sea in finland see s ppi . sappi limited type public traded as jse sap otc pink sppjy founded 1936 headquarters johannesburg south africa key people stephen steve robert binnie ceo glen thomas pearce cfo products paper pulp number of employees 12800 slogan inspired by life website www.sappi.com 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 . 1 2 contents 1 products and operation 2 global acquisitions and closures 3 price fixing controversy 4 references 5 external links products and operation edit south african pulp and paper industries limited was founded in 1936 . 3 the company is now known as sappi and is headquartered in johannesburg 4 5 it produces and sells commodity paper products pulp chemical cellulose and forest and timber products for southern africa and export markets . 6 in 2013 it was the world s largest producer of dissolving wood pulp . 7 in 2003 sappi announced that andre wagenaar had been appointed as the ceo of sappi s forest products division with effect from 1 january 2004 when dr john job relinquished his responsibilities for the southern african businesses . 8 as of 1 july 2014 steve binnie became sappi s chief executive officer . 9 his predecessor ralph boettger resigned for health reasons after serving as ceo from 2007 to 2014 . 10 global acquisitions and closures edit on 29 september 2008 sappi purchased two paper mills in finland one in switzerland and one in germany from the m real company . 11 12 in the us sappi closed its muskegon michigan plant in 2009 which was founded in 1899 by the central paper company . 13 in 2011 sappi announced closure of their swiss production site . 14 the company s existing kraft pulp plant in cloquet minnesota was replaced by a new mill which began producing dissolving pulp in june 2013 . 15 price fixing controversy edit in 1996 sappi along other 10 main producers of carbonless paper was investigated by the european commission for illegal price fixing in various countries in the eu . although found guilty of earning millions by fixing the price of printing paper sappi was granted full immunity from the fine due to its cooperation with the ec s cartel investigating unit . other companies implicated were fined a total of 145 million . 16 references edit sappi limited . answers.com . retrieved 2014 08 19 . walker clive 1 october 2013 . baobab trails a journey of wilderness and wanderings . jacana media . p. x foreword . isbn 9781431408696 . retrieved 25 august 2014 . riverbed technology october 2011 . sappi riverbed technology enables paper and pulp company to monitor applications and improve efficiency and performance . techrepublic . retrieved 25 august 2014 . group profile . sappi.com . retrieved 2013 09 05 . group structure . sappi.com . retrieved 2013 09 05 . hermann simon mentioned this company in his correspondent book as an example of a hidden champion simon hermann hidden champions of the 21st century success strategies of unknown world market leaders . london springer 2009 . isbn 978 0 387 98147 5 . more hardwood required as sappi shifts to dissolving pulp . sa forestry magazine . october 2013 . retrieved 25 august 2014 . new ceo of sappi s forest products division and managing director of sappi forests announced . bhuckory kamlesh 10 february 2014 . sappi appoints cfo steve binnie as ceo to oversee pulp strategy . bloomberg . retrieved 25 august 2014 . sappi ceo resigns due to ill health . the citizen . south africa . 15 january 2014 . retrieved 25 august 2014 . article by helsingin sanomat . http www.hs.fi english article m real sells four paper mills to south african sappi limited 1135239853838 announcement by m real . http www.m real.com wps portal new wcm context ilwwcm connect oneweb press % 20room news news 2008 09 29 0947 en 1255022 alexander dave 28 august 2009 . sappi fine paper mill closing permanently eliminating 190 jobs . mlive . retrieved 25 august 2014 . keinen k ufer f r papierfabrik in biberist gefunden . neue z rcher zeitung . 20 july 2011 . retrieved 19 april 2014 . ppi 1 august 2014 . conversion boosts sappi cloquet mill growth strategy . retrieved 25 august 2014 . commission fines ten companies for carbonless paper cartel . press release . european commission . 20 december 2001 . retrieved 19 april 2014 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to sappi . company website yahoo.com company profile retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sappi & oldid 722888401 categories companies based in johannesburgcompanies established in 1936companies listed on the johannesburg stock exchangecompanies formerly listed on the new york stock exchangepulp and paper companiescompanies of south africaforestry in south africasouth african brandsmultinational companiesforestry in europehidden categories use dmy dates from april 2014use south african english from april 2014all 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