Groveton Papers Company

Timeline

September 14, 1940

Groveton Papers Company incorporates in the State of New Hampshire.

Source

New Hampshire Department of State, “KOWEMASTS CORP.,” New Hampshire QuickStart, accessed January 1, 2026, https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/BusinessInquire/BusinessInformation?businessID=Fmilj08kpcg%3D.

January 11, 1950

Groveton Papers Company, as a Maine corporation, incorporates in the State of New Hampshire.

Source

New Hampshire Department of State, “KOWEMASTS CORP.,” New Hampshire QuickStart, accessed January 1, 2026, https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/BusinessInquire/BusinessInformation?businessID=Fmilj08kpcg%3D.

1968

Groveton Papers Company is acquired by Diamond International Corporation.

Source

David Brooks, “The life and death of a mill that defined a New Hampshire town,” Concord Monitor, December 15, 2017, https://www.concordmonitor.com/2017/12/15/groventon-mmill-history-book-nh-14179226/.

July 11, 1983

Groveton Papers Company's pulp and paper assets are acquired by James River Corporation.

Source

Ken Sutherland, “Granite State Division,” News Quarterly, October 1983, 8-9, https://nesaf.org/wp-content/uploads/newsquarterly/1980s/1983_10_OCT_NQ.pdf.

June 6, 1984

Groveton Papers Company is renamed to Kowemasts Corporation.

Source

New Hampshire Department of State, “KOWEMASTS CORP.,” New Hampshire QuickStart, accessed January 1, 2026, https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/BusinessInquire/BusinessInformation?businessID=Fmilj08kpcg%3D.

April 14, 1986

Kowemasts Corporation (formerly Groveton Papers Company) dissolves.

Source

New Hampshire Department of State, “KOWEMASTS CORP.,” New Hampshire QuickStart, accessed January 1, 2026, https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/BusinessInquire/BusinessInformation?businessID=Fmilj08kpcg%3D.