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Sappi

Sappi Limited, originally incorporated as South African Pulp and Paper Industries Limited in 1936, is a South African pulp and paper company with global operations.

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Global acquisitions and closures

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Products and operation

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Price fixing controversy

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Founded
1936
Headquarters
Johannesburg, South Africa
Key people
Sir Nigel Rudd (Chairman) Stephen (Steve) Robert Binnie (CEO) Glen Thomas Pearce (CFO)
Net income
US$210 million (2023)
Number of employees
12,329 (2023)
Operating income
US$432 million (2023)

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Products and operation

Global acquisitions and closures

Price fixing controversy

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Sappi

Nodes27
Edges26
Triples66
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
Components1

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Sappi

Top relations

related to Global acquisitions and closures · 27
Sappi → Blackburn Mill, Central Paper Company, Cloquet, Fife Paper Mills, Finland, Germany, In, June, Keynsham Paper Mill, Kymmene Oy, M-real, Michigan, Minnesota, Muskegon, Nash Mills, On, Pembridge Investments, Roland Franklin, September, Swiss
related to Products and operation · 13
Sappi → Andre Wagenaar, CEO, Dr John Job, In, It, January, Johannesburg, Paper Industries Limited, Sappi's Forest Products Division, South African Pulp, Southern Africa, Southern African, The
related to Price fixing controversy · 6
Sappi → Although, EC's, EU, European Commission, In, Other
see also · 4
Sappi → Maine, United States, Warren Paper Mill, Westbrook
related to External links · 3
Sappi → Media, Wikimedia Commons Official, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Founded · 1
Sappi → 1936
Headquarters · 1
Sappi → Johannesburg, South Africa
Key people · 1
Sappi → Sir Nigel Rudd (Chairman) Stephen (Steve) Robert Binnie (CEO) Glen Thomas Pearce (CFO)
Net income · 1
Sappi → US$210 million (2023)
Number of employees · 1
Sappi → 12,329 (2023)

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paper pulp ceo products company limited south mill african price fixing global founded johannesburg dissolving mills industries 1936 acquisitions africa

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SappiFounded19361.00infobox
SappiHeadquartersJohannesburg, South Africa1.00infobox
SappiKey peopleSir Nigel Rudd (Chairman) Stephen (Steve) Robert Binnie (CEO) Glen Thomas Pearce (CFO)1.00infobox
SappiNet incomeUS$210 million (2023)1.00infobox
SappiNumber of employees12,329 (2023)1.00infobox
SappiOperating incomeUS$432 million (2023)1.00infobox
SappiProductsPaper, pulp1.00infobox
SappiRevenueUS$5.809 billion (2023)1.00infobox
SappiTotal assetsUS$3.53 billion (2023)1.00infobox
SappiTotal equityUS$2.44 billion (2023)1.00infobox
SappiTraded asJSE: SAP1.00infobox
SappiTypePublic1.00infobox
SappiWebsitewww.sappi.com1.00infobox

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