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37-470: The company grew into one of the largest conglomerates of wood products of the era, with holdings in many states and under many subsidiary names, and sold out to International Paper in 1956. Three young men went into the business of selling hay in Columbus, Kansas. A major expense was the lumber to build a wagon to deliver the hay and sheds to store it. They found out that hay was a poor business but that lumber

74-520: A fondness to preserving a bit of history. To collect and transport lumber, the company ran a number of railroads. It constructed the Longview, Portland and Northern Railway to serve its company town of Longview, Washington . For its efforts in Thomasville, the company constructed the 12-mile-long Kingston and Choctaw Valley Railroad in the 1898-1899 timeframe, which ran from south of Thomasville through

111-657: A kraft paper mill in Roanoke Rapids , North Carolina and a dunnage bag plant in Fordyce , Arkansas ) was sold to Kapstone Paper and Packaging and operates as Kapstone Kraft Paper. The beverage packaging business, now called Evergreen Packaging, was purchased by Carter Holt Harvey , following the purchase of CHH by Graeme Hart . The company sold its wood products division to West Fraser Timber , based in Vancouver , British Columbia . This included 13 sawmills , making West Fraser

148-568: A protective measure. Asbestos insulation was also used on pipes and boilers throughout International Paper plants. This material intended to protect people turned out to severely damage their health The producers did not reveal that their asbestos products were dangerous, even though asbestos was known to cause illnesses as far back as the 1920s. Consequently, many former employees of International Paper have been diagnosed with mesothelioma following decades of service. The book Betrayal of Local 14: Paperworkers, Politics, and Permanent Replacements

185-553: A stylized monogram, composed of green elements forming the two letters. Each of the elements features a straight top line and a rounded bottom. The dark green emblem is placed on the left from the two-leveled title case inscription in a modern sans-serif typeface, in black. International Paper owns Tower I (at 6400 Poplar) and occupies the entire property and leases 50,000 square feet in Tower II (at 6410 Poplar) and all of Tower III (at 6420 Poplar). In 2000, International Place Tower III

222-409: A total production capacity of 240,000 TPD (Tons Per Day). In 2012, International Paper acquired Temple-Inland in a deal valued at $ 4.5 billion. Temple-Inland then became a wholly owned subsidiary of International Paper. At the time of sale, Temple-Inland's corrugated packaging operation consisted of 7 mills and 59 converting facilities as well as the building products operation. In 2005 and 2006,

259-627: Is a public community college system in the U.S. state of Missouri . The system consists of four physical campuses in Kansas City , Independence , and Lee's Summit , as well as the MCC-Online campus. The campuses had a total enrollment of 13,376 for the fall semester of 2023. The college's athletic teams are known as the Wolves. It is not affiliated with Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska. MCC

296-465: Is the oldest public college in Kansas City, Missouri, and the first community college established in the state of Missouri. It was founded in 1915 as Kansas City Polytechnic Institute, with its campus at 11th and Locust streets initially offering a junior college program, a teacher training school, a high school, a mechanic arts school, a trade school, and a business training school. As a junior college, it

333-864: The French paper manufacturer Aussedat Rey. In 1996, it purchased Federal Paper Board. In 1999, the company purchased Union Camp Corporation , and in June 2000 Champion International . Additionally, it owned shares in the Chilean company Copec . Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Rajahmundry (APPM), which is now an International Paper company, is one of the biggest integrated paper and pulp manufacturing centers in India . The company produces writing, printing, and copier papers and paper boards for foreign and domestic markets. APPM's production facilities are two mills in Rajahmundry and Kadiam with

370-663: The Long-Bell Lumber Company , and moved the headquarters to Kansas City . There were company names such as Long-Bell Farm Land Corporation, Long-Bell Demonstration Farm Company, and Longview Development Company for property in Longview, Washington . R. A. Long Properties was Long’s personal holding company, Texas Naval Stores Company ran a turpentine distillery, and Hudson River Lumber Company had operations in DeRidder, Louisiana . The King-Ryder Lumber Company in Bon Ami, Louisiana ,

407-684: The Mergenthaler Linotype Company , served as its chairman for 11 years. The invention of the Linotype dramatically increased the size of newspapers and the need for newsprint . The newly formed company supplied 60 percent of all newsprint in the country. The Hudson River Mill in Corinth , New York , where the Sacandaga River joins the Hudson River , was a pioneer in the development of

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444-585: The Business & Technology campus near Interstate 435 and Front Street opened in 2002. The entire institution became known as Metropolitan Community College, instead of the plural Metropolitan Community Colleges, in 2005. The Business & Technology campus closed at the end of 2021, with its skilled trades programs relocating to three new facilities: the Engineering Technology building and Advanced Technical Skills Institute, both part of MCC-Penn Valley, and

481-621: The Kansas City district to form the Metropolitan Community College District. A Board of Trustees was publicly elected to take over fiduciary responsibility for the college from the Kansas City School District. Patrons of the Blue Springs, Park Hill, Independence, and Fort Osage school districts voted to join the college district in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2021, three more school districts voted to "attach" to

518-627: The Lake Charles Chemical Company. This was the largest transaction of sawmill property in Southwest Louisiana prior to 1906, and increased the Long-Bell's daily production of lumber, at all five plants, to about 800,000 feet daily. In 1907 Long-Bell built the first "skyscraper" in Kansas City, named the R.A. Long Building , for the company corporate headquarters. At 16 stories tall, costing a reported 14 million dollars. The building

555-665: The Longview Mansion and 50 other farm structures on 1,780 acres (7.2 km). Some of this land was eventually donated to the Longview College and some was sold and became Longview Lake . R. A. Long was active in charities. He built a school and other buildings in Longview, Washington from personal funds, was a founding member and President of the organization to have the Liberty memorial located in Kansas City, and others. Listed in

592-534: The MCC district: Grain Valley, Liberty, and Oak Grove. That brought the number of K-12 school systems that are "in district" with MCC to 15. The Longview, Maple Woods, and Penn Valley campuses opened for the 1969-70 academic year, although campus construction would continue for years afterward. Some Maple Woods classes, for instance, met in a church that first year. The Blue River campus in eastern Jackson County opened in 1997, and

629-561: The Memphis building code in 1994 made the initial design unable to move forward. Therefore, architects had to completely change the original structural design in order to adhere to the strict exterior dimensions needed to utilize the existing granite and to match the existing towers. In 2012, it was announced that International Paper was building a $ 90.2 million, 235,000-square-foot tower at 6430 Poplar Ave. in East Memphis. In addition to

666-728: The Southern Pine Association. International Paper The International Paper Company is an American pulp and paper company , the largest such company in the world. It has approximately 39,000 employees, and is headquartered in Memphis , Tennessee . The company was incorporated January 31, 1898, upon the merger of 17 pulp and paper mills in the northeastern United States. Its founders and first two presidents were William Augustus Russell , who died suddenly in January 1899, and Hugh J. Chisholm . Philip Tell Dodge, president of

703-736: The acquisition of Weyerhaeuser's cellulose fiber division. The acquisition was completed on Dec 1, 2016. On Oct 1, 2021 a spin-off was completed creating a stand alone company by the name of Sylvamo. Sylvamo's headquarters are also located in Memphis TN. Divested were the Printing & Communications (White Uncoated Freesheet) mills in Ticonderoga NY, Eastover SC, Mogi Guacu Brazil, Luiz Antonio Brazil, Tres Lagoas Brazil, Saillat France, and Svetogorsk Russia. Metropolitan Community College (Missouri) Metropolitan Community College ( MCC or MCCKC )

740-463: The company announced it was buying the containerboard unit of Weyerhaeuser for $ 6 billion in cash. In October 2007, it formed a joint venture with Ilim Holding, Ilim Group, the alliance in the Russian forest sector. On July 1, 2014, the company announced the completion of the xpedx spinoff which merged with Unisource, creating an independent company, Veritiv Corporation. On May 2, 2016, it announced

777-535: The company undertook a significant restructuring, selling over 6,000,000 acres (24,000 km ) of forestland in the U.S., along with its coated paper, kraft paper , wood products, and beverage packaging businesses, as well as subsidiaries Arizona Chemical and New Zealand-based Carter Holt Harvey . The coated paper business (four mills in Maine , Michigan and Minnesota ) were sold to Apollo Management and now operate as Verso Paper . The kraft paper business (composed of

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814-422: The company's lumber distribution yards. The division occupied approximately 23 acres under roof and the supervisors used bicycles to go between departments. The division was sold in approximately 1981 and eventually the plant was closed. Old-growth timbers from the structural framework of the plant have been recycled into many upscale homes, and a book of photographs has been published by an architect/builder who took

851-507: The fast-food giants McDonald's , Wendy's , Subway , but its consumer packaging division was sold to Graphic Packaging on January 2, 2018. Its wood products division was sold in 2007 to West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., a company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company produces printer and copier paper, envelopes , corrugated packaging and pulp . The company is a former Dow Jones Industrial Average component, included in

888-401: The four office towers at International Place, the company operates an airport hangar facility (at 2522 Winchester Road) and a Southwind data center at (3232 Players Club Parkway). Other company related facilities include a recycling center on South Third and two warehouse operations across Memphis. The company used to be the largest producer of plastic lids and paper cups , manufacturing for

925-482: The index from July 3, 1956, to April 7, 2004. It was one of three components to be dropped in the 2004 change, together with AT&T Corporation and Eastman Kodak . Beginning February 1, 2007, the sale of the beverage-packaging division was completed as New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart won the bid with purchase price of nearly $ 800 million. The division now operates under the Evergreen label. On March 17, 2008,

962-578: The largest in Louisiana) in 1906/07, Ragley in 1907, Ludington in 1911, plus smaller mills. The Calcasieu Lumber Company began operating in 1884 and became the Bradley-Ramsey Lumber Company in 1886. On March 16, 1906, Long-Bell Lumber Company purchased the Bradley-Ramsey Lumber Company, that included two sawmills, 105,000 acres of timberlands, the Lake Charles and Leesville Railroad, and

999-409: The letters "I" and "P" which formed a stylized arrow also resembling a tree surrounded by a circle. A primary constraint in the design process was the need for a logo simple enough that it could be stenciled onto trees and lumber intended for paper production. On March 7, 2023, the company announced a rebrand to coincide with the company's 125th anniversary. The rebrand included a new logo which features

1036-567: The modern paper industry in the late 19th century. The first wood-based newsprint paper mill in New York, it was built by Albrecht Pagenstecher in 1869. In the early 20th century, the Hudson River Mill was one of the company's largest plants and served both as its principal office, and a place where paper workers helped shape the direction of the industry's early labor movement. After World War II , Hudson River Mill workers developed

1073-509: The production of coated paper for the company. Shifting economic forces resulted in the mill's closure in November 2002. The historic mill was slated for partial demolition during 2011. The work including asbestos removal was completed by Northstar Group Services. Given the nature of their products, paper plants are highly flammable. Therefore, International Paper Company frequently used asbestos insulation in its walls, floors, and roofs as

1110-518: The second-largest producer of lumber in North America, after Weyerhaeuser Company . Under pressure from budget sequestration in 2013 , the federal government of the United States (IP's largest customer) moved from physical checks to cheaper electronic transactions. The company's former logo was designed by American graphic designers Lester Beall and Richard Rogers in 1960. The logo featured

1147-609: The town to Howe, Oklahoma . Other railroads included the Alexandria, Woodworth & Beaumont Ry, the Shreveport, Alden Bridge & Camden Ry, and later the Louisiana & Pacific Railway-- all headquartered in Kansas City. Some of the sawmills in Louisiana and their year of startup were: Bon Ami, (King-Ryder Lumber Company) in 1901, DeRidder (Hudson River Lumber Company) in 1903, Merryville in 1904, Carson in 1904/05, Longville (reportedly

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1184-424: Was bought in 1940 by City National Bank & Trust Company . R. A. Long and architect Henry Hoit built a mansion called Corinthian Hall a home to display the success of Mr. Long. After Corinthian Hall was completed, Long and Hoit began planning for Long's country home. Construction began and L took 18 months to complete. Belgian craftsmen and Sicilian stonemasons, among 2,000 other workers, were employed to build

1221-402: Was designed and rests amid the two existing towers and courtyard. The Crump Firm designed the eleven-story, 234,000 square foot tower to include offices, conference rooms, training rooms and dining facilities. The exterior granite was bought and warehoused in the mid-1980s with the intent that its construction would mimic that of the earlier towers. However, inclusion of seismic criteria to

1258-419: Was in high demand. They tore down the sheds and sold the lumber. Robert Alexander Long, Victor Bell, whose father was president of Kansas City Savings Bank, and Robert White, cousin of Long, whose father was the cashier, started R. A. Long & Company. Within a short time, a competitor sold out to them and they opened more stores. In 1887 Robert White died and the remaining partners bought his share, incorporated

1295-481: Was one of the first institutions in the country to issue two-year associate degrees, and it was the third school in the country to be accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools , in 1918. It changed its name to Junior College of Kansas City in 1919. In 1964 the suburban school districts of Belton, Center, Grandview, Hickman Mills, Lee's Summit, North Kansas City, and Raytown joined

1332-590: Was the first Long-Bell venture in Louisiana; it also owned mills at Thomasville in Indian Territory , Winthrop, Arkansas , and Hudson, Arkansas just south of Ashdown, Arkansas . The company operated The Long Bell Cabinet Division located at Longview, Washington, in the former drying sheds of the lumber mill they operated there for decades. The division manufactured kitchen and bath cabinets marketed in Sears and Montgomery Ward catalog and retail stores as well as through

1369-721: Was written about the strike at the Androscoggin Mill. The book was written by Julius Gerson Getman, who was an attorney representing the striking paperworkers. In 1986, the company acquired the Hammermill Paper Company , founded in 1898, which managed eleven papermills nationwide, and had its corporate offices based in Erie, PA; in 1988, the Masonite Corporation; and in 1989, the German paper company Zanders Feinpapiere AG and

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