Georgia-Pacific Completes Sale of EMEA Tissue Business
PR Newswire ATLANTA, July 19, 2012
ATLANTA,July 19, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- Georgia-Pacific LLC today announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of its EMEA tissue business to SCA.
The transaction includedGeorgia-Pacific's consumer and away-from-home tissue paper products and personal care businesses and manufacturing assets acrossEurope, including leading consumer brands as well as away-from-home and private label products developed, manufactured, marketed and sold by 4,700 employees. Georgia-Pacific maintains a presence inEuropeprimarily through regional offices for GP Cellulose and GP Harmon Recycling. Headquartered atAtlanta, Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of building products, tissue, packaging, paper, cellulose and related chemicals. The company employs nearly 35,000 people worldwide.