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Boise Inc. was formed following the Aldabra 2 Acquisition Corp. purchase of the paper and packaging assets of Boise Cascade, L.L.C., in February 2008.
Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, Boise Inc. (NYSE: BZ) manufactures packaging products and papers including corrugated containers, containerboard, label and release and flexible packaging papers, imaging papers for the office and home, printing and converting papers, newsprint, and market pulp. Our entire team of approximately 4,000 employees is committed to delivering excellent value while managing our businesses to sustain environmental resources for future generations.
We operate five paper mills, five corrugated products plants, a corrugated sheet feeder, a corrugated sheet plant, two distribution facilities, and a transportation business.
Our Businesses
Paper – 2008 sales: $1,657 million
- We manufacture and sell uncoated freesheet paper (including commodity and premium cut-size office papers); a range of packaging papers (including corrugating medium, label and release papers, and flexible packaging papers); commodity and premium printing and converting papers (including commercial printing papers, envelope papers, and form-related products); and market pulp at four mills in the United States with annual production capacity of approximately 1.5 million short tons.
- We are the third-largest North American manufacturer of uncoated freesheet products, including cut-size office paper, commercial printing paper, and paper for business forms and envelopes.
- Our premium grades include 100% recycled and colored cut-size office papers, and our specialty grades include custom-developed papers for such uses as label and release and flexible food packaging.
- In November 2008, we announced the permanent restructuring of our mill in St. Helens, Oregon, permanently closing the pulp mill and two of our three paper machines. This will reduce annual paper capacity at the St. Helens mill by approximately 200,000 tons and market pulp capacity at the St. Helens and Wallula, Washington, mills by approximately 138,000 tons.
Packaging – 2008 sales: $817 million
- We manufacture linerboard and newsprint at our mill in DeRidder, Louisiana. This mill is one of the largest paper mills in North America, with annual production capacity of 1.0 million short tons.
- We also manufacture corrugated containers at five plants in the Northwest and one sheet feeder plant in Texas with an aggregate annual capacity of approximately 9.3 billion square feet.
- In February 2009, we purchased a corrugated sheet plant in Sparks, Nevada.
- During 2008, our corrugated container plants consumed (either directly or through trades with other containerboard producers) approximately 72% of our containerboard production, including the linerboard manufactured in DeRidder and the corrugating medium manufactured by our paper segment.
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Boise Inc.
1111 West Jefferson Street
Ste 200
Boise ID 83702-5388
PO Box 990050
Boise ID 83799-0050
Phone: 208 384 7000