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Forest Products
Who acquires Forest Products companies
52 distinct acquirers across 65 recorded transactions, 2014 to 2026. Every buyer below has completed at least one acquisition in this sector.
65
Transactions
2014 to 2026
52
Named acquirers
distinct buyers
6.0x
Median EV/EBITDA
from 8 disclosed
$163m
Median deal size
enterprise value
Most active acquirers
Ranked by number of acquisitions recorded in this sector. A buyer that has done this more than once has a thesis, and a thesis is what makes an approach worth making.
- Interfor4 deals
- Stella-Jones3 deals
- Magnera3 deals
- Doman Building Materials Group2 deals
- Western Forest Products2 deals
- Boise Cascade2 deals
- Canfor2 deals
- Resolute Forest Products2 deals
Recorded transactions
| Target | Acquirer | Date | Value | EV/EBITDA | EV/Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PotlatchDeltic Corporation | Rayonier Inc. | 2026-01-30 | $0k | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| International Paper Global Cellulose Fibers business | American Industrial Partners | 2026-01-23 | $1.5bn | 0.0x | 0.7x |
| Gongfa Materials (Guangdong) New Materials Technology Co. | Kuber Resources Corporation | 2025-01-14 | $0k | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Junnikkala | Stora Enso Oyj | 2024-10-28 | $154m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| C.M. Tucker Lumber Companies | Doman Building Materials Group | 2024-10-01 | $255m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Duhamel | Exchange Income Corporation | 2024-06-24 | $19m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Timber Tech | Star Equity Holdings | 2024-05-20 | $23m | 4.2x | 1.2x |
| Brown Wood Preserving | Koppers | 2024-02-28 | $100m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Structurlam Mass Timber | Mercer Mass Timber | 2023-05-30 | $81m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Infinya | Veridis Environment | 2023-02-06 | $603m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Stora Enso's Hylte Paper Site | Sweden Timber | 2023-01-27 | $20m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Chaleur Forest Products | Interfor | 2022-10-03 | $247m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| HIT Holz | Mercer | 2022-07-22 | $304m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Calvert | Western Forest Products | 2022-07-19 | $12m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Coastal Plywood | Boise Cascade | 2022-06-10 | $512m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Canfor - Mackenzie Assets | Peak Renewables | 2022-02-24 | $70m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Verso | Billerud | 2021-12-20 | $825m | 5.2x | 0.7x |
| Millar Western Forest Products - Solid Wood Operations | Canfor | 2021-12-16 | $420m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Eacom | Interfor | 2021-11-23 | $372m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Cahaba Pressure Treated Forest Products | Stella-Jones | 2021-11-03 | $66m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Cahaba Timber | Stella-Jones | 2021-11-03 | $37m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Angelina Forest Products | West Fraser | 2021-10-12 | $300m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Hixson | Doman Building Materials Group | 2021-06-04 | $375m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Georgia-Pacific LLC - Four US Sawmills | Interfor | 2021-05-27 | $375m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Rayonier Advanced Materials | GreenFirst Forest Products | 2021-04-12 | $214m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Soterra | Weyerhaeuser | 2021-02-25 | $149m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| WestRock Co. - Summerville | Interfor | 2021-02-09 | $59m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Georgia-Pacific LLC - Nonwovens Business | Magnera | 2021-01-06 | $175m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| PalletOne | UFP Industries | 2020-12-28 | $232m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Kotkamills Oy | Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG | 2020-12-09 | $479m | 7.7x | 1.1x |
| Conifex Timber | Resolute Forest Products | 2019-12-24 | $163m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Verso Corp. - Androscoggin & Stevens Point Mills | Pixelle Specialty Solutions | 2019-11-12 | $400m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Rayonier Advanced Materials | Sappi Ltd. | 2019-08-01 | $175m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Orchids Paper Products | Cascades | 2019-06-28 | $207m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Hebei Tengsheng Paper Co. Ltd. | IT Tech Packaging | 2019-06-25 | $50m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Pixelle Specialty Solutions | Lindsay Goldberg (PE) | 2018-10-31 | $360m | 0.0x | 0.5x |
| Resolute Forest Products | New-Indy Containerboard LLC | 2018-10-02 | $300m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Resolute Forest Products | ND Paper LLC | 2018-08-30 | $55m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Clearwater Paper Corp. - Ladysmith Wisconsin Facility | BiOrigin Specialty Products | 2018-08-21 | $72m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Expera Specialty Solutions LLC | Ahlstrom | 2018-07-23 | $615m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Georgia-Pacific Steinfurt GmbH | Magnera | 2018-06-19 | $185m | 10.3x | 1.9x |
| GOBA Internacional | ACCO Brands | 2018-06-14 | $31m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Powerflute | Mondi | 2018-06-01 | $411m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| ND Paper LLC | Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) | 2018-05-25 | $175m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Hampton Lumber Mills-Washington | Western Forest Products | 2017-12-06 | $9m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Crane Currency | Crane | 2017-12-05 | $800m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Stuart Packaging | Supremex | 2017-07-20 | $18m | 0.0x | 1.0x |
| Flextech Srl | Ginegar Plastic Products Ltd. | 2017-06-01 | $8m | 2.1x | 0.4x |
| NII FPG Co. - Forest Products Business | Kadant | 2017-05-30 | $173m | 0.0x | 2.1x |
| Tembec | Rayonier Advanced Materials | 2017-05-25 | $807m | 4.9x | 0.6x |
| WoodBois International ApS | Woodbois | 2017-05-24 | $15m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Hausmann Industries | Dynatronics | 2017-03-21 | $10m | 8.3x | 0.7x |
| St Cuthberts Holding Ltd. | F.I.L.A. - Fabbrica Italiana Lapis ed Affini | 2016-09-14 | $8m | 0.0x | 1.8x |
| Weyerhaeuser - Liquid Packaging Board Business | Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd. | 2016-06-15 | $285m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Cana Holdings | Patrick | 2016-05-23 | $17m | 0.0x | 0.9x |
| Georgia-Pacific - Engineered Lumber Business | Boise Cascade | 2015-12-21 | $215m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Atlas Paper Mills LLC | Resolute Forest Products | 2015-11-16 | $156m | 6.8x | 0.0x |
| Ram Forest Group | Stella-Jones | 2015-10-02 | $60m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Anthony Forest Products Co. | Canfor | 2015-09-28 | $94m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| North American Forest Products | Patrick | 2015-09-01 | $85m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Woodcraft Industries | Quanex Building Products | 2015-08-31 | $249m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Fibermark | Neenah | 2015-07-20 | $120m | 0.0x | 0.8x |
| Cascade Timberlands LLC | Whitefish Cascade Forest Resources LLC | 2015-02-18 | $63m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Verso Paper - Two Paper Mills | Catalyst Paper Corp. | 2014-10-30 | $74m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
| Spezialpapierfabrik Oberschmitten GmbH | Magnera | 2014-10-01 | $10m | 0.0x | 0.0x |
n/d means not disclosed. Most transactions close without a published multiple, which is why the disclosed count matters more than the median.
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