Georgia-Pacific history
From the time we were founded in 1927, Georgia-Pacific has never stopped growing. We started in a single building in Augusta, Georgia, and now have more than 150 Georgia-Pacific locations around the world. Through all the ups and downs of the past century, we have kept one eye on tomorrow, watching for opportunities to grow with customers and expand into new industries and markets.
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2024
Georgia-Pacific's lumber facility produced its 1 billionth boardfoot in Albany, Georgia.
2024
Georgia-Pacific announced $150 million to rebuild a paper machine at its mill in Wauna, Oregon.
2024
Georgia-Pacific named as one of 2024 Forbes America’s Best Large Employers.
2023
Georgia-Pacific recognized by AF&PA with safety award for its Save My Life Digital Work Process.
2023
Georgia-Pacific completed a $175 million investment into its Dixie tableware facility in Darlington, South Carolina, expanding plate and bowl production.
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2023
Georgia-Pacific opened a $325 million gypsum wallboard facility in Texas.
2023
Georgia-Pacific closed its Foley Cellulose mill in Perry, Florida.
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2023
Georgia-Pacific produced its 1 billionth EarthKraft™ recyclable padded mailer.
2023
Georgia-Pacific closed its Green Bay Day Street facility.
2022
Georgia-Pacific broke ground on the more than $425 million Dixie facility in Jackson, Tennessee.
2022
Georgia-Pacific Chemicals acquired by Bakelite Synthetics.
2022
Georgia-Pacific Color-Box® business acquired by Menasha Corporation
2022
Georgia-Pacific named 2022 SmartWay® High Performer
2021
Georgia-Pacific earns two 2021 AF&PA sustainability awards.
2021
GP invests $500 million in retail consumer tissue and towel business at Broadway facility, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
2021
U.S. EPA 2021 SmartWay Excellence Awards recipients Georgia-Pacific and KBX Logistics.
2021
Georgia-Pacific modernized Pineland, Texas, lumber complex, making it the largest sawmill in the South.
2020
GP Packaging begins manufacturing curbside recyclable paper padded mailers for e-commerce.
2020
Gypsum to build state-of-the-art facility in Nolan County, Texas.
2020
Georgia-Pacific expands Darlington, South Carolina, Dixie plate and bowl operations.
2019
Georgia-Pacific to exit communication papers business.
2019
Naheola Mill’s $120 million investment to grow bath tissue business
2019
Georgia-Pacific completes $100 million lumber production facility in Talladega, Alabama.
2018
New $150 Million lumber facility announced in Albany, Georgia.
2018
GP closes on sale of European Nonwovens Business to Glatfelter.
2017
Completed acquisition of PAX Corrugated Products.
2017
Brewton operations complete $388 million energy project.
2017
Christian Fischer named CEO; Jim Hannan, former CEO, promoted.
2016
Completed $40 million expansion of Arkansas lumber operation.
2016
Completed sale of engineered lumber business to Boise Cascade.
2016
Completed acquisition of Excel Displays & Packaging.
2016
Introduced ForceField™, a new building product.
2015
Deal concluded for Rocky Creek lumber facility in Alabama.
2013
Celebrated the opening of the new oriented strand board facility in Clarendon County, South Carolina, and the 130 new locals jobs it created.
2013
Completed the acquisition of Temple-Inland Building Products assets, adding more than 1,800 employees across eight states.
2012
GP sends truckloads of products to support Hurricane Sandy relief efforts through Convoy of Hope & Feed the Children.
2012
Completed the sale of our EMEA business to SCA.
2011
Moody’s upgrades Georgia-Pacific to "investment grade."
2010
Completed the purchase of Oriented Strand Board (OSB) facilities from Grant Forest Products.
2010
Completed the purchase of the Alabama River and Alabama Pine pulp mills, located in Perdue Hill, Alabama, from Parsons & Whittemore.
2009
Georgia-Pacific earned the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® President's Award & the U.S. EPA SmartWay Environmental Excellence Award.
2006
Launched the Georgia-Pacific Bucket Brigade to financially support volunteer and small town fire units.
2006
Georgia-Pacific reached one million hours with zero lost-time incidents in six locations in the U.S. and Europe.
2005
Georgia-Pacific acquired by Koch to become a privately held, wholly owned subsidiary.
2003
Georgia-Pacific topped $20 billion in sales.
2002
Celebrated our 75th year in business.
2000
Georgia-Pacific acquired Ft. James Corp. & consumer brands Brawny®, Quilted Northern® and Dixie®.
1994
Published our first environmental and safety report to publicly track performance.
1993
Entered into a first-of-its-kind agreement with the Department of Interior to protect endangered red-cockaded woodpecker on co. lands.
1992
Became the first forest products company to reach the OSHA Star Level for exemplary safety programs.
1988
Created the Georgia-Pacific Foundation Scholarship program for employees' children.
1982
Moved our headquarters from Portland, Oregon, to Atlanta, Georgia.
1973
Surpassed $2 billion in sales, doubling the business in five years.
1969
Donated California redwood groves, valued at more than $6 million, to the public.
1968
Exceeded $1 billion in sales.
1963
Georgia-Pacific entered the tissue business.
1958
Created The Georgia-Pacific Foundation community investment arm.
1956
Changed our name to Georgia-Pacific Corporation.
1947
Went west for the first time, acquiring a facility in Bellingham, Washington.
1941-1945
Was the largest supplier of lumber to the U.S. armed forces during World War II.
1927
Founded in Augusta, Georgia, as Georgia Hardwood Lumber Company, a hardwood lumber wholesaler.
1927
Operated five sawmills in the South.