Georgia-Pacific Corporation

Industry: Paper Products

GP is a manufacturer and distributor of building products, as well as a producer of a variety of pulp and paper products (including pulp, containerboard, packaging and tissue products). For the 6 months ended 6/30/05, net sales fell 10% to $9.41B. Earnings from cont. ops. rose 7% to $399M. Revenues reflect the absence of income from Building product distribution. Earnings were offset by improved margins from higher tissue price realization.

Georgia-Pacific Corporation is the manufacturer and marketer of tissue, packing, paper, building products and related chemicals. The Company is engaged in four principal businesses: Consumer Products, which involves manufacturing and marketing of tissue products, including bath and facial tissue, paper towels and napkins, as well as disposable tabletop products, such as cups, plates and cutlery; Building Products, which includes manufacturing and marketing building products, such as plywood, oriented strand board, various industrial wood products and lumber, as well as non-wood products, such as gypsum products and chemicals; Packaging, which involves manufacturing containerboard and packaging, including linerboard, medium and corrugated packaging, and Paper, which involves manufacturing paper and pulp, including office papers, bleached board, bleached and unbleached kraft papers, and hardwood and softwood pulp. The Building Products was sold in 2004 to BlueLinx Holdings, Inc.

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Georgia-Pacific Corporation is not ranked in this year's Fortune 500

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