Fort James Corporation was an American

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company based in

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. Its products were sold under a variety of brand names, which included Brawny, Mardi Gras, and Quilted Northern. At the time of its acquisition, Fort James Corporation was the United States' largest manufacturer of commercial tissue.

History

In 1997, the Fort Howard Paper Company and the

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merged to form the Fort James Corporation. Fort Howard was headquartered in

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, and James River in

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. By 1999, Fort James was operating nine of the eleven largest wide tissue machines in the world. In 2000, the Fort James Corporation was acquired by

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for $11 billion; GP is based in

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