Wauna Mill
Georgia-Pacific Wauna Mill · also known as GP Wauna, Wauna Paper Mill
OperatingGeorgia-PacificKoch Industriesnews.gp.comID 00109
Wauna Mill is an operating kraft pulp mill in Clatsop County, United States, owned by Georgia-Pacific.
Location and logistics
- Location
- Clatsop County, Oregon, United States
- Nearest port
- Vancouver · 81 kmStraight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
- Own quay
- Westport · 2.8 km
- Rail siding
- Own sidingVerified by satellite 2026-10-01OpenStreetMap track way/979461269 ↗, 309 m from the site point. Method
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Capacity and output
- Capacity
- Not recordedPaper: not recorded (integrated papermaking; no paper capacity figure recorded)
- Production
- Not reported
- Type
- Kraft
Raw material and products
Paper products
Also produces
History and sources
Timeline
- ownership change2005Koch Industries announced in November 2005 a 13.2 billion dollar acquisition of Georgia-Pacific, making the Wauna mill part of a wholly owned Koch subsidiary.Source ↗
- expansion2004Georgia-Pacific invested about 200 million dollars to start up the number 6 paper machine at Wauna in 2004, adding some 110 jobs.Source ↗
- ownership change2000Georgia-Pacific took over the mill in 2000 through its acquisition of Fort James.Source ↗
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- ownership change1986James River Corporation acquired the Wauna mill in 1986 and later merged with Fort Howard Corporation in 1997 to form Fort James.Source ↗
- startup1965Crown Zellerbach bought the site from the defunct Wauna Lumber Co. in 1962 and started the mill in 1965 after spending 120 million dollars on construction.Source ↗
Sources
- otherchecked 2026-07-22tissueworldmagazine.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-22clui.org ↗
- newschecked 2026-07-23tillamookheadlightherald.com ↗
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- company websitechecked 2026-07-23news.gp.com ↗
- company websitechecked 2026-09-16news.gp.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-27power-technology.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-10-01openstreetmap.org ↗
Related facilities
Georgia-Pacific
Largest in United States
How to cite
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