Georgia-Pacific
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| 2002 | 2001 | |
| Net Sales (US$M) | 23,271 | 25,016 |
| Net Income (Loss) (US$M) | (735) | (407) |
Georgia-Pacific Corp. Template:Nyse is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is the second largest pulp and paper company in the world. It has approximately 61,000 employees.
Georgia-Pacific was founded in 1927 in Augusta, Georgia as the Georgia Hardwood Lumber Co. Over the years it expanded, adding sawmills and plywood lumber mills. In 1956 the company changed its name to Georgia-Pacific Corp. In 1957 the company entered the pulp and paper business by building a kraft pulp and linerboard mill at Toledo, Oregon. The company continued to make acquisitions, including Great Northern Nekoosa Corp. in 1990 and the Fort James Corp. in 2000.
In August 2001, Georgia-Pacific completed the sale of four uncoated paper mills and their associated businesses and assets to Canadian papermaker Domtar for US$1.65 billion.
The Georgia-Pacific Tower in Atlanta houses the company's headquarters.
External links
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- Company web site (http://www.gp.com/)
- Yahoo! profile (http://biz.yahoo.com/p/g/gp.html)