| Industry | Manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1938 |
| Number of locations | 2 |
| Products | Newsprint |
Australian Newsprint Mills (ANM) was an Australian newsprint manufacturer.
History
Australian Newsprint Mills was established in 1938 to build a newsprint manufacturing plant adjacent to the River Derwent at Boyer, Tasmania. Its founding chairman was Keith Murdoch. The plant opened in February 1941.
In August 1972, John Fairfax purchased News Limited's shareholding. By 1978, the major shareholders were the Herald & Weekly Times with 46% and John Fairfax with 35%. In August 1981 a second plant opened in Albury, New South Wales.
In March 1988 Fletcher Challenge purchased John Fairfax's 50% shareholding. The company was sold to Norske Skog in April 2000.
References
- Newsprint - Derwent Valley Mills The Mercury 16 March 1938 page 5
- Australian Newsprint - The Tasmanian Mills The West Australian 14 December 1938 page 13
- Newsprint Industry is Born The Herald 24 February 1941 page 4
- Newsprint Industry in Operation The Advocate 27 February 1941 page 5
- Fairfax buys 1.2m shares in ANM Canberra Times 23 August 1972 page 25
- Project Worth $155m ANM Ltd to proceed with Albury newsprint mill Canberra Times 29 June 1978 page 17
- Wran opens $190m plant at Albury Canberra Times 29 August 1981 page 21
- TPC to investigate Fairfax assets sale Canberra Times 17 March 1988 page 3
- Fletcher given green light to buy ANM stake Canberra Times 16 June 1988 page 17
- Norske to Acquire Fletcher Challenge's Paper Group Recycling Today 3 April 2000
- Norske Skog Will Buy Paper Division Of Fletcher Challenge for $2.5 Billion Wall Street Journal 4 April 2000