Greaker Industrier AS was a Norwegian industrial company, which ran a paper mill in

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. It was founded by Cæsar Bang in 1905 as ''Greaker Cellulosefabrik''. A 1972 bankrupt caused a slight reorganization, and the name ''Greaker Industrier'' was taken. In 1979 the company was acquired by M. Peterson & Søn. Its main product being greaseproof paper, it was separated from the packaging and solid board branches of M. Peterson & Søn in 1997 under the name ''Peterson Scanproof''. In 2001 it was merged with an entity owned by

Norske Skog Union Norske Skog Union was a paper mill located in Skien in Norway. The mill was part of the Norske Skog Corporation and opened in 1873 with the name Union Co. The mill had two paper machines that produced 240,000 tonnes of newsprint and book paper. ...

to constitute the company Nordic Paper, placed under joint ownership of M. Peterson & Søn and Norske Skogindustrier. Both owners backed out of Nordic Paper in 2006.

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