Industry | Pulp and paper |
---|---|
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]
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.
Industry | Pulp and paper |
---|---|
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]
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.