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American pulp and paper company
Fort James Corporation
IndustryPulp and paper
PredecessorFort Howard Paper Company
James River Corporation
Founded1997; 28 years ago (1997)
Defunct2000; 25 years ago (2000)
FateAcquired by Georgia-Pacific
SuccessorGeorgia-Pacific
HeadquartersDeerfield, Illinois, U.S.
Key peopleMichael Riordan, President and COO
Miles Marsh,
Chairman and CEO
Total assets$7.3 billion
Number of employees24,800

Fort James Corporation was an American pulp and paper company based in Deerfield, Illinois. Its products were sold under a variety of brand names, which included Brawny, Mardi Gras, and Quilted Northern.

At the time of its acquisition, Fort James Corporation was the United States' largest manufacturer of commercial tissue.

History

In 1997, the Fort Howard Paper Company and the James River Corporation merged to form the Fort James Corporation. 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.

In 2000, the Fort James Corporation was acquired by Georgia-Pacific (GP) for $11 billion; GP is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

References

  1. ^ "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. ^ "Fort Howard Company Records" (PDF). University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  5. ^ "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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