Fort James Corporation

Fort James Corporation
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. 1 2 3 4 "Green Bay operations". Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  2. "Company Overview of Fort James Corporation". Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Fort Howard Company Records" (PDF). University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Georgia-Pacific Gets OK to Buy Fort James". Los Angeles Times. November 22, 2000. Retrieved July 17, 2016.


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