as nyse clw industry pulp and paper industry private label tissue founded 2008 headquarters spokane washington u.s. key people linda massman ceo products paperboard pulp tissue products revenue 2 billion in sales divisions pulp and paperboard ; consumer products website clearwaterpaper.com clearwater paper corporation is a pulp and paper product manufacturer that was created on december 9 2008 via a spin off from the real estate investment trust reit company potlatch corporation . with its headquarters in spokane washington the new company started with four locations for the manufacture of bleached paperboard consumer tissue and wood products . 1 in late 2010 the company acquired cellu tissue holdings inc. headquartered in alpharetta georgia which increased its tissue manufacturing presence in the eastern united states and canada . the total number of manufacturing sites rose to fourteen with another in construction . 2 in november 2011 the company completed the sale of its lewiston idaho sawmill to idaho forest group of coeur d alene idaho . today the company has two divisions consumer products and pulp and paperboard . the company s newest facility at shelby north carolina officially started up in december 2012 producing its first private label through air dried tad finished roll and converted tissue paper product to compete with national tad tissue brands . clearwater paper also completed upgrades to its north las vegas facility allowing the facility to produce tad ultra bathroom tissue and household towels . clearwater paper is the premier supplier of private label tissue products to the major retail grocery chains . 3 it supplies more than half of the store brand bathroom tissue paper towels facial tissue and napkins to grocery stores in the united states . 1 contents 1 spin off from potlatch 2 environmental policies 3 manufacturing divisions 3.1 consumer products 3.2 pulp and paperboard 4 facilities 4.1 washington 5 references 6 external links spin off from potlatch edit the spin off from potlatch corporation was announced by its board of directors july 17 2008 4 with the official date for the creation of clearwater paper being december 9 2008 . according to the irs the spin off was ruled to be a tax free distribution of stocks as potlatch issued 1 share of clearwater paper stock for every 3.5 shares of potlatch stock with any fractional shares being paid in cash . 5 the clearwater paper stock began trading on december 17 . gordon l. jones who had been a vice president of potlatch since july 2008 was chosen as the president and chief executive officer of clearwater paper . at the end of the spin off two stand alone entities remained both publicly traded . these were potlatch corporation nyse pch and clearwater paper corporation nyse clw . environmental policies edit clearwater paper also markets a number of forest stewardship council fsc products 5 including the brand ancora a high end coated double side bleached white paperboard . of the three similar products manufactured in a full variety of sizes in the united states it is the only one that has on label fsc certification . another of clearwater paper s brands is candesce which is sold for use in premium lines of c1s folding carton as well as paperboard for commercial printing carded packaging and liquid packaging board . candesce is the only brand of sbs solid bleached sulfate with fsc certification across its full range of calipers . 5 clearwater paper s two paperboard mill in cypress bend arkansas and lewiston idaho 6 7 8 are also fsc and sustainable forestry initiative sfi chain of custody certified . citation needed manufacturing divisions edit clearwater paper s facilities in the united states serve two separate divisions consumer products and pulp and paperboard within the company . consumer products edit the consumer products segment manufactures and sells household tissues including paper towels napkins bathroom tissue and facial tissue . it produces over half of the store brand household tissues sold in grocery stores in the united states . 5 the consumer products division produces through air dried tad paper towels as well as premium and value brand towels . it makes napkins in ultra two ply and three ply dinner napkins plus value one ply luncheon napkins . the bathroom tissue produced is mostly two ply ultra though other types are manufactured and sold . the facial tissues produced by the division include ultra lotion facial tissues . clearwater paper primarily produces ultra and premium qualities of the tissue it produces though it does manufacture lower grades as well . pulp and paperboard edit the company s pulp and paperboard segment manufactures bleached paperboard primarily for the packaging industry . solid bleached sulfate board is a type of paperboard that is used in the production of folding cartons liquid packaging plates cups and some commercial printing applications . the pulp and paperboard segment also produces softwood market pulp which is used as the primary raw material in the production of a wide variety of paper products and slush pulp excess or waste pulp which it sends to the consumer products segment . the pulp and paperboard division operates one facility in idaho and one in arkansas . 9 facilities edit prior to the acquisition of cellu tissue in 2010 clearwater paper operated four facilities in the united states which were previously owned by potlatch until the spin off . those facilities included cypress bend arkansas ; elwood illinois ; las vegas nevada ; and lewiston idaho . with the acquisition of cellu tissue holdings inc. the company purchased 10 additional consumer products facilities at east hartford connecticut ; ladysmith wisconsin ; long island new york ; menominee michigan ; natural dam new york ; neenah wisconsin ; oklahoma city oklahoma ; st. catharines ontario canada ; thomaston georgia ; and wiggins mississippi . the company s fifteenth facility is located at shelby north carolina . clearwater paper shutdown its thomaston georgia facility in december 2013 and its long island new york facility in february 2014 reducing the total number of facility locations to 13 . washington edit clearwater paper s headquarter office is located at 601 west riverside avenue spokane washington 99201 . references edit a b 1 dead link paper age.com clearwater paper completes acquisition of cellu tissue 2010 12 27 accessed 2011 09 14 clearwater paper corp nyse clw quotes & news google finance . google.com . 2016 07 21 . retrieved 2016 09 10 . paper age.com potlatch board ok s spin off of pulp based businesses 2008 07 18 accessed 2011 09 14 a b c d clearwater paper corporation customer service . candesce.com . retrieved 2016 09 10 . huge pulp mill on schedule president says . lewiston morning tribune . idaho . july 18 1950 . p. 12 . new pulp mill and bridge nearly done at lewiston . spokaned daily chronicle . washington . july 28 1950 . p. 5 . potlatch reports gains in lewiston paper mill . spokesman review . spokane washington . march 24 1968 . p. 30 . home . sec.gov . 2015 12 18 . retrieved 2016 09 10 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title clearwater paper & oldid 738744158 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangepulp and paper companies of the united stateshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from september 2016all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage 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