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Georgia-Pacific

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Georgia-Pacific is a privately owned American forest-products manufacturer whose businesses span tissue, paper, packaging, building materials, cellulose, recycling and related products.

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Last updated October 14, 2026

Contents

  1. 1. Overview
  2. 2. History
  3. 3. Products and positioning
  4. 4. Controversies
  5. 5. Marketing campaigns
  6. 6. Brand decisions
  7. 7. Recent events
  8. 8. Related entries
  9. 9. Sources

Company facts

Georgia-Pacific

Industry
Energy · Oil & Gas Companies
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Founded
1927
Founder
Owen Robertson Cheatham
Parent
Koch, Inc.
Website
www.gp.com
Country
United States
Owner
Koch, Inc.
Group
Koch Industries
On this page9
  1. 1. Overview
  2. 2. History
  3. 3. Products and positioning
  4. 4. Controversies
  5. 5. Marketing campaigns
  6. 6. Brand decisions
  7. 7. Recent events
  8. 8. Related entries
  9. 9. Sources

Overview

Georgia-Pacific LLC is an Atlanta-based forest-products and manufacturing company with roots in the timber and lumber trade. Founded by Owen Robertson Cheatham in Augusta, Georgia, on September 22, 1927, as Georgia Hardwood Lumber Co., the business initially operated a wholesale hardwood lumber yard. It survived the sharp contraction in demand that followed the onset of the Great Depression and gradually expanded through sawmills, plywood plants and timber-related operations. The company’s later development transformed it from a regional lumber concern into a diversified producer of paper, packaging, tissue, building materials, cellulose and related chemicals. The company entered the Pacific Northwest in 1947 and changed its name to Georgia-Pacific Plywood & Lumber Company in 1948. It adopted the name Georgia-Pacific Corporation in 1956. A decisive strategic shift came in 1957, when it entered pulp and paper by building a kraft pulp and linerboard mill at Toledo, Oregon. Although the company subsequently became a major paper producer, the Toledo mill was the only pulp-and-paper mill Georgia-Pacific built from the ground up; much of its later scale came through acquisitions. Georgia-Pacific expanded aggressively during the second half of the twentieth century. Important transactions included the acquisition of Union Lumber in 1973, US Plywood in 1987, American Forest Products Corporation in 1988, Great Northern Nekoosa in 1990 and Fort James Corporation in 2000. The Fort James transaction brought major consumer brands and added businesses associated with Fort Howard, James River and Crown-Zellerbach. Georgia-Pacific also reshaped its timber portfolio through substantial divestitures, including the sale of California timberlands and, by 2000, its remaining timberlands to Plum Creek Timber. It sold four uncoated paper mills and related assets to Domtar in 2001 for approximately $1.65 billion. In November 2005, Koch Industries announced an agreement to acquire Georgia-Pacific. The transaction closed on December 23, 2005, for approximately $21 billion. Georgia-Pacific ceased to be publicly traded, was removed from the New York Stock Exchange and became an independently operated and managed subsidiary within the Koch group. The company remains privately owned and headquartered in the Georgia-Pacific Tower in downtown Atlanta. Today, Georgia-Pacific organizes its activities into several broad platforms. Consumer Products includes bath tissue, paper towels, napkins and disposable tableware sold under brands such as Angel Soft, Quilted Northern, Brawny, Sparkle, Dixie and Vanity Fair. GP PRO supplies away-from-home washroom, food-service and workplace products, including dispensing systems and professional tableware. GP Packaging manufactures containerboard, corrugated packaging, bleached board and specialty paper-based packaging. GP Cellulose produces fluff pulp for absorbent products and market pulp for papermaking. Building Products supplies plywood, oriented strand board, gypsum board, lumber, engineered wood and related construction materials. Georgia-Pacific Recycling buys, processes and sells recovered fiber, while GP Pine Solutions markets byproducts and residues from pulp production. The company’s current strategy emphasizes manufacturing investment, operational efficiency, product innovation, recycling and resource utilization. Recent activity has included the acquisition of Anchor Packaging in 2025, the creation of a GP Foodservice Solutions platform around Anchor and Dixie, large capital projects in cellulose, tissue, packaging, building products and OSB, and participation in efforts connected with extended producer responsibility for paper and packaging. Georgia-Pacific also remains involved in environmental remediation obligations connected with historical paper-making operations, including PCB cleanup work at the Kalamazoo River Superfund site. As of the mid-2020s, the company reports more than 30,000 employees and…

History

Georgia-Pacific began on September 22, 1927, when Owen Robertson Cheatham organized Georgia Hardwood Lumber Co. in Augusta, Georgia, after acquiring a wholesale hardwood lumber yard. The new enterprise encountered the economic collapse associated with the Great Depression. Demand was weak and the company had only five employees in 1934, but it gradually stabilized and expanded through sawmills, plywood production and related timber operations. The company’s geographic and industrial growth accelerated after World War II. It acquired its first West Coast facility in 1947 and adopted the name Georgia-Pacific Plywood & Lumber Company in 1948. In 1956, it became Georgia-Pacific Corporation. Under president Robert B. Pamplin, who began leading the company in 1957, Georgia-Pacific entered the pulp-and-paper sector by constructing a kraft pulp and linerboard mill at Toledo, Oregon. This entry broadened the company’s raw-material base and positioned it to participate in packaging and paper markets beyond lumber and plywood. During the 1960s and 1970s, Georgia-Pacific grew through a mix of internal development and acquisitions. The company expanded its sawmill and plywood network and acquired businesses that added timber, structural panels and paper-making capacity. Its 1973 acquisition of Union Lumber, previously owned by Boise Cascade, was an important step in the expansion of its West Coast forest-products operations. By 1973, the company reported sales above $2 billion, reflecting the scale created during the preceding decade. The acquisition program continued in the 1980s and 1990s. Georgia-Pacific acquired US Plywood in 1987, American Forest Products Corporation in 1988 and Great Northern Nekoosa in 1990. These deals strengthened its positions in plywood, pulp, paper, packaging and related forest products. The company also built a portfolio of consumer businesses and paper brands through its purchase of Fort James Corporation in 2000. Fort James itself represented the combination of several historical paper companies, including Fort Howard, James River and Crown-Zellerbach. The transaction brought brands such as Brawny, Quilted Northern and Dixie into Georgia-Pacific’s portfolio. The company simultaneously reduced its direct ownership of timberlands and selected paper assets. In 1996 it sold operations and surrounding timberlands in Martell, California, to Sierra Pacific Industries. In 1999 it sold California timberlands to Hawthorne Timber, and in 2000 it sold remaining timberlands to Plum Creek Timber. In August 2001, Georgia-Pacific completed the sale of four uncoated paper mills and associated assets to Domtar for approximately $1.65 billion. These divestitures reflected a continuing effort to concentrate on businesses where the company believed it could obtain stronger operating and strategic advantages. A major ownership transition occurred in 2005. Koch Industries announced an agreement to acquire Georgia-Pacific on November 13, 2005, and completed the transaction on December 23 for approximately $21 billion. Georgia-Pacific was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange, where its shares had traded under the symbol GP, and became a privately owned Koch subsidiary. The change removed the company from public-market reporting while preserving Georgia-Pacific as an independently operated business with its headquarters in Atlanta. In the twenty-first century, Georgia-Pacific continued to use acquisitions, divestitures and capital investment to reshape its portfolio. It expanded its oriented strand board position through the purchase of facilities associated with Grant Forest Products, including operations in Ontario and South Carolina. In 2014 it announced the acquisition of SPG Holdings. It also invested heavily in lumber, gypsum, corrugated packaging, tissue, tableware and cellulose facilities, often modernizing existing mills rather than relying solely on greenfield construction. The company’s history has also included environmental and legal responsibilities connected with former operations and acquired businesses. Georgia-Pacific has participated in remediation at sites involving PCB contamination, especially the Allied Paper/Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River Superfund site in Michigan. EPA agreements required investigation, sediment removal and other cleanup work. The company has also faced criticism over historical environmental performance and over the use of the Texas Two-Step restructuring strategy. In 2017, asbestos-related liabilities were transferred to Bestwall LLC, which filed for bankruptcy protection. The proceeding became a significant national example in debates about corporate bankruptcy strategy and asbestos compensation. Georgia-Pacific’s consumer and professional brands have continued to evolve through packaging changes, advertising campaigns and new product formats. Angel Soft introduced an animated brand world in 2023, while Quilted Northern developed the Keep It Quilted platform to emphasize comfort and premium positioning. Brawny has used the Strength Has No Gender initiative to connect paper towels with women’s leadership and resilience. In packaging and industrial markets, the company has emphasized recyclable mailers, recovered fiber, pulp byproducts and technical products for construction and food service. In 2025 and 2026, Georgia-Pacific pursued further expansion and reinvestment. It completed the acquisition of Anchor Packaging in October 2025, adding rigid food containers and cling film to its consumer and food-service portfolio. It also announced a substantial modernization of the Englehart OSB mill in Ontario. Leadership changed in 2026 when David Duncan became president and CEO, following Christian Fischer’s retirement and an interim period under Mark Luetters. The modern Georgia-Pacific therefore combines a century-old forest-products heritage with a portfolio spanning consumer goods, packaging, construction materials, cellulose, recycling and industrial manufacturing.

  • 2026

    David Duncan becomes president and CEO

    [5]Georgia-Pacific official executive profile: David Duncangp.com

    David Duncan assumed leadership of Georgia-Pacific in March 2026.

  • 2025

    Anchor Packaging acquisition completed

    [13]Anchor Packaging acquisition completednews.gp.com

    Georgia-Pacific completed its acquisition of Anchor Packaging and incorporated the business into GP Foodservice Solutions.

  • 2025

    Englehart OSB modernization announced

    [14]Englehart OSB modernization announcednews.gp.com

    The company announced an approximately $140 million U.S. investment in processing and warehousing improvements at its Ontario OSB mill.

  • 2023

    Angel Soft launches animated brand campaign

    [12]Angel Soft launches animated brand campaignnews.gp.com

    Angel Soft extended its package character into an integrated animated advertising campaign.

  • 2017

    Bestwall asbestos-liability restructuring

    [10]U.S. Department of Justice: Bestwall asbestos bankruptcy statement of interestjustice.gov

    Georgia-Pacific transferred asbestos-related liabilities to Bestwall LLC, which subsequently sought bankruptcy protection.

  • 2010

    Grant Forest Products OSB acquisition announced

    [7]Georgia-Pacific, Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

    Georgia-Pacific agreed to acquire OSB facilities in Ontario and South Carolina for approximately $400 million, subject to regulatory review.

  • 2007

    Kalamazoo River cleanup agreements

    [8]U.S. EPA: Kalamazoo River Superfund cleanupepa.gov

    Georgia-Pacific and other potentially responsible parties entered EPA agreements covering PCB-related removal and investigation work in Michigan.

  • 2005

    Koch Industries acquisition completed

    [11]Koch Industries acquisition announcementkochinc.com

    Koch Industries completed its approximately $21 billion acquisition of Georgia-Pacific, taking the company private.

  • 2001

    Uncoated paper assets sold to Domtar

    [7]Georgia-Pacific, Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

    Georgia-Pacific completed the sale of four uncoated paper mills and associated businesses to Domtar for approximately $1.65 billion.

  • 2000

    Fort James acquired

    [2]Georgia-Pacific official historygp.com

    The acquisition brought major tissue, paper, tableware and consumer brands, including Brawny, Quilted Northern and Dixie.

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Products and positioning

A large, vertically integrated forest-products and manufacturing platform serving household, commercial, industrial, construction and packaging customers. Its portfolio combines consumer brands with business-to-business materials and emphasizes scale, manufacturing reliability, resource utilization, innovation and long-term reinvestment.

  • Bath tissue · 1987

    Angel Soft

    Angel Soft is Georgia-Pacific’s value-oriented bath-tissue brand. Introduced in 1987, it is positioned around balancing softness and strength for everyday household use. The brand uses the Angel character and, beginning in 2023, expanded that identity into an animated, multi-channel campaign. Angel Soft is primarily associated with retail consumer products in North America.

  • Bath tissue

    Quilted Northern

    Quilted Northern is a premium bath-tissue brand built around quilted texture, comfort and a more elevated household experience. Georgia-Pacific has used the Keep It Quilted platform to distinguish the brand from value products and to replace conventional bathroom humor with a craftsmanship- and comfort-oriented message. The line is sold through retail channels in North America.

  • Paper towels

    Brawny

    Brawny is a paper-towel brand positioned around absorbency, durability and practical household strength. It is one of Georgia-Pacific’s best-known consumer brands and has supported campaigns such as Strength Has No Gender, which linked the brand’s strength proposition with recognition of women’s leadership and resilience. Products include full-size and task-oriented sheet formats.

  • Paper towels

    Sparkle

    Sparkle is Georgia-Pacific’s more value-oriented paper-towel brand. It offers household paper towels in formats designed for routine cleaning, spills and everyday kitchen use. Within the company’s consumer portfolio, Sparkle generally occupies a more accessible price position than Brawny while retaining broad retail distribution.

  • Disposable tableware

    Dixie

    Dixie supplies disposable plates, bowls, cups and food-service products for household, institutional and commercial use. The brand is one of Georgia-Pacific’s most significant tableware platforms and includes consumer and professional offerings such as Dixie Ultra. Georgia-Pacific has invested in modernizing Dixie production facilities and uses the brand as a core element of its food-service strategy.

  • Napkins and tableware

    Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair is positioned as a premium napkin brand, emphasizing presentation, softness and a more refined table setting. Georgia-Pacific markets it for occasions where consumers want disposable napkins with a higher-end appearance and feel. The brand is part of the company’s consumer tableware portfolio alongside Dixie.

  • Away-from-home professional products

    GP PRO

    GP PRO serves commercial, institutional and workplace customers with washroom, food-service and facility products. Its portfolio includes enMotion automated towel dispensers, Compact dispensing systems, Dixie Ultra tableware and smart monitoring tools such as KOLO. The business is designed around hygiene, labor efficiency, waste reduction, supply management and customer-specific facility solutions.

  • Paper packaging

    GP Packaging

    GP Packaging manufactures containerboard, corrugated containers, bleached board and specialty paper-based packaging. The business serves industrial, consumer-goods, food, retail and e-commerce customers. Its offerings include corrugated boxes, mailers and other shipping formats, with recent development focused on recyclable padded and unpadded paper mailers and digital-printing capabilities.

  • Pulp and cellulose

    GP Cellulose

    GP Cellulose produces fluff pulp used in absorbent-hygiene products such as diapers and incontinence items, as well as market pulp used by papermakers. Its mills process wood fiber into cellulose products and support Georgia-Pacific’s broader strategy of using forest resources across multiple product streams. The business also connects with GP Pine Solutions, which markets pulp-production byproducts.

  • Gypsum and construction products

    DensDeck and DensGlass

    DensDeck and DensGlass are Georgia-Pacific building-product lines used in roofing, wall and commercial construction assemblies. They are part of a broader portfolio that includes gypsum wallboard, roof boards, structural panels and moisture- or fire-resistive construction materials. The brands are sold primarily through professional building-material distribution channels.

  • Plywood and structural panels

    Plytanium and Blue Ribbon

    Plytanium and Blue Ribbon are structural-panel brands associated with Georgia-Pacific’s plywood and OSB businesses. Products serve residential construction, remodeling, sheathing, subflooring and other structural applications. Georgia-Pacific’s panel portfolio also includes specialized products such as radiant-barrier sheathing, high-density panels and panels designed for particular building-envelope or finish requirements.

  • Rigid food containers and cling film · 1963

    Anchor Packaging

    Anchor Packaging manufactures rigid food containers and food-service cling film for restaurant, retail, processor and food-distribution channels. Georgia-Pacific completed its acquisition of the company in October 2025 and placed it within GP Foodservice Solutions alongside Dixie. Anchor adds plastic food-packaging capabilities to Georgia-Pacific’s existing paper, tableware and packaging platform.

Controversies

  • 2017

    Bestwall asbestos-liability bankruptcy strategy

    Georgia-Pacific transferred asbestos-related liabilities to Bestwall LLC, which moved to North Carolina and filed for bankruptcy protection. The restructuring paused or redirected tens of thousands of personal-injury claims and prompted litigation and scrutiny concerning the Texas Two-Step strategy, claim estimation and transparency in asbestos compensation.

    Source
  • 2016

    Crossett mill environmental allegations

    The documentary Company Town examined Georgia-Pacific’s Crossett, Arkansas, paper mill and alleged that improper waste disposal contributed to environmental problems and a cluster of cancer cases in the surrounding community. The allegations were presented in the film and have been disputed or contested in public discussion.

    Source
  • 2007

    PCB contamination and Kalamazoo River remediation

    Georgia-Pacific has been involved in long-running EPA-supervised investigation and cleanup work concerning PCB contamination associated with historical paper-making and disposal operations in Michigan. The company has undertaken or funded sediment, soil and river-remediation activities at portions of the Allied Paper/Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River Superfund site.

    Source
  • 1995

    EPA pollution-control lobbying controversy

    Georgia-Pacific was criticized after supporting a Senate Judiciary Committee amendment that helped derail an EPA investigation involving wood-products manufacturers. Critics argued that the measure could allow companies to avoid installing pollution controls, while Georgia-Pacific said it would install controls where needed.

    Source

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Marketing campaigns

  • 2024Keep It Quilted refresh with the Quilted Queens

    United States

    Quilted Northern refreshed Keep It Quilted with an 1980s-inspired music-video concept featuring the Quilted Queens. The creative used a theme song and real women performers to communicate comfort, quality and product differentiation.

    Outcome. The campaign expanded the platform across television, streaming audio, social media and major streaming services.

    Source
  • 2023Angel Soft animated campaign

    United States

    Angel Soft extended its long-used Angel package character into a fully animated advertising world featuring a fictional tissue factory and supporting characters. The campaign communicated the brand’s combination of softness and strength across television, streaming, audio, social and shopper marketing.

    Outcome. It marked the first time since Angel Soft’s 1987 launch that the character moved beyond packaging into an integrated campaign.

    Source
  • 2022Keep It Quilted

    United States

    Quilted Northern introduced Keep It Quilted to emphasize premium comfort, care and craftsmanship while moving away from conventional bathroom humor. The campaign used television, digital and social placements to distinguish the brand in the bath-tissue category.

    Outcome. The platform became the central modern brand expression for Quilted Northern and was refreshed with new creative in 2024.

    Source
  • 2018Paper & Packaging – How Life Unfolds

    United States

    Georgia-Pacific was among the manufacturers and importers funding the national Paper & Packaging – How Life Unfolds promotional campaign. The program presented paper and paper-based packaging as useful, expressive and relevant materials in everyday life.

    Outcome. The campaign served as an industry-wide promotional effort rather than a single Georgia-Pacific consumer-brand campaign.

    Source
  • 2016Strength Has No Gender

    United States

    Brawny’s campaign connected the practical strength of paper towels with stories of women demonstrating leadership, capability and resilience. The initiative was launched around International Women’s Day and became an annual platform for the brand.

    Outcome. The campaign gave Brawny a purpose-oriented identity beyond product performance and continued across multiple annual executions.

    Source

Brand decisions

  • 2025

    Acquire Anchor PackagingM&A

    Background

    Georgia-Pacific sought to extend its food-service platform beyond paper tableware and into rigid food containers and cling film.

    Action taken

    Completed the acquisition of Anchor Packaging in October 2025 after regulatory review and placed the business within GP Foodservice Solutions alongside Dixie.

    Aftermath

    The deal added four manufacturing facilities, two warehouses and approximately 1,250 employees to the food-service portfolio, according to Georgia-Pacific’s announcement.

    Source
  • 2025

    Modernize Englehart OSB millGeneration change

    Background

    Georgia-Pacific identified log handling, processing efficiency and finished-goods storage as opportunities to improve the competitiveness of its Englehart, Ontario OSB operation.

    Action taken

    Announced a new log-processing system and expanded warehouse as part of a major mill modernization project.

    Aftermath

    The project is intended to reduce costs and downtime, preserve local manufacturing capacity and improve productivity, with completion expected in the second quarter of 2027.

    Capital investment. Approximately $140 million U.S. dollars, or $191 million Canadian dollars (Announced July 15, 2025; expected completion Q2 2027)

    Source
  • 2025

    Join Circular Action AllianceStrategy

    Background

    Paper and packaging producers faced increasing policy attention around recycling systems and extended producer responsibility in the United States.

    Action taken

    Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products joined Circular Action Alliance as a founding member to participate in development and implementation discussions related to EPR laws.

    Aftermath

    The decision positioned Georgia-Pacific within an industry coalition addressing packaging recovery, recycling infrastructure and producer obligations.

    Source
  • 2017

    Separate asbestos liabilities into Bestwall LLCOther

    Background

    Historical asbestos claims connected with acquired gypsum and joint-system products created significant legal and financial exposure for Georgia-Pacific and its successors.

    Action taken

    Used a corporate restructuring commonly described as the Texas Two-Step to place asbestos liabilities in Bestwall LLC, which then filed for bankruptcy protection.

    Aftermath

    The bankruptcy stayed or redirected many asbestos claims and produced years of litigation over claim estimation, transparency and the legitimacy of the restructuring.

    Source
  • 2010

    Expand OSB platform through Grant Forest Products assetsM&A

    Background

    Georgia-Pacific pursued additional oriented strand board capacity in Ontario and South Carolina to strengthen its structural-panels business.

    Action taken

    Signed an agreement to acquire OSB facilities at Englehart and Earlton, Ontario, and Clarendon and Allendale, South Carolina, subject to regulatory review.

    Aftermath

    The transaction expanded Georgia-Pacific’s North American OSB footprint and later supported the modernization of the Englehart mill.

    Announced transaction value. Approximately $400 million (January 11, 2010 announcement; transaction closed in July 2013)

    Source
  • 2005

    Accept Koch Industries acquisitionM&A

    Background

    Georgia-Pacific’s board and shareholders considered an acquisition proposal from Koch Industries that would take the company private.

    Action taken

    Completed the approximately $21 billion transaction on December 23, 2005, delisting Georgia-Pacific from the NYSE.

    Aftermath

    Georgia-Pacific became a privately owned and independently managed Koch subsidiary, eliminating public-market trading and reporting obligations.

    Acquisition value. Approximately $21 billion; shareholders received approximately $48 per share (December 23, 2005)

    Source
  • 2001

    Sell four uncoated paper mills to DomtarStrategy

    Background

    Georgia-Pacific reviewed its portfolio of paper assets and chose to divest four uncoated-paper mills and associated businesses.

    Action taken

    Completed the asset sale to Domtar.

    Aftermath

    The divestiture generated substantial proceeds and narrowed the company’s exposure to selected uncoated-paper operations.

    Transaction value. Approximately $1.65 billion (August 2001)

    Source
  • 2000

    Acquire Fort James CorporationM&A

    Background

    Georgia-Pacific sought to expand its consumer products, tissue, paper and tableware businesses through the acquisition of Fort James, whose corporate history included Fort Howard, James River and Crown-Zellerbach.

    Action taken

    Completed the acquisition and integrated major consumer brands including Brawny, Quilted Northern and Dixie.

    Aftermath

    The transaction materially broadened Georgia-Pacific’s consumer portfolio and strengthened its presence in tissue and tableware.

    Source

Recent events

  • 2026

    David Duncan becomes president and CEO[5]Georgia-Pacific official executive profile: David Duncangp.com

    Leadership change

    David Duncan assumed the president and CEO role in March 2026 after leading Georgia-Pacific’s Consumer Products Group and previously serving as an executive vice president in Building Products.

  • 2026

    John Mulcahy named communications, public affairs and stewardship leader[20]John Mulcahy named communications, public affairs and stewardship leadernews.gp.com

    Leadership change

    John Mulcahy became senior vice president of communications, public affairs and stewardship effective May 4, 2026, succeeding Sheila Weidman, who announced her retirement after 38 years with the company.

  • 2025

    Georgia-Pacific completes Anchor Packaging acquisition[13]Anchor Packaging acquisition completednews.gp.com

    M&A

    Georgia-Pacific completed its acquisition of Anchor Packaging after regulatory review. Anchor manufactures rigid food containers and cling film, and its operations were placed within a new GP Foodservice Solutions platform alongside Dixie and future food-service investments.

  • 2025

    Georgia-Pacific announces Englehart OSB modernization[14]Englehart OSB modernization announcednews.gp.com

    Other · Product generation

    The company announced an approximately $140 million U.S. investment, equivalent to about $191 million Canadian, in its Englehart, Ontario OSB mill. The project includes a new log-processing system and an expanded finished-goods warehouse, with completion planned for the second quarter of 2027.

  • 2025

    Georgia-Pacific joins Circular Action Alliance[19]Join Circular Action Alliancenews.gp.com

    Regulation · Other

    Georgia-Pacific’s Consumer Products business joined the Circular Action Alliance as a founding member to participate in discussions around extended producer responsibility laws for paper and packaging in the United States.

  • 2025

    Georgia-Pacific faces continuing Kalamazoo River cleanup obligations[9]U.S. EPA: Allied Paper/Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River site profilecumulis.epa.gov

    Regulation · Other

    EPA records identify Georgia-Pacific as a party involved in ongoing PCB investigation and cleanup activities at the Allied Paper/Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River Superfund site in Michigan.

  • 2018

    Georgia-Pacific workers strike in Taylorsville[7]Georgia-Pacific, Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

    Other

    Georgia-Pacific facilities in Taylorsville, Mississippi, were affected by a two-week labor strike connected with scheduling issues.

  • 2009

    Georgia-Pacific receives EPA SmartWay Excellence recognition[21]Georgia-Pacific receives EPA SmartWay Excellence recognitionepa.gov

    Other

    The EPA recognized Georgia-Pacific for freight-efficiency efforts, including increased use of SmartWay carrier partners, greater intermodal transportation, more efficient trailer loading and measures to reduce empty mileage and idling.

  • 2005

    Georgia-Pacific acquired by Koch Industries[11]Koch Industries acquisition announcementkochinc.com

    M&A

    Koch Industries completed its acquisition of Georgia-Pacific for approximately $21 billion. Georgia-Pacific left the New York Stock Exchange, and its shareholders surrendered their shares for approximately $48 per share.

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  1. 1Georgia-Pacific official company overviewgp.com
  2. 2Georgia-Pacific official historygp.com
  3. 3Georgia-Pacific official product overviewgp.com
  4. 4Georgia-Pacific official executive leadership teamgp.com
  5. 5Georgia-Pacific official executive profile: David Duncangp.com
  6. 6Georgia-Pacific official newsroomnews.gp.com
  7. 7Georgia-Pacific, Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
  8. 8U.S. EPA: Kalamazoo River Superfund cleanupepa.gov
  9. 9U.S. EPA: Allied Paper/Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River site profilecumulis.epa.gov
  10. 10U.S. Department of Justice: Bestwall asbestos bankruptcy statement of interestjustice.gov
  11. 11Koch Industries acquisition announcementkochinc.com
  12. 12Angel Soft launches animated brand campaignnews.gp.com
  13. 13Anchor Packaging acquisition completednews.gp.com
  14. 14Englehart OSB modernization announcednews.gp.com
  15. 15Strength Has No Gendernews.gp.com
  16. 16Paper & Packaging – How Life Unfoldsnews.gp.com
  17. 17Keep It Quiltednews.gp.com
  18. 18Keep It Quilted refresh with the Quilted Queensnews.gp.com
  19. 19Join Circular Action Alliancenews.gp.com
  20. 20John Mulcahy named communications, public affairs and stewardship leadernews.gp.com
  21. 21Georgia-Pacific receives EPA SmartWay Excellence recognitionepa.gov
  22. 22Georgia-Pacific Opens $135M Lumber Plant in Georgiareliableplant.com
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