standardbred racehorse . georgia pacific llc type subsidiary of koch industries industry pulp and paper founded augusta georgia u.s. 1927 1927 founder owen robertson cheatham headquarters atlanta georgia u.s. number of employees 40 000 4q 2010 parent koch industries website gp.com georgia pacific llc is an american pulp and paper company based in atlanta georgia and is one of the world s leading manufacturers and distributors of tissue pulp paper toilet and paper towel dispensers packaging building products and related chemicals . as of fall 2010 the company employed more than 40 000 people at more than 300 locations in north america south america and europe . it is an independently operated and managed company of koch industries . contents 1 history 2 environmental record 3 awards and charity 4 brand names 5 references 6 external links history edit georgia pacific was founded by owen robertson cheatham in 1927 in augusta georgia as the georgia hardwood lumber co. over the years it expanded adding sawmills and plywood plants . the company acquired its first west coast facility in 1947 and changed its name to georgia pacific plywood & lumber co. in 1948 . 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 a series of acquisitions including us plywood in 1987 great northern nekoosa in 1990 and the fort james corporation in 2000 . the fort james corporation was the result of a series of mergers of enterprises that included the fort howard corporation the james river corporation and crown zellerbach . 1 in august 2001 georgia pacific completed the sale of four un coated paper mills and their associated businesses and assets to canadian papermaker domtar for us 1.65 billion . it was announced on november 13 2005 that georgia pacific would be acquired by koch industries . 2 on december 23 2005 koch industries finalized the 21 billion acquisition of georgia pacific . georgia pacific was removed from the nyse it had traded under the symbol gp and shareholders surrendered their shares for about 48 per share . the georgia pacific tower in atlanta continues to house the company s headquarters . the crown zellerbach building was built as the headquarters of crown zellerbach in san francisco in 1959 . on january 11 2010 georgia pacific signed an agreement to acquire grant forest products oriented strand board osb facility at englehart ontario and the associated facility at earlton ontario as well as its osb facilities at clarendon and allendale south carolina for approximately 400 million . 3 the transaction closed in july 2013 following canadian regulatory review and us court approval under the hart scott rodino merger review process . 4 on june 19 2014 georgia pacific announced it will acquire spg holdings . 5 environmental record edit georgia pacific broadway facility in green bay wisconsin was formerly owned and operated by fort howard . georgia pacific offices in diboll south of lufkin texas stephen engelberg of the new york times wrote that in 1995 georgia pacific persuaded the u.s. senate judiciary committee to approve an amendment that derailed a pending e.p.a. investigation of weyerhauser company louisiana pacific corporation and georgia pacific arguing that the e.p.a. was unfairly applying present day standards to decisions made 10 to 15 years ago and that the e.p.a. test method overstated the emissions from wood products factories . 6 georgia pacific s opponents believed the measure could allow georgia pacific avoid installing pollution gear at many of its plants . engelberg wrote nonetheless georgia pacific said they would install controls at plants that need them . 6 georgia pacific is also involved in several remediation sites many of which were landfills used by other manufacturers municipalities and other businesses and individuals . two of the primary remediation sites the fox river in wisconsin and kalamazoo river in michigan involve the cleanup of pcbs . georgia pacific is contributing to dam removal work as part of an effort to clean up pcb contamination in kalamazoo . 7 each year the u.s. environmental protection agency epa requires georgia pacific as it does all large manufacturers to report publicly quantities of certain chemicals that facilities release into the air water and onto land . for the 2006 period as of spring 2008 the company showed a 12 percent decrease in these releases from 2005 . between 2000 and 2006 georgia pacific reduced its total releases and transfers of these specified compounds by 26 percent . georgia pacific publicly reports on its environmental performance through its environmental and social responsibility report which is available on its web site . 8 in 2007 the epa announced legal agreements among itself michigan georgia pacific and millennium holdings a corporate successor of the allied paper corporation requiring the companies to clean up an estimated 21 000 000 worth of environmental damage to the plainwell impoundment area . another settlement required an additional 15 000 000 of environmental work on the kalamazoo river superfund site . 9 georgia pacific is the largest user of de ink fiber in the world and its subsidiary company gp harmon trades in the recycled material . the company has expanded into other markets in countries like mexico and china . in 2005 president of the division simon davies estimated that china would require the import of scrap paper from the us and elsewhere for at least 15 years . in the long run he asserted the growth of the chinese middle class would be correlated with a large increase in paper production and having viable paper recovery systems in place would be of great value to them . 10 awards and charity edit in 2009 the epa awarded koch subsidiary georgia pacific its smartway excellence award an innovative collaboration between the u.s. environmental protection agency epa and the freight industry designed to increase energy efficiency while significantly reducing air pollution and specifically commended georgia pacific . the award states in 2008 93 % of georgia pacific s freight was hauled by smartway transport partners an increase of 47 % over the previous year . of the 145 carriers georgia pacific uses 104 were smartway carriers an increase of 33 % over 2007 . in 2008 georgia pacific experienced tremendous growth in its intermodal shipping . georgia pacific was able to work with its customers to increase lead time and create more intermodal freight shipments without significantly impacting customer s needs thus increasing intermodal loads by 39 % in 2008 as compared to 2007 . georgia pacific uses advanced software to pack loads more efficiently and increase cube utilization in its trailers . the company also reduced empty loads by 10 % increased utilization of local fleets and established an idling reduction policy in place at its 12 distribution centers . in the summer of 2008 georgia pacific held a fuel conservation summit to explore ways for shippers and carriers to work together to further reduce fuel consumption from its freight transport operations . 11 in 2010 georgia pacific a subsidiary of koch industries donated 682 acres 2.76 km2 near wauna oregon to the nature conservancy . 12 the georgia pacific foundation scholarship program for employees children has awarded nearly 10.5 million in college scholarships to children of the company s employees between 1988 and 2013 . speaking to the demopolis times vice president kelvin hill said of the program a well educated workforce is crucial to the long term success of our mill . when we support education we re helping create the workers that our business and the state of alabama will need . 13 through its georgia pacific bucket brigade program the company awards volunteer fire departments around the united states more than 100 000 annually and as of 2013 has awarded over 1 million since the program began in 2006 . 14 brand names edit georgia pacific operates under many different brand names . angel soft quilted northern and soft n gentle are toilet paper and facial tissue brands . blue ribbon clutter cutter densarmor plus densdeck densglass densshield dryply fireguard gp lam hushboard nautilus ply bead plytanium southern gold sta strait thermostat toughrock wood i beam and xj 85 are building and remodeling brands . brawny dixie insulair mardi gras perfectouch sparkle ultra and vanity fair are tableware paper towel and napkin brands . advantage image plus and spectrum are office paper brands . references edit crown zellerbach . notable names database . soylent communications . 2009 . retrieved 2010 02 04 . koch industries newsroom http www.gp.com newsroom newsreleases 1 11 10.html georgia pacific . georgia pacific completes asset acquisition of temple inland building products . marketwatch . retrieved 26 july 2013 . georgia pacific to buy spg holdings adding to green bay holdings . milwaukee business journal . june 20 2014 . retrieved july 14 2014 . a b tall timber and the epa new york times may 21 1995 georgia pacific pitches 80 90 million plan to remove otsego area dams as part of kalamazoo river cleanup august 23 2012 kalamazoo news gp environmental performance environmental protection agency taylor brian . paper recycling supplement world view . recycling today . retrieved 25 july 2013 . smartway transport partnership pdf . u.s. environmental protection agency . retrieved 23 april 2011 . http www.kochind.com files 012411kochindustriesrecognizedwith289awards.pdf staff reports . girl with local ties wins 2013 georgia pacific scholarship . demopolis times . retrieved 25 july 2013 . baltzer paul . koch companies support volunteer firefighters emergency responders across the u.s. . businesswire . the wall street journal . retrieved 25 july 2013 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to 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