Temple-Inland
former paper company
Temple-Inland, Inc. was an American corrugated packaging and building products company. It was acquired by International Paper in 2012.
History
Inland Container Corporation was founded by Herman C. Krannert as Anderson Box Company in Anderson, Indiana in 1918. Krannert then founded Inland Box Company in Indianapolis in 1925; this was considered the founding date of the company.
In 1973, Time, Inc. acquired Temple Industries, Inc., merging it with Eastex Pulp and Paper Company to form Temple-Eastex, Inc. Time Inc. had entered the forest products business in 1952 with the purchase of 500,000 acres of timberland in East Texas.
In 1978, Inland was acquired by Time, Inc.
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