JP Gould history

After the war, in 1950, the partners bought another steel mill in Ohio, and then traded it for Universal Laboratories, maker of printing inks.

An import/export company called Caylye Paper was formed in 1955 as a joint venture between subsidiary Reinhold-Gould and Alfred Hernball.

Another significant paper acquisition came in 1968 with the addition of Champion International, the New York unit of Whitaker Paper Company.

Next came the 1971 purchase of Ingalls Manufacturing, Inc., a California agricultural equipment maker, specializing in nut harvesting equipment.

In 1978, for example, Gould Paper opened a Dallas sales office to become involved in the catalog business of high-end retailers like Bloomingdale's and Neiman Marcus.

Another New York City rival, Capital Paper Company, was acquired in 1989, the same year that Gould Paper shed an asset, Al-dine Specialty Paper, sold to a stockholder.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Whiting-Patterson Company, purveyor of fine paper, was acquired from American Envelope in 1991.

In 1994, BRW Paper Co., Inc. is formed by consolidating the sales group of Leslie Paper and Gould Paper, serving the Texas and Missouri commercial printing markets.

Gould paper opened a sales office in Spring Valley, Ohio, in 1996 to service printers and publishers across the United States.

Founded in 1997, Southern Paper has an exceptional record of growth and profitability since its inception.

Gould Paper made advances both home and abroad in 2004.

In 2005 the company merged its business papers divisions to form Gould Office Papers.