Cenpa was funded as a dye-works in 1793, and later converted into a paper mill in 1893. It merged with two other paper mills in 1929 and was renamed CENPA, an acronym which stands for CENtrale des usines à PApier (Central Paper Mills Office). CENPA group grew up to 9 papermills in France !
Heavy fighting took place in the plant in 1945 and the mill was entirely destroyed. It was rebuilt however and merged in the La Rochette group in 1960, then in the Sonoco group in 1998.
CENPA is independent since 2016.