World's Largest Wood and Paper Products Corporations

World's Largest Wood and Paper Products Corporations

compiled by George Draffan

Industry Rank (USA)	Corporation	Revenues Year 2000 (U.S. millions)
1	International Paper	28,180
2	Georgia Pacific	22,218
3	Weyerhaeuser	15,980
4	Kimberly-Clark	13,982
5	Smurfit-Stone	8,839
6	Boise Cascade	7,807
7	Willamette Industries	4,652
8	Mead (acquired Westvaco)	4,386
9	Temple-Inland	4,286
10	Westvaco (acquired by Mead)	3,720
11	Louisiana Pacific	2,933
12	Sonoco	2,712
13	Bowater (acquired Alliance)	2,500
14	Bemis	2,165
15	Packaging Corporation of America	1,922
16	Potlatch	1,809
17	Rock-Tenn	1,463
18	Universal Forest Products	1,389
19	Rayonier	1,227

Source: Fortune and Forbes rankings.

Global Rank	Corporation	Approximate Revenues (in U.S. millions)
1	International Paper	24,573
2	Georgia-Pacific	17,977
3	Kimberly-Clark	13,007
4	Weyerhaeuser	12,262
5	Stora Enso	11,332
6	Oji Paper	10,583
7	UPM-Kymmene	8,801
8	Nippon Paper Industries	7,954
9	SCA-Svenska Cellulosa	7,854
10	Smurfit-Stone	7,151

Sources: Forbes Global 500 accessed November 13, 2001; www.paperloop.com 2000 tables, accessed January 18, 2001.

Top Global Wood Processors and Buyers

(Source: World Widlife Fund, The Forest Industry in the 21st Century)

Random Facts

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