It’s no surprise that International Paper Co. continues to be the top paper producer in North America, in fact the world’s No. 1 paper company in terms of sales and production volumes.With net sales of $24.097 billion, a production portfolio of some 16 million metric tons per year (mtpy), and 68,700 employees worldwide, IP is a firm No. 1 on the PaperAge list of Top 25 North American-based pulp and paper companies.In compiling this listing based net sales and earnings include all categories such as lumber, wood products and other building materials, converted paper and paperboard products, molded pulp products, plastics and other specialty composite products, chemicals, distribution services, and in some cases waste/secondary fiber collection, recovery, and sales. However, production capacities, as accurately as possible, include just pulp, paper/tissue, and paperboard. Likewise, employee numbers are company-wide for all business segments, not just pulp and paper. Capital spending and research and development allocations are, generally, also consolidated for all business segments, except as noted. Canadian sales, earnings, and expenditures were converted to U.S. dollars, and all production capacities were converted to metric tons.
In terms of net sales,Weyerhaeuser is a close second at $22.629 billion, followed by Georgia-Pacific at an estimated $18.7 billion, which was acquired by U.S.-based Koch Industries and now operates as a private company.Weyerhaeuser had nearly 14 million tons of capacity and 49, 887 employees. In No. 4 position based on net sales of $8.396 billion and a production capacity of 8.184 million mtpy, The Top 6 - 25, in order of sales and production are: Boise Cascade (now owned by Madison Dearborn Partners investment group), Temple-Inland, Abitibi-Consolidated, Domtar, Sonoco Products, Bowater, Canfor, Tembec, Cascades Group (40% employee-owned), Graphic Packaging Corp. (formerly Riverwood), Packaging Corp. of America, Rock-Tenn, Catalyst Paper (formerly Norske Skog and Fletcher Challenge Canada), NewPage (Cerebus Capital Management/formerly printing and writing paper business of MeadWestvaco), Potlatch,Wausau Paper, Appleton (100% employee owned), Longview Fibre, Caraustar Industries, and Pope & Talbot.
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