A CN works in the former SOO yard as it prepares to shove a quartet of covered hoppers to Intertape Polymer Group (IPG), 741 4th St., Menasha, WI, on 1 Apr. '20. IPG was founded in Menasha in Dec. 1917 as George Banta Paper Co., an affiliate of the George Banta Publishing Co. The name was changed to Central Paper Products Co. (later shortened to Central Paper Co.) ca. Sep. ’20. The facility was acquired by Alco Standard Corp. ca. 29 Sep. ’69, but continued to operate as Central Paper (the name changed to Central Products Co. at some point after ’74). Spinnaker Industries, Inc., purchased it ca. 1 Jul. ‘95. Intertape Polymer Group, Inc., purchased it ca. 12 Apr. ’99. |