Paper & Forest Products

American Appraisal performs valuation and consulting services for paper and forest products companies worldwide.  

Who We Serve
American Appraisal’s paper and forest products industry practice serves producers and processors of:

• Pulp (hardwood and softwood)
• Lumber, oriented strand board, plywood, dimensional lumber, engineered wood products, other wood products and converter plants
• Paper, including printing and writing, newsprint, tissue, linerboard, boxboard, coated and uncoated, specialty papers and other types

What We Do
We provide valuation expertise in all classifications of tangible and intangible assets. Assets we’ve valued for our paper and forest products industry clients include:

American Appraisal assists with:

• Fair value accounting for business combinations (US GAAP and IFRS)
• Impairment testing
• Fair market value opinions for regulatory and tax compliance
• Fairness and solvency opinions
• Transfer pricing
• Dispute resolution
• Bankruptcies and reorganizations
• Fresh start accounting
• Asset-based financing
• Insurance placement and risk management
• Fixed asset inventory and reconciliation
• IT asset inventory
• Equipment lease consulting
• Transaction consulting
• Real estate advisory
• Property tax consulting and valuation
• Estate settlements

Recent Experience
American Appraisal’s recent paper and forest products industry experience includes:

• Property insurance appraisals for two of the largest independent paper and forest products companies in the United States
• Valuation for purchase price allocation purposes of a $2 billion multiple-mill acquisition in North America
• Fresh start accounting valuation work for a multiple mill producer in North America
• Equity valuations of the Spanish subsidiaries of a US paper company
• Lease buyout appraisal for a large pulp and paper mill in Minnesota
• Business enterprise, equity and insurance valuations for the largest coated paper manufacturer in North America
• Real property appraisal to support property tax appeal for a four-machine paper mill in northern Michigan
• Market value, highest and best use appraisals for several paper mills that were closed in the Northeast

Why American Appraisal?
American Appraisal’s extensive experience with operating and special-purpose facilities gives us the expertise to provide independent and objective valuations of paper mills, saw mills and other wood and paper processors. Our consultants have extensive experience dealing with the external and internal factors that affect this industry.