ABOVE Jeff Joyce, manager of Georgia-Pacific’s Brewton mill, where the company has just completed more than $400 million in upgrades. Photos by Mike Kittrell Georgia-Pacific describes the Alabama forest products recovery as “slow and steady.” But after five years and $1.2 billion in investments and acquisitions, slow and steady is fast and ready. For in Alabama,…
Forest Giant Recapitalized
Georgia-Pacific feeds on Alabama, the nation’s second largest timberland. The big recession was time for big G-P reinvestment throughout the state.