A joint merger plan was drawn up in 1954 and led to the formation of the first French paper-manufacturing group: Arjomari.

In 1989 the UK and US paper businesses were demerged from BAT Industries and integrated to form Wiggins Teape Appleton.

[5] In 1990, it acquired the Catalan paper company Guarro, one of the oldest in the world, founded in 1698 and established in the town of Gelida.

[10] A second phase of the management buyout of the Arjowiggins overseas business, securing 300 jobs in Gelida in Spain and Quzhou in China, was completed in October 2019.

[13] The company produced papers for various purposes including graphic design, packaging and labeling and security printing at Stoneywood and Chartham mills in the UK,[10] in Gelida in Spain and in Quzhou in China.