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Fort James Corporation
IndustryPulp and paper
PredecessorFort Howard Paper Company
James River Corporation
Founded1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Defunct2000; 24 years ago (2000)
FateAcquired by Georgia-Pacific
SuccessorGeorgia-Pacific
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 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

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 for $11 billion;[1][4][6][7] GP is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Green Bay operations". Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  2. ^ "Company Overview of Fort James Corporation". Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  3. ^ "Company Overview of Fort James Corporation". Bloomberg L.P. All Rights Reserved. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Fort Howard Company Records" (PDF). University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Georgia-Pacific Gets OK to Buy Fort James". Los Angeles Times. November 22, 2000. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  6. ^ Carpenter, Dave (July 18, 2000). "Georgia-Pacific acquiring tissue producer Fort James". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. E3.
  7. ^ "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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