see weyco group . for other uses see weyerhaeuser disambiguation . weyerhaeuser company former weyerhaeuser headquarters in federal way washington type public traded as nyse wy s & p 500 component industry real estate investment trust founded 1900 longview washington united states headquarters seattle washington usa key people doyle simons ceo 1 products forest products revenue us 7.1 billion 2012 2 net income us 385 million 2012 2 number of employees 13 200 2 website www.weyerhaeuser.com weyerhaeuser pronounced warehouser 4 is one of the world s largest private owners of timberlands . it owns or controls more than 6 million acres of timberlands primarily in the u.s. and manages another 14 million acres under long term licenses in canada . the company also manufactures wood and cellulose fiber products . weyerhaeuser is a real estate investment trust . 2 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 corporate governance 4 references 4.1 further reading 5 external links history edit this section has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this section needs expansion with further historical highlights esp . around the very well sourced founding period . you can help by adding to it . september 2014 this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message in 1900 after years of successful mississippi river based lumber and mill operations with frederick denkmann and others frederick weyerhaeuser moved west to fresh timber areas and founded the weyerhaeuser timber company . fifteen partners and 900 000 acres 3 600 km of washington timberland were involved in the founding 5 and the land was purchased from james j. hill of the great northern railway . 6 in 1929 the company built what was then the world s largest sawmill in longview washington . weyerhaeuser s pulp mill in longview which began production in 1931 sustained the company financially during the great depression . in 1959 the company eliminated the word timber from its name to better reflect its operations . in 1965 weyerhaeuser built its first bleached kraft pulp mill in canada . weyerhaeuser implemented its high yield forestry plan in 1967 which drew upon 30 years of forestry research and field experience . it called for the planting of seedlings within one year of a harvest soil fertilization thinning rehabilitation of brushlands and eventually genetic improvement of trees . weyerhaeuser consolidated its core businesses in the late 1990s and ended its services in mortgage banking personal care products financial services and information systems consulting . weyerhaeuser also expanded into south america australia and asia . in 1999 weyerhaeuser purchased macmillan bloedel limited a large canadian forestry company . then in 2002 after a protracted hostile buyout the company acquired willamette industries inc. of portland oregon . 7 on august 23 2006 weyerhaeuser announced a deal which spun off its fine paper business to be combined with domtar a 3.3 billion cash and stock deal leaving weyerhaeuser stock holders with 55 percent ownership of the new domtar company . in march 2008 weyerhaeuser company announced the sale of its containerboard packaging and recycling business to international paper for 6 billion in cash subject to post closing adjustments . the transaction included nine containerboard mills 72 packaging locations 10 specialty packaging plants four kraft bag and sack locations and 19 recycling facilities . the transaction affected approximately 14 300 employees . 8 weyerhaeuser converted into a real estate investment trust when it filed its 2010 tax return . 9 in 2013 weyerhaeuser purchased longview timber for 2.65 billion including debt from brookfield asset management . the acquisition added 645 000 acres of timberland to weyerhaeuser s holdings in oregon and washington . 10 in 2014 weyerhaeuser spun off its home building unit to tri pointe homes in a 2.8 billion transaction . 11 the company also announced its intention to sell its federal way headquarters and relocate to seattle s pioneer square in 2016 . 12 the sale and move were completed in 2016 . 13 on november 8 2015 it was announced that weyerhaeuser would buy plum creek timber for 8.4 billion forming the largest private owner of timberland in the united states . 14 operations edit the company s operations are divided into three major business segments timberlands growing and harvesting trees in renewable cycles . wood products manufacturing and distribution of building materials for homes and other structures . cellulose fiber research and development manufacturing and distribution of pulp products . corporate governance edit doyle simons is the ceo and president of weyerhaeuser company . the weyerhaeuser board of directors consists of debra a. cafaro mark emmert john i. kieckhefer wayne w. murdy nicole piasecki doyle r. simons richard sinkfield d. michael steuert kim williams and charles williamson . 15 references edit doyle simons appointed president and ceo of weyerhaeuser company . weyerhaeuser . 2013 06 16 . retrieved 2014 03 02 . a b c d 2012 annual report pdf . company profile for weyerhaeuser co wy . retrieved 2008 10 17 . 1 ... the village and the man after whom the city was named is actually pronounced ware howzer . the original german pronunciation is closer to wire hoyzer . weyerhaeuser in brief pdf . weyerhaeuser . archived from the original pdf on november 9 2006 . retrieved 2006 11 24 . weyerhaeuser makes one of the largest land purchases in united states history on january 3 1900 . . historylink.org . retrieved 2007 08 23 . weyerhaeuser welcomes oregon willamette employees as companies combine to grow global leader . pr newswire . weyerhaeuser news release . weyerhaeuser.com . 2008 03 17 . retrieved 2013 03 09 . weyerhaeuser declares special dividend marks milestone in planned reit conversion http investor.weyerhaeuser.com 2010 07 12 weyerhaeuser declares special dividend marks milestone in planned reit conversion weyerhaeuser pays 2.6 b to snag longview timber . seattle times . 2013 06 16 . retrieved 2014 05 26 . with merger closed tri pointe homes to focus on expansion new services . the wall street journal . 2014 07 07 . retrieved 2014 07 13 . weyerhaeuser moving to seattle s pioneer square . the seattle times . 2014 08 26 . retrieved 2014 08 27 . weyerhaeuser sets down in urban seattle after decades in federal way . the seattle times . 2016 10 10 . retrieved 2016 10 10 . bhatt sanjay november 8 2015 . weyerhaeuser is buying plum creek for 8.4 b to form timber giant . the seattle times . retrieved november 9 2015 . weyerhaeuser board of directors . weyerhaeuser.com . retrieved 2014 05 26 . further reading edit hidy ralph w ; hill frank ernest ; nevins allan 1963 . timber and men ; the weyerhaeuser story . new york macmillan . external links edit weyerhaeuser official website weyerhaeuser 2008 sec form 10k annual report historical annual reports for weyerhaeuser v t e weyerhaeuser corporate directors richard haskayne robert herbold martha rivers ingram john kieckhefer arnold langbo don mazankowski nicole piasecki steven rogel richard sinkfield d. michael steuert james sullivan charles williamson v t e seattle based corporations within the seattle metropolitan area seattle and seatac based fortune 1000 corporations alaska airlines 482 amazon.com 49 expeditors international 428 nordstrom 227 starbucks 208 puget sound based fortune 1000 corporations companies listed above plus costco wholesale 22 expedia inc. 515 microsoft 35 paccar 168 puget sound energy 703 weyerhaeuser 363 major seattle and puget sound based non public or externally owned corporations big 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