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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
Latest News and Analysis
Big paper chase on in Joliet; Potlatch rolls out plant to grow store-brand biz.(News)(Potlatch Corp.'s new plant in Will County)(Brief Article)
Byline: BOB TITA Potlatch Corp. is using its new plant in Will County to wipe up a greater share of the market for paper towels, napkins and other consumer paper products. The Spokane, Wash.-based company has long been a dominant producer ...
Potlatch to eliminate 106 jobs.(Brief Article)
Potlatch Corp., Spokane, Wash., will eliminate 106 salaried positions and realign staff and operational responsibilities across the company in its ongoing effort to improve efficiency and reduce costs, the company said last week. Potlatch Cha Potlatch Corp., Spokane,...
Potlatch puts employees.(online in drive for safety)
online in drive for safety James Leonard was pushing a cart filled with refuse from Potlatch Corp.'s pulp paper processing operation to an indoor dump site earlier this summer, when he collided with an air hose that was dangling in his path. ...
Additional Resources
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...
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...
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...
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...
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")...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Potlatch
Potlatch will spin off of its pulp-based businesses into a publicly traded company called Clearwater Paper Corp...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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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
509 835-1500