Georgia-Pacific

Georgia-Pacific LLC
Company typeSubsidiary
NYSE: GP
IndustryPulp and paper
Founded1927; 97 years ago (1927), in Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
FounderOwen Robertson Cheatham
HeadquartersGeorgia-Pacific Tower, ,
United States
Number of employees
35,000 (3Q 2019)
ParentKoch Industries
Websitewww.gp.com Edit this at Wikidata
Footnotes / references
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Georgia-Pacific LLC is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta, Georgia,[2] and is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of tissue, pulp, paper, toilet and paper towel dispensers, packaging, building products and related chemicals, and other forest products—largely made from its own timber.[3][4] Since 2005, it has been an independently operated and managed subsidiary of Koch Industries.[3] As of fall 2019, the company employed more than 35,000 people at more than 180 locations in North America, South America and Europe.

  1. ^ "FORM 10-K".
  2. ^ "Georgia-Pacific LLC". LEI Reference Data. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b Sorkin, Andrew Ross: "Paper Maker Georgia-Pacific to Be Sold to Koch," November 14, 2005, New York Times, retrieved November 24, 2023
  4. ^ Miller, Stephen: "Longtime CEO of Georgia-Pacific Built Largest U.S. Manufacturer of Plywood," June 27, 2009, Wall Street Journal, retrieved November 24, 2023