Georgia Pacific News

Parties in the Fox River PCB cleanup legal fight have submitted conflicting strategies for resolving the complex case in federal court.

In what's being termed the largest donation of its kind, Georgia-Pacific Corporation has given its closed particle board plant site north of Ukiah to non-profit Mendocino Coast Hospital Foundation.

The sad but not totally unexpected news came on a Tuesday morning in early December.

A court fight over funding a paper-industry cleanup of PCB contamination in the Fox River rekindled Monday when one company disclosed plans to appeal a judge's recent ruling and another moved to reassert its own legal claims.

Georgia-Pacific has signed an agreement to acquire Grant Forest Products' oriented strand board facility at Englehart, Ontario; the associated facility at Earlton, Ontario; aand its OSB facilities at Clarendon County and Allendale for about $400 million.

Wind instruments were installed Thursday, Jan. 7, on the Bellingham waterfront to gauge the feasibility of installing power-generating turbines on the site.

Property is located next to two powerhouse businesses; Georgia Pacific Corporation and US Bank.

Companies funding the PCB cleanup in the Fox River said they don't expect any disruption of the project following a judge's action dismissing a lawsuit that sought to clarify who must pay.

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Georgia-Pacific Corp. says it will permanently close its Fordyce plywood mill, putting about 340 people out of work.

A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring.

Beginning this week, 15 employees from the Georgia-Pacific Corporation 's Wauna mill will be laid off for "an extended period of time," according to the Daily Astorian .

He contends that patent owners, and especially accused infringers, should develop and put forward more rigorous presentations in order to win the patent damages case.

Georgia-Pacific Corp. has curtailed operations at a north Mississippi plant and laid off 80 people.

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 .