through acquisitions and capital investment, the company grew both in the United States and internationally. In 1986 it acquired the HammerMill Paper Company, in 1988 the Masonite Corporation, and in 1989 the
German paper company Zanders Feinpapiere AG and the
French paper manufacturer Aussedat Rey. In addition, International Paper has shareholdings in the
Chile an company
Copec .
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