Fort James Corporation
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| Industry | Pulp and paper |
| Fate | Acquired by Georgia-Pacific |
| Successor | Georgia-Pacific |
| Founded | 1997 (merger) |
| Defunct | 2000 (acquired) |
| Headquarters | Deerfield, Illinois, U.S. |
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 Green Bay, Wisconsin.[3] Its products were sold under a variety of brand names, including Brawny, Mardi Gras, and Quilted Northern.[3][4]
At the time of its acquisition, Fort James Corporation was the United State's largest manufacturer of commercial tissue.[4]
History
In 1997, the Fort Howard Paper Company and the James River Corporation, merged to form the Fort James Corporation.[1][3]
By 1999, Fort James was operating nine of the eleven largest 270-inch wide tissue machines in the world.[1]
In 2000, the Fort James Corporation was acquired by Georgia-Pacific for $11 billion.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Green Bay operations". Retrieved July 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Company Overview of Fort James Corporation". Retrieved July 17, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Fort Howard Company Records" (PDF). University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
- 1 2 "Georgia-Pacific Gets OK to Buy Fort James". Los Angeles Times. November 22, 2000. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
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