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Arjo Wiggins Appleton (Firm)


  • [After 2001, AWA became a single member company.]

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  • Variants

    • ArjoWiggins Appleton
    • AWA (Arjo Wiggins Appleton)

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    • Earlier Established Forms

      • ArjoWiggins Appleton

    • Sources

      • found: French Wikipedia (s.v. ArjoWiggins), 2 February 2011(in 1954 four paper mills merged to produce Arjomari (an acronym on their names): ARches (Vosges), JOhannot (Ardèche), MArais (Seine-et-Marne) and RIves (Isère); joined by Prioux-Dufournier in 1968 to become Arjomari Prioux; merges with the English papermaker Wiggins-Teape-Appleton in 1990 to become ArjoWiggins Appleton S.A.; acquired by Worms et Cie in 2000; AWA becomes ArjoWiggins in 2001 after separating from Appleton Inc.)
      • found: Dialogue : newsletter of Arjo Wiggins Appleton, December 1992.
      • found: Its Directors' report and financial statements 1991:title page (Arjo Wiggins Appleton) page 1 (name changed from Wiggins Teape Appleton p.l.c. to Arjo Wiggins Appleton p.l.c. with effect from 1 June 1991; engaged in the manufacture and distribution of speciality papers and pulp; merged with Arjomari-Prioux S.A. on 24 December 1990) page 3 (registered office: Gateway House, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2EF)
      • found: Sequana website, viewed 25 July 2018:history page (Arjo Wiggins Appleton created as a result of Wiggins Teape Appleton's acquisition of Arjomari-Prioux in 1990; in 2001, Arjo Wiggins Appleton split into three subsidiaries of [its parent company] Worms & Cie: ArjoWiggins, Carbonless Paper Europe and Antalis; Appleton Inc. was sold to its employees under a buyout process)
      • found: Companies House Beta website, viewed 25 July 2018:under Company number 02454830 (incorporated on 21 December 1989 as Peakgilt Public Limited Company; name changed to Wiggins Teape Appleton p.l.c. on 15 February 1990, then to Arjo Wiggins Appleton p.l.c. on 1 June 1991; re-registered as Arjo Wiggins Appleton Limited on 29 November 2001; name changed to Windward Prospects Limited on 27 May 2011)
      • found: Arjowiggins, via WWW, 12 April 2019(1991: Arjomari-Prioux meges with Wiggins Teape Appleton to form Arjo Wiggins Appleton Group; 2000: Worms & Cie acquires Arjo Wiggins Appleton capital; 2001: Birth of ArjoWiggins and reorganization of it businesses into three separate companies: Antalis, Carbonless Europe, ArjoWiggins (manufacturer of technical and creative papers))

    • General Notes

      • [After 2001, AWA became a single member company.]

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    • Change Notes

      • 2011-02-02: new
      • 2019-04-13: revised

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