Georgia Pacific News

I am an Ultra-Conservative, Alpha-Male, True Authentic Leader, Type "C" Personality, who is very active in my community; whether it is donating time, clothes or money for Project Concern or going to Common Council meetings and voicing my opinions.

A recent AJC article noted that Georgia-Pacific, where I served as chairman for many years, was the last Fortune 500 company to move its corporate headquarters downtown from another city.

A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury on Friday awarded more than $20 million to a University of Maryland nursing professor who contracted mesothelioma from being exposed to asbestos while washing the work clothes of her grandfather, an insulation worker, in the late 1960s.

A new federal court ruling could put Arizona companies at risk when they test injured employees to see if they are able to return to work.

Georgia-Pacific Corp. says it is laying off the workforce - more than 300 employees - at its plywood mill in Fordyce.

A $100,000 donation from Georgia-Pacific Corporation has changed the lives of Hosford Elementary and Junior High School students: They now have their own baseball and softball fields, according to the Tallahassee Democrat .

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently named Georgia-Pacific Corporation a SmartWay Excellence Award winner for 2009, recognizing the company for its outstanding environmental performance , according to Reliable Plant .

Port of Bellingham Commissioner Doug Smith faces a re-election challenge from green building contractor Mike McAuley in a race that could have a big impact on the course of waterfront redevelopment.

ATLANTA, October 8, 2009 Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC has has two of its premier Dens interior gypsum panel products pass the industry's most stringent mold resistance test.

Employers may need to re-evaluate functional ability tests given to injured employees to make certain they are capable of returning to work safely as a result of an appeals court decision last week, attorneys say.

Gov. Chris Gregoire hailed the Waterfront Innovation Zone on Monday, Sept. 28 as the kind of public-private partnership that will get Washington state out of recession.

Port commissioner candidates offered different perspectives on a new marina and other waterfront environmental issues during a Wednesday, Sept.

One University dean followed in his father's footsteps last week when he was inducted into the Georgia Foresters Hall of Fame.

Lucent v. Gateway & Microsoft Lucent's patent-in-suit claims was filed in 1986 and generally focuses on using an on-screen keyboard to enter information into a computer.

Employees must be engaged in a corporation's security mission, said David Carpenter, vice president, global security, Pepsico, Inc., keynoting the Corporate Security Roundtable hosted by the Security Industry Association in Miami.

GREEN BAY, Wis. Schneider National, Inc., a premier provider of transportation, logistics and intermodal services, recently received the 2008 Dedicated Carrier of the Year Award from Georgia-Pacific . This is the second consecutive year that Schneider was recognized for the service it provides to Georgia-Pacific, one of the world's leading ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's decision to move its research fleet from Seattle to Newport, Ore., and not to Bellingham, was disappointing considering the efforts our community put into trying to land the facility here.

A federal judge has refused a request from the maker of Bounty paper towels to order rival Brawny to stop using a so-called "bowtie" embossing pattern.

All three front-runners in this year's Atlanta mayoral race are drawing respectable support from the business community in their bids to succeed term-limited Shirley Franklin.

THE PRESIDENT AND CEO of Rayonier Inc., Lee M. Thomas, will address the Port Angeles Business Association at its breakfast meeting Tuesday.