ABOUT THIS COMPANY

ABOUT THIS COMPANY

Profits on Paper

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of tissue, packaging, paper, building products and related chemicals.  Having already been a successful company, its $11.2 billion acquisition of Fort James Corp. in November 2000 sent the firm into a different stratosphere, establishing it as North America’s No. 1 bathroom tissue producer, churning out such well-known brands as Quilted Northern, Soft ’N Gentle, Brawny, Mardi Gras, So-Dri, Vanity Fair, Angel Soft and Sparkle—aside from ubiquitous Dixie-brand disposable cups, plates and cutlery.  The firm’s building products manufacturing business is among the country’s leading suppliers to lumber and building materials dealers and do-it-yourself warehouse retailers.  After International Paper, Georgia-Pacific is America’s No. 2 U.S. forest products manufacturer with 45,000 employees in more than 300 locations in North and South America and Europe as of 2009.  The firm was acquired by Koch Industries in 2005.  In 2007, Georgia-Pacific was the first industry to receive the GREENGUARD certification from GREENGUARD Environmental Institute, which recognizes indoor products with low emissions of volatile organic compounds.