Author: Joi Light
Georgia-Pacific sparks innovation with new Wisconsin-based tech accelerator
Georgia-Pacific may be nearly 100, but we still hang out with the cool kids, the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators creating new, breakthrough products and services. The company’s latest collaboration is helping launch a new program called 1915 Studios that will fuel the growth of startups in hygiene, IoT (Internet of Things) and sensing […]
GP Employee Spotlight, Special Edition: National Engineers Week
GP is shining the light on amazing employees that contribute to the success of our company and their career journey that keeps them fulfilled. This special edition is dedicated to National Engineers Week (Feb. 21-27). Dana Harmond worked her way all the way up from an internship in 2019 to a full-time product development engineer. She was […]
GP Employee Spotlight: Stephanie Davis
GP is shining the light on amazing employees that contribute to the success of our company and their career journey that keeps them fulfilled. Stephanie Davis, HR manager, at our Rome, Georgia, lumber mill What does your day-to-day workload look like? What do you enjoy most? My day-to-day requires me to challenge the people I support […]
Our Statement to the Metro Atlanta Chamber Regarding the ATL Action for Racial Equity Initiative
Georgia-Pacific applauds the Metropolitan Atlanta Chamber of Commerce for recognizing the important role that business plays in advancing equal rights and addressing racial injustice. GP and all Koch companies are committed to supporting the ongoing struggle to address centuries-long violations of equal rights that persist and have held our country back. These have been particularly […]
GP Employee Spotlight: Terry Bryant
GP is shining the light on amazing employees that contribute to the success of our company and their career journey that keeps them fulfilled. Terry Bryant, Sr. Buyer – Gypsum plant in Savannah, Georgia What does your day-to-day workload look like? What do you enjoy most? My day-to-day workload varies from day to day so […]
GP Acquires 3rd HP PageWide Corrugated Press to Expand Hummingbird® Digital Printing
Georgia-Pacific announced the expansion of its Hummingbird® digital print solutions with the purchase of an HP PageWide T1190 Press, the world’s highest-volume digital corrugated packaging solution. The HP T1190 will be GP’s third inkjet web press installed since 2015 when it launched digital print services with the HP T400S press and subsequently deployed a T1100 […]
GP to Expand Dixie Capacity in Lexington, Ky.; Will Close Operations in Easton, Pa., End of 2021
Georgia-Pacific announced that it will expand its Dixie to Go/PerfecTouch® cup manufacturing capacity at the Lexington, Kentucky, Dixie facility. This will allow GP to scale its efforts and create a single, world-class manufacturing facility for cupmaking. As part of this, GP will permanently close its Lehigh Valley Dixie cup manufacturing facility in Easton, Pennsylvania, by […]
GP Announces Sale of Nonwovens Business to Glatfelter
GP reached an agreement today to sell the company‘s nonwovens business to Glatfelter, a leading global supplier of engineered materials, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, for $175 million. The sale must still go through customary closing conditions and regulatory clearances from competition authorities. The proposed transaction includes Georgia-Pacific’s nonwovens operations at Mt. Holly, North Carolina, […]
Starting the Conversation: Our Partners Talk About Social Injustices and What We’re Doing About Them
Koch companies, including Georgia-Pacific, have a long-standing record of working to remove barriers and inequities in our society, and the events of 2020 underscore the importance of that work even more. So that we can all learn together, we’ve assembled this special edition” of “Starting The Conversation,” with recent discussions about how Koch companies and our […]
Employees showcase “Smart Ways” to be sustainable and become “Stars” with EPA
GP’s Leaf River, Miss., Facility Becomes First Pulp Mill to Earn EPA ENERGY STAR Certification Efforts to reduce water use, use energy efficiently and streamline resources used to ship products across the U.S. earned employees and GP facilities a variety of awards from the EPA this fall. At the beginning of November, Georgia-Pacific facilities received […]