Fort James Corporation


Fort James Corporation was an American pulp and paper company based in Deerfield, Illinois. Its products were sold under a variety of brand names, including Brawny, Mardi Gras, and Quilted Northern.
At the time of its acquisition, Fort James Corporation was the United States' largest manufacturer of commercial tissue.

History

In 1997, the Fort Howard Paper Company and the James River Corporation merged to form the Fort James Corporation. Fort Howard was headquartered in Green Bay and James River in Richmond, Virginia.
By 1999, Fort James was operating nine of the eleven largest wide tissue machines in the world.
In 2000, the Fort James Corporation was acquired by Georgia-Pacific for $11 billion; GP is based in Atlanta, Georgia.