Author: Joi Light
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 […]
Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town and He’s Bringing Boxes
GP is ready to spread holiday cheer, especially when it comes in a box this year. Before COVID-19, the holiday season was marked by large family gatherings, big shopping trips and, of course, an increase in the need for brown boxes. This year, box demand for ecommerce has been on the rise since March—which means Santa […]
Into the Forest We Go
GP Earns Annual Leadership Award from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) For Responsible Sourcing and Forest Management From FSC certification of our Quilted Northern Ultra Soft and Strong bath tissue to the management of 75,000 acres of certified forestland and our cutting edge forest mapping, we are excited to be recognized by both SCS Global Services […]
Georgia-Pacific Products with Purpose
Partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation® Remains Priority During Quilted Northern Ultra Soft & Strong® Rebrand Georgia-Pacific recently relaunched its Quilted Northern Ultra Soft & Strong® sub-brand to provide what one could say is a two-for-one deal. Combining both a sustainable bath tissue product that consumers can feel good about purchasing, while being able to […]
Georgia-Pacific Completes $100 Million Expansion of Bowling Green Dixie Facility
Expansion increases production of plates and bowls, adds more than 70 new jobs A worldwide pandemic and 75 days of rainy weather in Kentucky couldn’t stop a dedicated team from completing a $100 million expansion at Georgia-Pacific’s Bowling Green Dixie facility. The investment created more than 70 new jobs and includes an 80,000-square-foot building, a new […]
The Train to KBX Rail is Now Boarding
Supply chain has become quite the pair of buzz words among manufacturing companies in 2020, primarily due to the disruptions caused by COVID-19. However, even prior to the pandemic, customers have always expected superior service with end-to-end visibility—the process of tracking product orders and shipments from the source of production to their destination. Over time, the pressure […]
Gypsum to Build State-of-the-Art Facility in Nolan County, Texas
Georgia–Pacific announced today that it is building a state-of-the-art gypsum wallboard production facility near Sweetwater, Texas. The new $285 million plant will be GP’s second gypsum wallboard facility in Nolan County. The new facility will be located adjacent to GP’s existing gypsum plant, on Highway1856, off Interstate 20, and will incorporate state-of-the-art production processes. The […]
Two GP Recycled Paper Mills Open Opportunities for Paper Cup Recycling
Georgia-Pacific announced today that it is now accepting mixed paper bales that contain single-use polyethylene (PE)-coated paper cups at its recycled paper mills in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Muskogee, Oklahoma. The development follows two years of partnership with the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI) and collaboration with the NextGen Consortium, a global initiative led by Closed Loop Partners with founding partners Starbucks and McDonald’s, to help open opportunities for paper cup recycling. “As single-use paper cups have grown […]
Point A Center for Supply Chain Innovation to Close
Georgia-Pacific announced to the Point A membership the decision to discontinue investment in Point A and to close the center effective October 1, 2020. While the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of the supply chain, it also significantly impacted businesses and required close review of commitments to adjust and adapt to evolving conditions. Georgia-Pacific will […]
Why Are There Still Not Enough Paper Towels?
Excerpt originally published by The Wall Street Journal on Aug. 21, 2020 — reprinted with paid permission Deb Coduto runs plants that make paper towels. The town of Naheola, Ala., where she spends much of her time overseeing a Georgia-Pacific LLC paper-products factory, hadn’t yet felt the coronavirus when orders from retailers started rising in […]