Wauna Paper Mill, Oregon

The Wauna Paper Mill is a tissue mill, making toilet paper, paper towels, and napkins, for the “at home” market, meaning for consumers, and for the “away from home” market, meaning for commercial customers, such as janitorial and service companies supplying restaurants, airports, offices, schools, and other institutional end-users. It is one of around a dozen large paper plants operated by the Georgia-Pacific Company, often ranked as the second largest paper producer in the US. It is based in Atlanta, and owned by Koch Industries since 2005. GP started out as a lumber company, and it still is. It moved into paper production by opening a massive pulp and paper mill in Toledo, Oregon in the 1950s, then expanding further by acquisitions. Its purchase of the Fort James Corporation in 2000 moved it deeper into toilet paper and paper towel production, including the widely distributed Quilted Northern and Brawny brands, as well as the Dixie brand of paper plates and cups. The Wauna Mill is one of three paper mills operated by GP in Oregon.