Cauthorne Paper Company & Beveridge Paper Company
In November 2023, Cauthorne Paper proudly expanded its capabilities and market presence through the acquisition of Beveridge Paper Company and Triangle Converting. These strategic acquisitions bolster our manufacturing capacity, diversify our product portfolio, and strengthen our sourcing capabilities, positioning us to better serve an evolving industry. Cauthorne now offers an even broader range of paper products and converting solutions. We are committed to leveraging our expanded resources and over a century of experience to provide comprehensive, end-to-end solutions for all paper and packaging needs. From large-scale projects to custom niche applications, we deliver quality and reliability with every order.
Cauthorne Paper Company has been a trusted name in the paper converting industry since its founding in 1912. With a century of expertise, we specialize in providing high-quality slitting, rewinding, die-cutting, and sheeting services, catering to the unique needs of our clients. Our focus on niche applications sets us apart, allowing us to deliver customized solutions that help our customers achieve their goals.
Cauthorne Paper remains dedicated to maintaining the high standards of customer service that our clients have come to expect. We look forward to serving the customers of Beveridge and Triangle—both longstanding and new—with the same level of care and excellence that has been the hallmark of our business.
Beveridge Paper Company Timeline
1891
John Lindsay, a Scottish immigrant, purchased the mill, that would become Beveridge Paper Mill, in 1891 for his family business. He supplied newsprint to the Indianapolis Journal and several major dailies in the Ohio Valley, including the Cincinnati Enquirer.
1893
The Panic 1893 lead to the failure of Lindsay’s mill. Many newspaper and book publishers cut back due to lower advertising revenues and falling consumer spending. Overall demand for paper products plummeted.
1894
Isaac Vanness Sutphin acquired the paper mill from John Lindsay located at the foot of Maryland Street near the White River. Sutphin brought in Henry L. Beveridge, the superintendent of the Beckett Paper Company, to run the mill and promised that it would be named for Beveridge.
1923
Henry Beveridge served as President until his death in 1923. He was succeeded by Isaac Sutphin’s son, Samuel Brady Sutphin.
1944
Beveridge Paper Company mails monthly newsletters to its employees serving in the armed forces during World War II. The December 1944 issue had over 40 employees serving.
1950's
330 employees worked around the clock producing quality Bristol board and cardboard stock. Beveridge, claims to have produced the stock for most of the theater tickets in the United States.
1958
Samuel B Sutphin becomes chairman of the board and Dudley Sutphin
eventually became president of Beveridge Paper Company.
1965
Scott Paper Company of Philadelphia, PA purchased the group of companies owned by the Sutphin’s.
1977
Beveridge Paper acquired by Simkins Industries and continued to make the
same grades except for Chocolate Board, which was used as the backer in candy bar packaging.
1999
Triangle Converting out of Durham, NC purchased Beveridge and moved the operation to Durham.
2000
The Beveridge Mill in Indianapolis was demolished for use of the White River State Park. Today, a plaque stands in the mark marking the site of the old mill.
2023
Cauthorne Paper purchased Beveridge and moved the operations to Ashland, VA, the "Center of the Universe".
