Fort James Corporation
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| Industry | Pulp and paper |
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| Predecessor | Fort Howard Paper Company James River Corporation |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Defunct | 2000 |
| Fate | Acquired by Georgia-Pacific |
| Successor | Georgia-Pacific |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Michael Riordan, President and COO Miles Marsh, Chairman and CEO |
| Total assets | $7.3 billion[1] |
Number of employees | 24,800[2] |
Fort James Corporation was an American pulp and paper company based in Deerfield, Illinois.[3] Its products were sold under a variety of brand names, which included Brawny, Mardi Gras, and Quilted Northern.[4][5]
At the time of its acquisition, Fort James Corporation was the United States' largest manufacturer of commercial tissue.[5]
History
[edit]In 1997, the Fort Howard Paper Company and the James River Corporation merged to form the Fort James Corporation.[1][4] Fort Howard was headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and James River in Richmond, Virginia.
By 1999, Fort James was operating nine of the eleven largest 270-inch (22.5 ft; 6.9 m) wide tissue machines in the world.[1]
In 2000, the Fort James Corporation was acquired by Georgia-Pacific (GP) for $11 billion;[1][4][6][7] GP is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Green Bay operations". Retrieved July 17, 2016.
- ^ "Company Overview of Fort James Corporation". Retrieved July 17, 2016.
- ^ "Company Overview of Fort James Corporation". Bloomberg L.P. All Rights Reserved. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Fort Howard Company Records" (PDF). University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
- ^ a b "Georgia-Pacific Gets OK to Buy Fort James". Los Angeles Times. November 22, 2000. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
- ^ Carpenter, Dave (July 18, 2000). "Georgia-Pacific acquiring tissue producer Fort James". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. E3.
- ^ "Georgia Pacific completes acquisition of Fort James, becomes world's leading tissue producer". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Press Release No. C-1640. November 27, 2000. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
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