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Potlatch Corp. (PCH) is in the Manufacturing Industry

Revenue
Dec 31 2007
$1.6B
Profit
Dec 31 2007
$56.4M
Market Cap
Dec 03 2008
$967.4M

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  • Potlatch to Take Downtime at Wood Products Facilities

    SPOKANE, Wash. -- Potlatch Corporation (NYSE: PCH) today announced that its manufacturing subsidiary will be taking downtime at three sawmills, one plywood plant and one particleboard plant due to continuing poor market conditions. The Lewiston, Idaho, sawmill will be down November 10 and will resume production on December...

    Articles 2008-11-05

  • Becoming Tsimshian; the social life of names

    Becoming Tsimshian; the social life of names. Roth, Christopher F. U. of Washington Press 2008 282 pages $26.95 Paperback E99 Assuming and bestowing hereditary name-titles are an important element of social reproduction among native...

    Articles 2008-11-01

  • Potlatch Corporation Names Thomas Temple Vice President of Wood Products

    SPOKANE, Wash. -- Potlatch Corporation (NYSE:PCH) today announced the appointment of Thomas J. Temple as vice president of wood products. Temple will join the company November 3, 2008, and replace Richard K. Kelly, who will retire at the end of the year. Temple, 52, will have responsibility for...

    Articles 2008-10-29

  • Potlatch Reports Third Quarter Results

    SPOKANE, Wash. -- Potlatch Corporation (NYSE:PCH) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. [TABLE OMITTED] "The Resource segment experienced ideal logging conditions in Idaho during Q3 2008, resulting in northern region harvest levels that were 12 percent higher than Q3 2007," said Michael...

    Articles 2008-10-23

  • Five Oriented Strand Board Price-Fixing Class Action Settlements Have Been Announced

    BOSTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A federal District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has granted preliminary approval to five class action settlements on behalf of persons and entities who, as end users, indirectly purchased for their own use, and not for resale, new Oriented Strand Board ("OSB")...

    Articles 2008-10-01

  • Potlatch Announces Third Quarter 2008 Results Web Cast and Conference Call

    SPOKANE, Wash. -- Potlatch Corporation (NYSE:PCH) has scheduled its Third Quarter Web Cast and Conference Call for Thursday, October 23, 2008, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific time (11 a.m. Eastern). Results for the third quarter of 2008 will be released via Business Wire before the market opens on Thursday, October 23,...

    Articles 2008-09-25

  • Potlatch Selects Proposed Spin-Off Chief Financial Officer

    SPOKANE, Wash. -- Potlatch Corporation (NYSE: PCH) announced today that Linda K. Massman, 42, has accepted an offer to serve as vice president of finance and chief financial officer for Clearwater Paper Corporation, the proposed spin-off of Potlatch's pulp-based businesses. On July 17, 2008, the Potlatch board of...

    Articles 2008-09-09

  • Potlatch pulp, paper to spin off

    CORPORATE STRATEGY Potlatch will spin-off its pulp, paperboard and private-label tissue businesses into a publicly-traded separate company called Clearwater Paper, in a tax-free deal, the company said after its board of directors unanimously supported the transaction. As a result, Potlatch remains solely a timber- and wood products-based...

    Articles 2008-09-01

  • Ainsworth Announces Permanent Closure of OSB Mill in Grand Rapids, Minnesota

    Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. ("Ainsworth") (TSX: ANS) today announced the permanent closure of the company's oriented strand board OSB mill located in Grand Rapids, Minnesota effective immediately. The mill had not been in operation since September 2006. "We made the very difficult decision to permanently close the facility following a...

    Articles 2008-08-26

  • PEOPLE NEWS

    PROMOTIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND HONORS PAPER COMPANIES CATALYST PAPER The company has announced the appointment of William Bill Dickson, to its board of directors. INTERNATIONAL PAPER Stacey J. Mobley has been elected to the company's board of directors, effective immediately. MENASHA PACKAGING The company...

    Articles 2008-08-01

  • Potlatch

    Potlatch will spin off of its pulp-based businesses into a publicly traded company called Clearwater Paper Corp...

    Articles 2008-08-01

  • Potlatch Reports Second Quarter Results

    SPOKANE, Wash. -- Potlatch Corporation (NYSE:PCH) today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. [TABLE OMITTED] "The Resource segment experienced later than normal spring breakup conditions in Idaho, resulting in lower harvest levels. Pricing in Idaho remained relatively firm, with cedar showing considerable strength....

    Articles 2008-07-24

  • Potlatch Board Declares Distribution on Common Stock

    SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Board of Directors of Potlatch Corporation (NYSE:PCH) has declared a quarterly distribution on the Company's common stock. The distribution of $0.51 per share is payable September 3, 2008, to stockholders of record on August 4, 2008. ABOUT POTLATCH Potlatch owns approximately 1.7...

    Articles 2008-07-18

  • Potlatch Board Approves Spin-off of Pulp-Based Businesses

    SPOKANE, Wash. -- Potlatch Corporation (NYSE:PCH) announced today that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved the Company's previously announced plan to pursue a tax-free spin-off of its pulp-based businesses into a publicly-traded company called Clearwater Paper Corporation. The planned spin-off is subject to final Board approval based on regulatory,...

    Articles 2008-07-17

  • Potlatch Selects Proposed Spin-Off CEO

    SPOKANE, Wash. -- Potlatch Corporation (NYSE:PCH) announced today that Gordon L. Jones, 58, has accepted an offer to serve as president and chief executive officer for the proposed spin-off of the company's pulp-based businesses. On April 17, 2008, the Potlatch board of directors authorized management to evaluate a...

    Articles 2008-06-26

  • Potlatch Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results Web Cast and Conference Call

    SPOKANE, Wash. -- Potlatch Corporation (NYSE:PCH) has scheduled its Second Quarter Web Cast and Conference Call for Thursday, July 24, 2008, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific time (11 a.m. Eastern). Results for the second quarter of 2008 will be released via Business Wire before the market opens on Thursday, July 24,...

    Articles 2008-06-24

  • Potlatch looking to spin off division

    CORPORATE STRATEGY Potlatch said its management is evaluating a potential tax-free spin-off of its pulp-based business, which generated about $1.2 billion in revenue last year. The company expected a transaction could be done in the fourth quarter. Potlatch operates almost 800,000 tons/yr of capacity for making...

    Articles 2008-06-01

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  • Incorporated: 1903
  • CEO: Mr. Michael J. Covey

Potlatch is a real estate investment trust that owned and managed about 1.7 million acres of timberlands located in Arkansas, Idaho, Minnesota and Wisconsin at Dec 31 2007. Through its subsidiary, Potlatch Forest Products Corporation, Co. also produces lumber and panel products and bleached pulp products, including paperboard and tissue products; as well as conducts a real estate sales and development business. The primary market for Co.'s products is the U.S., although it sells a significant amount of paperboard to countries in the Pacific Rim. As of Dec 31 2007, Co. operated five business segments: Resource; Real Estate; Wood Products; Pulp and Paperboard; and Consumer Products.

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Potlatch Corp. Company Info

Board of Directors

Mr. Michael J. Covey

Chairman

Mr. Jerome C. Knoll

Mr. John S. Moody

Mr. Lawrence S. Peiros

Mr. Boh A. Dickey

Mr. William L. Driscoll

Ms. Ruth Ann M. Gillis

Ms. Judith M. Runstad

Mr. Gregory L. Quesnel

Contact Information

601 West 1st Ave.

Suite 1600

Spokane, WA

http://www.potlatchcorp.com

509 835-1500

NAICS Code

Paper (except Newsprint) Mills: 322121
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