Georgia-Pacific Corp. (NYSE: GP (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=GP)) is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is the second largest pulp and paper company in the world. It has approximately 61,000 employees.
Georgia-Pacific was founded in 1927 in Augusta, Georgia as the Georgia Hardwood Lumber Co. Over the years it expanded, adding sawmills and plywood lumber mills. In 1956 the company changed its name to Georgia-Pacific Corp. In 1957 the company entered the pulp and paper business by building a kraft pulp and linerboard mill at Toledo, Oregon. The company continued to make acquisitions, including Great Northern Nekoosa Corp. in 1990 and the Fort James Corp. in 2000.
Georgia is a republic with one legislative body; the head of state and government is the president, assisted by the prime minister.
Georgia borders on the Black Sea in the west, on Turkey and Armenia in the south, on Azerbaijan in the east, and on Russia in the north.
Georgia is rich in minerals, notably manganese (mined mostly at Chiatura and in Imeritia) and copper; tungsten, coal, lignite, barites, iron, molybdenum, oil, and peat are also found.
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