Australian Newsprint Mills

Australian Newsprint Mills (ANM) was an Australian newsprint manufacturer.

Australian Newsprint Mills
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1938
Number of locations
2
ProductsNewsprint

History

edit

Australian Newsprint Mills was established in 1938 to build a newsprint manufacturing plant adjacent to the River Derwent at Boyer, Tasmania.[1] Its founding chairman was Keith Murdoch.[2] The plant opened in February 1941.[3][4]

In August 1972, John Fairfax purchased News Limited's shareholding.[5] By 1978, the major shareholders were the Herald & Weekly Times with 46% and John Fairfax with 35%.[6] In August 1981 a second plant opened in Albury, New South Wales.[7]

In March 1988 Fletcher Challenge purchased John Fairfax's 50% shareholding.[8][9] The company was sold to Norske Skog in April 2000.[10][11]

References

edit