The E. B. Eddy Company was a Canadian pulp and paper

Pulp and paper industry

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 company, now a division of Domtar Inc. It was originally incorporated in 1886 as The E. B. Eddy Manufacturing Company with Ezra Butler Eddy

Ezra Butler Eddy

Ezra Butler Eddy was a Canadian businessman and political figure.Although born in the United States, Ezra Butler Eddy who was one of Canada's most progressive manufacturers, became one of its most loyal citizens and few men of his time were more devoted to his Sovereigns institutions and more...

 as its president. Eddy had begun business in 1854 making and selling wooden match

Match

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es out of his home in Hull, Quebec

Hull, Quebec

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. The company expanded into pulp and paper. In 1891, it was renamed to the E. B. Eddy Company.

On April 26, 1900, a large fire destroyed most of the company's facilities, but it was back in operation in less than a year. Eddy died in 1906. In 1926, R.B. Bennett gained control of the company. In 1928, the match business was sold off as the Eddy Match Company

Eddy Match Company

The Eddy Match Company is a Canadian company whose main product was originally wooden matches.The company began manufacturing matches in Hull Quebec in 1851 as the E.B. Eddy Company. EB Eddy sold off its match division in 1927 and it was merged with World Match Corp. Ltd., Dominion Match Co. Ltd....

. In 1943, the company was sold to George Weston, Ltd.. The company acquired the paper mills of the J.R. Booth Company in 1946.

In 1998, the company was taken over by Domtar Inc. and became the E. B. Eddy Division of that company. At the time of the purchase, the company had facilities in Hull, Timmins

Timmins, Ontario

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, Espanola

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, Chapleau

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, Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

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, Delta, British Columbia

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 and Port Huron, Michigan

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