AP&EA
would like to recognize International Paper as one of its Gold Level VIP sponsors.
IP is over 100 years old with operations in more than 40 countries.
International Paper was organized in 1898. With
18.3 million tons of capacity, IP is the world's largest paper and forest products
company. Its core businesses include paper, packing and forest products.
The company's global headquarters is located in
Samford, Conn. IP has operations in more than 40 countries and sells its products
to more than 120 nations. Global operations are located primarily in Asia, Canada,
Europe and Latin America.
John Dillon is International Paper's chairman
and chief executive officer. International Paper's 2002 earnings before special
items were $540 million on sales of $25 billion.
It is one of 30 companies that comprise the Dow
Jones Industrial Average, and its stock is traded on three exchanges internationally:
New York, Amsterdam and Swiss.
The executive office, financial, legal and external
affairs and the International Paper Company Foundation departments are based
in Stamford, Conn. Operational offices in Memphis, Tenn., include management
team resources for Coated & Super Calendered Papers; Consumer Packaging;
Corporate Finance; Corporate Tax; Environment, Health and Safety; Global Sourcing;
Global Supply Chain; Human Resources; Industrial Packaging; Information Technology;
Legal & External Affairs; Organizational Effectiveness; and Printing &
Communications Papers.
International Paper has its European headquarters
in Brussels, Belgium; Latin American headquarters in Santiago, Chile; Asian
headquarters in Hong Kong; distribution headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio; forest
products headquarters in Savannah, Ga.; Weldwood of Canada Limited Headquarters
in Vancouver, British Columbia; Industrial Papers offices in Kaukauna, Wis.;
and Arizona Chemical offices in Jacksonville, Fla. International Paper also
has a technology center located in Loveland, Ohio, and a reaserch and development
center in Tuxedo, N.Y.
International
Paper supports communities in which its employees live and work. The Foundation
has awarded grants of more than $37 million since 1995. In 2002, more than half
of the Foundation's outlays supported its primary focus: educational endeavors.
The company has the greatest number of facilities
certified or recommended for certification in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs,
the U.S. government elite safety programs.
International Paper is committed to environmental
stewardship and is engaged in partnerships with the U.S. EPA, state agencies
and non-governmental organizations.
International Paper operates according to the
principles of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) program. The leadership
role in the SFI program exemplifies a commitment to continual planting, growing
and harvesting trees while protecting wildlife, plants, soil, air and water
quality. All of the company's U.S. forest-land are third-party certified to
SFI and ISO 14001 Standards. Certification to the ISO Standard also included
all of IP's Russian forestry operations. Additionally, Weldwood of Canada Limited,
a wholly-owned subsidiary of International Paper, was the first in Canada to
certify all 20 of its mills and woodlands operations to the ISO 14001 Standard.
Every acre of International Paper forestland harvested is
regenerated either by systematic replanting or by managed natural regeneration.
With 16 nurseries and 25 orchards, IP is the worlds largest seedling grower,
producing more than 425 million seedlings a year. To date, IP has produced more
than eight billion seedlings in the United States alone and has planted its
six millionth acre of forestland. The company uses no wood from endangered old
growth forests or tropical rainforests.
