Great Northern Paper Company
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Great Northern Paper Company was a Maine-based pulp and paper manufacturer that at its peak in the 1970s and 1980s operated mills in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, and Wisconsin and produced 16.4% of the newsprint made in the United States.[1] It was also one of the largest landowners in the state of Maine.
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Formerly | Northern Development Company |
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Company type | Private |
Industry | Pulp and Paper Mill |
Founded | 1897 (1897) in Millinocket, Penobscot County, Maine, USA |
Founders | Charles W. Mullen and Garret Schenck |
Defunct | August 2014 (2014-08) |
Area served | Many US States |
Products | Paper |
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The company was acquired by Georgia-Pacific Corporation in 1990. Its name was revived in 2011 when private equity firm Cate Street Capital acquired Great Northern's original Maine mills.