The new name for paper merchants BJ Ball and KW Doggett following their acquisition by Japan Pulp and Paper is... (drum roll) Ball & Doggett.

Following competion of the deal, JP now owns 51 per cent, with an option to buy the remaining 49 per cent.

Simon Doggett moves from managing director of K.W. Doggett to a similar position with Ball & Doggett, with Craig Brown becoming chief executive. The new business becomes the largest across Australia and New Zealand.