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HISTORICAL

1925
 
Incorporation of Papeteries de Gascogne company in Mimizan by a group of Landes foresters.
1941
 
Papeteries de Gascogne shares listed on the Bordeaux Stock Exchange.
1952 Creation of a bag-manufacturing facility in Mimizan.
1963
Acquisition of Tité & Bonifait Company, which later became Escobois.
Acquisition of Société Provençale d'Aluminium Sopal.
1976 Organisation of Papeteries de Gascogne into 3 divisions : Wood, Paper, Bags.
Incorporation of a wood provisioning company : Forestière de Gascogne.
1978 Acquisition of AFP Cenpa company.
1986
 
Incorporation of the holding company Gascogne S.A., federating 4 lines of business : Wood, Paper, Flexible Packaging, Distribution.
Creation of Gascogne Emballage company.
1989 Acquisition of Feutres Depland (Paper Division).
1991 The Gascogne S.A.shares (SICOVAM code 12441) are listed on the Monthly Settlement Market of the Paris Stock Exchange.
Acquisition of the V.Delest company (Wood Division).
1992 Acquisition of Espiet (Wood Division), Peytoureaux and Edelpapier companies (Laminates).
1993 Creation of Mupa Emballages company (Distribution Division).
Acquisition of the German company Sachsa Verpackung (Sacks).
1994
Acquisition of Chupin Emballage company (Sacks).
1997 Acquisition of Cegepac (Distribution Division), Lhospital (Wood Division), Papiéthylène (Laminates) companies.
Creation of Cenpac company (Distribution Division).
1998 Acquisition of Sacchificio Veneto company (40%)
(Sacks).
1999
 
Change of corporate name :
GASCOGNE S.A. becomes GROUPE GASCOGNE S.A.
2000
 
New company organisation, with a Management Board and Supervisory Board.
2001 Acquisition of Lecomte company (Wood Division).
2002
Acquisition of Aigis (Sacks).
Acquisition of Storopack Packaging Distribution France (Distribution Division).
Acquisition of SJP which becomes Sopal Panoval (Laminates).
2003
Acquisition of PKL Flexible Verpackung GmbH which becomes Sopal PKL (Laminates).
2005
 
New company organisation, with a Board of directors
Acquisition of G.S.R. (Grande Sacherie de Radès - Sacks)
2006
 
Groupe Gascogne Wood activity companies (Escobois, Espiet, GPL and Lecopin) are being pooled into Gascogne Wood
Acquisition of Imberty group (Wood)
The Group's corporate name changes from "Groupe Gascogne" to "Gascogne"
2007
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sopal, Sopal PKL and Sopal Panoval change their company name and become Gascogne Laminates, Gascogne Laminates Germany and Gascogne Laminates Switzerland.
Papeteries de Gascogne change its company name and become Gascogne Paper.
The 4 companies of Gascogne Imberty are pooled into "Gascogne Imberty.
 
2008
 
Gascogne Imberty and Gascogne Wood are pooled into "Gascogne Wood Products"