Georgia-Pacific has acquired 6 companies of its own, including 1 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 8 assets.
Georgia-Pacific’s largest acquisition to date was in 2000, when it acquired Fort James for $7.5B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2012, when it sold Georgia-Pacific - Tissue Business to Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA for $1.5B. Georgia-Pacific has acquired in 6 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include packaging (50%) and building materials (17%).
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133 Peachtree St. NE,
Atlanta,
Georgia 30348
United States,
(404)652-4000
www.gp.com
Georgia-Pacific is a manufacturer of tissue, pulp, paper, packaging, building products and related chemicals.
| Year | ≤ '14 | '15 | '16 | '17 | '18 | '19 | T | |
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| Buy (0.2/yr) | # | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| vol | $9.9B | $9.9B | ||||||
| Sell (0.6/yr) | # | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 8 |
| vol | $1.5B | $215M | $185M | $1.9B | ||||
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| Buy | # | TOTAL |
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| Largest |
Fort James Corp. $7.5B (2000-07-18) |
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Georgia-Pacific LLC - Tissue Business $1.5B (2012-07-19) |
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Georgia-Pacific was acquired by Koch Industries on November 14, 2005.
When analyzing the forest products sector as a whole, according to Mergr, in the last 3 years, there are 34 forest products companies that have made at least 1 acquisition, and 1 has acquired at least 5 companies.
The most prolific strategic forest products acquirer over the past 3 years is Universal Forest Products, with 2 acquisitions. The most prolific private equity acquirer in the forest products sector over the past 3 years is High Road Capital Partners with 1 platform acquisition.
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