International Paper

International Paper is a pulp and paper company located within the United States and is the largest company of its industry on the planet. This is a public traded company with headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, and one subsidiary that is called Temple-Inland. Mark Sutton is the current Chairman and CEO of International Paper and as of 2017, the company had over 52,000 employees. There are a number of employment opportunities at International Paper, including maintenance electrical technicians, first line leaders, machine operators, management, converting supervisors, and dozens of other positions.

This company began with incorporation on January 31 of 1898. It started when 17 pulp and paper mills in the northeastern United States decided to merge together to create one big company. The first two presidents were William Augustus Russell and Hugh Chisholm. When this merger took place, International Paper became the company that produced 60 percent of all the newspaper used in the United States. The company's products include corrugated packaging, cellulose fibers, packaging paper and paper products, coded paperboard, container board, recycling, and much more.

Even though International Paper is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, the company does business all over the world. There are more than 52,000 people working for the company worldwide and they have placed their operations strategically around the world in more than 24 countries to serve customers across the entire globe. They are a publicly traded company that reported revenue of $22.68 billion as of the 2017 fiscal year and had revenue per share of $54.90. They also showed positive quarterly revenue growth at 8.4 percent and showed a gross profit of $6.46 billion. Quarterly earnings growth spiked considerably at 406.2 percent.