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Corporate profile

Headquartered in the United States, International Paper is a global forest products, paper and packaging company with primary markets and manufacturing operations in the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia, complemented by xpedx, an extensive North American merchant distribution system. The company has approximately 60,000 employees.

International Paper had sales in 2006 of $22 billion and is ranked No. 82 among Fortune 500 companies. The company was also named No. 1 in the forest products sector for the fifth consecutive year on Fortune magazine's Most Admired Companies list.

International Paper is committed to environmental, economic and social sustainability, and has a long-standing policy of using no wood from endangered forests.

International Paper supports mutual recognition of forest certification standards. We have encouraged the adoption of CERFLOR, the SFI Standard and other systems recognized by the global Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) council. The PEFC-endorsed systems around the globe, including the SFI program, now account for an area larger than the combined forest area of all 25 member countries of the European Union.

Across Europe, International Paper focuses on the production of office and uncoated woodfree papers, paperboard, industrial packaging and containerboard. Its offering also includes pulp, newsprint as well as forest product operations. The company is one of Europe's leading suppliers of cutsize paper and offers an extensive range of papers for a multitude of uses in the office paper segment.

The company has in Europe some 12,000 employees and posted net sales of more than US$ 3 billion in 2006. 

 

Key Facts In Europe -

2006 Business Performance:

Paper & Packaging Production

  • Pulp, Paper & Paperboard: 1.7 million tonnes
  • Packaging: 1.2 million tonnes

Net Sales: US $3,030 Million

  • Pulp & Paper: US$ 1,440 million
  • Packaging: US$ 1,019 million
  • Other businesses: US$ 571 million
Production sites -

International Paper Europe is globally respected steward of environmental protection, industrial safety and natural resources.  All the paper mills, for example, are certified according to ISO 9001/2000*.  Most of them are also ISO 14001** and OHSAS 18001*** certified.  They therefore comply with the most stringent current requirements concerning quality, environmental management and work safety.

 

In Europe as elsewhere, International Paper is committed to good corporate citizenship through active involvement in the communities where we do business.

 

* Quality management system

** Environmental management system

*** Occupational health & safety management system