Glatfelter

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Glatfelter

Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: GLT S&P 600 Component
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1864
Headquarters	Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Key people	Dante C. Parrini (CEO)
Revenue	US$1 Billion (FY 2020)[1]
Operating income	US$49.2 Million (FY 2020)[1]
Net income	US$21.3 Million (FY 2020)[1]
Total assets	US$1.3 Billion (FY 2020)[1]
Total equity	US$557.9 Million (FY 2020)[1]
Number of employees	2,560
Website	glatfelter.com

Glatfelter is a leading global manufacturer of engineered materials. The company's high-quality, innovative and customizable solutions are found in tea and single-serve coffee filtration, personal hygiene and packaging products as well as home improvement and industrial applications. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the company's annualized net sales approximate $1 billion with customers in over 100 countries and approximately 2,560 employees worldwide. Operations include twelve manufacturing facilities located in the United States, Canada, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the Philippines.

The company was started by Philip Henry Glatfelter in 1864. Glatfelter's annual revenues are approximately $1 Billion annually,^[2] and its common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GLT. Glatfelter and its subsidiaries employ approximately 2,560 people worldwide.

History[]

• As early as 1880, Glatfelter led the industry with the installation of the world's largest paper machine.^[3]
• 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.^[4]
• Glatfelter's work with sustainable tea packaging was highlighted in the September 2009 issue of the Tea & Coffee Trade Journal.^[5]
• In August 2018, Glatfelder announced an agreement to sell its Specialty Papers division to private investment firm Lindsay Goldberg for $360 million, with the sale to close before 2019.^[6]
• In February 2020, Glatfelter announced it would relocate its corporate headquarters from York, Pennsylvania to Charlotte, North Carolina later in the year.^[7]

Environmental Concerns[]

In 2016, Glatfelter's Spring Grove paper mill was listed just outside the top 1% of toxic air pollution sources in the United States, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ranking 160 out of 15,461 sites evaluated.^[8] The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection cited the company for two significant violations since 2013, and the company has been federally cited for significant violations of the Clean Air Act. In response to these violations and subsequent press coverage, a Glatfelter representative stated to the York Daily Record that the company maintains a commitment to improving its environmental performance.^{[citation needed]} Glatfelter sold the Spring Grove mill in 2018.^[6]

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External links[]

• Benway, Stuart. "Glatfelter's Paper Discount". Business Week. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 28 July 2010.