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Type
  
Public

Revenue
  
1.19 billion USD (2009)

Founded
  
1864

Operating income
  
163 million USD (2009)

Industry
  
Paper

Number of employees
  
4,200

Net income
  
123 million USD (2009)

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Traded as
  
NYSE: GLT S&P 600 Component

Key people
  
Dante C. Parrini (CEO) Timothy R. Hess

Total assets
  
US$1.19 Billion (FY 2009)

Total equity
  
US$510 Million (FY 2009)

Headquarters
  
York, Pennsylvania, United States

Subsidiaries
  
Glatfelter Pulp Wood Co, Newtech Pulp Inc

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Glatfelter is a global manufacturer of specialty papers and engineered products, headquartered in York, Pennsylvania. U.S. operations include papermaking facilities in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania; and Chillicothe and Fremont, Ohio; as well as woodyard operations in Washington, West Virginia; Piketon, Ohio; and Delmar, Maryland. International operations include facilities in Germany, France, UK, Canada, the Philippines and representative offices in China and Russia.

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The company was started by Philip Henry Glatfelter in 1864 and has grown substantially since then. Glatfelter’s sales exceed $1.4 billion annually, and its common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GLT. Glatfelter and its subsidiaries employ over 4,200 people worldwide.

History

  • As early as 1880, Glatfelter led the industry with the installation of the world’s largest paper machine.
  • Glatfelter switched to making paper using wood fiber instead of rags in the 1880s.
  • In 1934, Glatfelter began its forestry management initiative, encouraging farmers to plant more trees and prevent soil erosion.
  • In 1947, Glatfelter launched a tree farm managed for the growing of sustainable forest crops in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
  • Glatfelter’s previous President and CEO, George Henry Glatfelter II, is the great-great grandson of the founder, Philip Henry Glatfelter (1837-1907), who also founded York Ice Company, which became York Heating and Air Conditioning.
  • Glatfelter's work with sustainable tea packaging was highlighted in the September 2009 issue of the Tea & Coffee Trade Journal.
  • References

    Glatfelter Wikipedia