Acquisitions and divestments

Major acquisitions and divestments since the public listing of Billerud in 2001.

Date

Type

Country

Company

Press release

27 February, 2004

Acquisition

United Kingdom

Henry Cooke Ltd (Beetham mill)

Acquisition of Henry Cooke finalized

17 April, 2008

Acquisition

Lithuania

Cebeco Mediena Uab

Billerud Skog acquires purchasing company in Lithuania

21 July, 2011

Acquisition

USA

Paccess LLC

Investment extends Billerud’s packaging solutions to Asia

1 June, 2012

Acquisition

Finland

UPM’s packaging paper operations at Pietarsaari and Tervasaari

Completion of the acquisition of UPM’s packaging paper operations

29 November, 2012

Acquisition

Sweden

Korsnäs AB

The combination between Billerud and Korsnäs is now completed and BillerudKorsnäs is formed

1 July, 2015

Divestment

Latvia

SIA Latgran

The sale of BillerudKorsnäs’ Baltic pellets operations SIA Latgran to AS Graanul Invest completed

14 April, 2016

Acquisition

Sweden

Scandfibre Logistics AB

 –

10 February, 2017

Divestment

Latvia

SIA Freja

23 May, 2018

Acquisition

Sweden

Fastighets AB Marma Skog 31

  –

31 May, 2019

Acquisition

Sweden

Bergvik Skog Öst AB

BillerudKorsnäs has completed the acquisition of Bergvik Skog Öst

24 June, 2019

Divestment

Sweden

Bergvik Skog Öst AB

BillerudKorsnäs sells a majority stake in Bergvik Skog Öst

31 October, 2021

Divestment

United Kingdom

Beetham mill

BillerudKorsnäs divests the Beetham mill

31 March, 2022

Acquisition

USA

Verso Corporation

BillerudKorsnäs completes acquisition of Verso

1 september, 2023

Divestment

USA

Managed Packaging

Billerud divests Managed Packaging to Mimir Group

 

See also

Financial targets

Billerud has financial targets for growth and profitability, read about them here.

Investment case

Read about five reasons to invest in Billerud.

Annual and sustainability report

Take a look at Billerud's annual and sustainability report 2022 in a digital short version.