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PotlatchDeltic

April 16, 2024

PotlatchDeltic Corporation[2] (originally Potlatch Corp) is an American diversified forest products company based in Spokane, Washington.

PotlatchDeltic Corporation
Company typePublic
Nasdaq: PCH
S&P 400 Component
IndustryForestry
Real estate
Founded1903; 121 years ago (1903)
as Potlach Lumber
HeadquartersSpokane, Washington
Key people
Eric Cremers
(CEO, President)
Jerald Richards (CFO)
ProductsLumber, Plywood
Revenue$1.337 billion (2021)
$551 million (2021)
$423 million (2021)
Total assets$2.535 billion (2021)
Total equity$1.526 billion (2021)
Number of employees
1,299 (2021)
SubsidiariesPotlatch TRS
Websitepotlatchdeltic.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

It manufactures and sells lumber, panels and particleboard and receives revenue from other assets such as mineral rights and the leasing of land as well as the sale of land considered expendable. In February 2018, Potlatch acquired Deltic Timber Corp., a smaller Arkansas-based timber company. Following the merger, the company was renamed PotlatchDeltic Corporation.[3][4] In 2021, the company harvested 5,515,000 tons of lumber.[1]

History edit

 
Sawmill in Potlatch, Idaho, in April 1906

Origins edit

The Potlatch Lumber Company was incorporated in 1903 with authorized capital of $3.0 million by a consortium of lumber investors, including William Deary of Northland Pine Company, Henry Turrish of Wisconsin Log and Lumber, and Frederick Weyerhaeuser, who was also an investor in Deary's Northland Pine business.[5] Frederick Weyerhaeuser's son Charles A. Weyerhaeuser became the company's first President and held that role until his death in 1930, while Deary was named the company's General Manager.[6] Potlatch planned a lumber mill on the Palouse River in north central Idaho and began construction in 1905, completing it in 1906.

 
Log train outside Potlatch, circa 1907

The company town of Potlatch was built to serve the mill, and over 200 buildings were designed by architect C. Ferris White for the firm. The town soon became the second biggest in Latah County (behind Moscow), and the firm was the biggest taxpayer in Idaho for some years.[7]: 8–9  Its commercial district, which includes the main administrative building of the company, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[8] William Deary also oversaw the building of a logging railroad connecting the mill to the Milwaukee Road's Pacific Extension; the town of Deary, also in Latah County, was named after him.

In 1931, the company became Potlatch Forests, Inc. (PFI) after acquiring the operations of neighboring Clearwater Timber and Edward Rutledge Timber companies, which were facing financial difficulties as a result of lumber oversupply during the Great Depression. After the acquisitions, the company operated the original Potlatch mill as well as a sawmill in Elk River, Idaho (opened by Potlatch in 1907, closed in 1930), the Clearwater sawmill in Lewiston (opened in 1927), and the Rutledge sawmill in Coeur d'Alene (opened in 1916, closed in 1987).[9]

Sustainable Forest Management edit

John Philip (Phil) Weyerhaeuser, Jr., nephew of Charles A. Weyerhaeuser, became president of PFI in 1931. Previously, as general manager of Clearwater Timber, he began the first program of sustainable forest management for timber as a crop in the United States. PFI continued this program and Phil Weyerhaeuser implemented it on a larger scale when he joined the family Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in 1933.[10]

After Phil Weyerhaeuser's departure, C.L. Billings took over as PFI's general manager. During his tenure, which lasted until 1949, PFI continued to develop and practice sustained yield forest management in the Inland Northwest. PFI began paying out dividends in 1940.[11]

Modern Day edit

The Potlatch mill operated until mid-August 1981,[12][13] and the company announced that mill closure would be permanent in 1983.[14] In 1985, Canadian businessman Samuel Belzberg's First City Financial Corporation attempted a takeover of the company. Potlatch eventually bought back the corporation's 1.1 million shares, paying $8.1 million and ending the takeover bid. With the buyback, the stock returned to the control of the Weyerhaeuser family, the descendants of the original founder.[15]

The Rutledge mill in Coeur d'Alene operated through October 1987;[16][17][18][19][20][21] the site was acquired by Duane Hagadone the following year in a three-way land swap,[22][23] and became the golf course (1991) of the Coeur d'Alene Resort.[24][25][26] Its buildings were allowed to be burned in June 1988; local fire departments used it as a training exercise.[27][28]

After 32 years in San Francisco, California, corporate headquarters of Potlatch were moved from One Maritime Plaza to downtown Spokane in 1997;[29][30][31] from 1931 to 1965, the company was based in Idaho at Lewiston.[32][33]

In March 2002, Potlatch sold its Cloquet, Minnesota, pulp and printing papers facilities and associated assets to Sappi Limited for $480 million. This sale marked its exit from the coated printing papers business. Sappi closed the facilities and moved the production to its own plants in Maine at Skowhegan and Westbrook.[34]

In 2006, Potlatch restructured to form a real estate investment trust (REIT). In this restructuring all of the company's manufacturing operations are held by a wholly owned subsidiary, allowing the company to refocus on managing their large land holdings in Oregon, Idaho, Minnesota, and Arkansas.

In February 2018, Potlatch acquired Deltic Timber Corp., a smaller Arkansas-based timber company. Following the merger, the company was renamed PotlatchDeltic Corporation. The merged companies owned 2 million acres of timber in total.[3][4]

Properties edit

The company owns about 1,800,000 acres (2,800 sq mi; 7,300 km2) of timberland in rural Minnesota, Washington, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Idaho, Wisconsin, and Arkansas. Its forest products are processed at seven company-owned facilities.[1]

Spin-off of Clearwater Paper edit

In 2008, Clearwater Paper Corporation, previously a subsidiary of Potlatch, was created on December 9 via a spin-off with headquarters in Spokane; Gordon L. Jones, a vice-president of Potlatch, was the new company's president and CEO.

Shares of Clearwater Paper (NYSE:CLW) stock were distributed to Potlatch shareholders at a ratio of 1 share of Clearwater stock for every 3.5 shares of Potlatch stock held, with fractional shares paid in cash. Clearwater stock began trading on December 16, 2008.

In August 2012, since Clearwater Paper's stock had failed to rise, the company prepared to split in two and sell one or both businesses.[35]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Potlatch Corp. 2021 Annual Report 10-K". 2022.
  2. ^ "Potlatch and Deltic Timber Complete Merger". February 20, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Potlatch nears all-stock acquisition of Deltic Timber: sources". Reuters. (staff). October 22, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Staff (February 21, 2018). "Arkansas-based Deltic Timber completes merger with Potlatch". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "Lumbermen In Idaho". Idaho State University. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "Charles Augustus Weyerhaeuser". Forest History Society. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  7. ^ Keith Petersen and Mary Reed (November 2, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Resources of Potlatch MRA". National Park Service. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  8. ^ Keith Petersen and Mary Reed (November 2, 1985). "Idaho State Historical Society Inventory Sheet: Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved January 12, 2017. with six photos from 1985
  9. ^ "Lumbermen In Idaho". Idaho State University. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  10. ^ "John Philip (J.P.) Weyerhaeuser, Jr" (PDF). World Forestry. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  11. ^ "Lumbermen In Idaho". Idaho State University. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  12. ^ Johnson, David (August 13, 1981). "Hard times ahead". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 1A.
  13. ^ Johnson, David (August 15, 1981). "The mill's last day". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 1A.
  14. ^ "Potlatch Lumber Mill and the Company Town". Intermountain Histories. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  15. ^ LAWRENCE M. FISHER (November 13, 1985). "POTLATCH BUYS OUT BELZBERGS". The New York Times. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  16. ^ Bond, David (September 17, 1987). "Sawmill cleanup studied". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. A6.
  17. ^ Oliveria, D.F. (May 25, 1988). "Hagadone buying up more land on Lake Coeur d'Alene". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. A3.
  18. ^ Bond, David (January 21, 1987). "Potlatch will close Coeur d'Alene mill". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. A3.
  19. ^ "Historic Rutledge Mill saws its final log". Lewiston Sunday Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 1, 1987. p. 6B.
  20. ^ Bond, David (October 31, 1987). "Last log sawn at Rutlege mill in wee hours of morning". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. A6.
  21. ^ Trevison, Catherine (December 16, 1987). "Rutledge auction wasn't run-of-the-mill". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
  22. ^ "Rutledge mill site sold, Potlatch official says". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 3, 1988. p. B2.
  23. ^ Jones, Grayden (April 12, 1989). "Hagadone swapped land for resort site". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. A6.
  24. ^ "April opening set for golf course". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). staff and wire reports. August 15, 1990. p. B2.
  25. ^ "Floating green confronts players on Idaho course". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 13, 1991. p. E-8.
  26. ^ "Tee-off pier proposed for floating green". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). September 20, 1991. p. B1.
  27. ^ Bender, David (May 25, 1988). "Firefighters will get practice when mill is set ablaze in June". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. A9.
  28. ^ Goffredo, Theresa (June 8, 1988). "Judge says its OK to burn buildings at Potlatch mill". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. A1.
  29. ^ Jones, Grayden (May 20, 1997). "Potlatch picks Spokane for corporate HQ". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. A1.
  30. ^ Nelson, Lorraine (May 20, 1997). "Potlatch to move its HQ to Spokane". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1A.
  31. ^ Kouis, Arthur M. (May 20, 1997). "Potlatch moving out of S.F. / New headquarters will be in Spokane". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  32. ^ Read, Paul (December 4, 1997). "A look inside Potlatch Corp.: new arrival is Spokane's biggest company". Spokane Journal of Business. (Washington). Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  33. ^ Harrell, Sylvia (May 3, 1971). "If choosing again, PFI would still move its offices from Lewiston – Cancell". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 3.
  34. ^ "COMPANY NEWS; SAPPI TO ACQUIRE POTLATCH FINE PAPER BUSINESS". The New York Times. Associated Press. March 19, 2002. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  35. ^ SAC urges Clearwater Paper to ready itself for sale, Reuters, 21 August 2012

External links edit

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  • University of Idaho Library – Potlatch Lumber Company Photograph Collection
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PotlatchDeltic Corporation 2 originally Potlatch Corp is an American diversified forest products company based in Spokane Washington PotlatchDeltic CorporationCompany typePublicTraded asNasdaq PCHS amp P 400 ComponentIndustryForestryReal estateFounded1903 121 years ago 1903 as Potlach LumberHeadquartersSpokane WashingtonKey peopleEric Cremers CEO President Jerald Richards CFO ProductsLumber PlywoodRevenue 1 337 billion 2021 Operating income 551 million 2021 Net income 423 million 2021 Total assets 2 535 billion 2021 Total equity 1 526 billion 2021 Number of employees1 299 2021 SubsidiariesPotlatch TRSWebsitepotlatchdeltic wbr comFootnotes references 1 It manufactures and sells lumber panels and particleboard and receives revenue from other assets such as mineral rights and the leasing of land as well as the sale of land considered expendable In February 2018 Potlatch acquired Deltic Timber Corp a smaller Arkansas based timber company Following the merger the company was renamed PotlatchDeltic Corporation 3 4 In 2021 the company harvested 5 515 000 tons of lumber 1 Contents 1 History 1 1 Origins 1 2 Sustainable Forest Management 1 3 Modern Day 2 Properties 3 Spin off of Clearwater Paper 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory edit nbsp Sawmill in Potlatch Idaho in April 1906Origins edit The Potlatch Lumber Company was incorporated in 1903 with authorized capital of 3 0 million by a consortium of lumber investors including William Deary of Northland Pine Company Henry Turrish of Wisconsin Log and Lumber and Frederick Weyerhaeuser who was also an investor in Deary s Northland Pine business 5 Frederick Weyerhaeuser s son Charles A Weyerhaeuser became the company s first President and held that role until his death in 1930 while Deary was named the company s General Manager 6 Potlatch planned a lumber mill on the Palouse River in north central Idaho and began construction in 1905 completing it in 1906 nbsp Log train outside Potlatch circa 1907The company town of Potlatch was built to serve the mill and over 200 buildings were designed by architect C Ferris White for the firm The town soon became the second biggest in Latah County behind Moscow and the firm was the biggest taxpayer in Idaho for some years 7 8 9 Its commercial district which includes the main administrative building of the company was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 8 William Deary also oversaw the building of a logging railroad connecting the mill to the Milwaukee Road s Pacific Extension the town of Deary also in Latah County was named after him In 1931 the company became Potlatch Forests Inc PFI after acquiring the operations of neighboring Clearwater Timber and Edward Rutledge Timber companies which were facing financial difficulties as a result of lumber oversupply during the Great Depression After the acquisitions the company operated the original Potlatch mill as well as a sawmill in Elk River Idaho opened by Potlatch in 1907 closed in 1930 the Clearwater sawmill in Lewiston opened in 1927 and the Rutledge sawmill in Coeur d Alene opened in 1916 closed in 1987 9 Sustainable Forest Management edit John Philip Phil Weyerhaeuser Jr nephew of Charles A Weyerhaeuser became president of PFI in 1931 Previously as general manager of Clearwater Timber he began the first program of sustainable forest management for timber as a crop in the United States PFI continued this program and Phil Weyerhaeuser implemented it on a larger scale when he joined the family Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in 1933 10 After Phil Weyerhaeuser s departure C L Billings took over as PFI s general manager During his tenure which lasted until 1949 PFI continued to develop and practice sustained yield forest management in the Inland Northwest PFI began paying out dividends in 1940 11 Modern Day edit The Potlatch mill operated until mid August 1981 12 13 and the company announced that mill closure would be permanent in 1983 14 In 1985 Canadian businessman Samuel Belzberg s First City Financial Corporation attempted a takeover of the company Potlatch eventually bought back the corporation s 1 1 million shares paying 8 1 million and ending the takeover bid With the buyback the stock returned to the control of the Weyerhaeuser family the descendants of the original founder 15 The Rutledge mill in Coeur d Alene operated through October 1987 16 17 18 19 20 21 the site was acquired by Duane Hagadone the following year in a three way land swap 22 23 and became the golf course 1991 of the Coeur d Alene Resort 24 25 26 Its buildings were allowed to be burned in June 1988 local fire departments used it as a training exercise 27 28 After 32 years in San Francisco California corporate headquarters of Potlatch were moved from One Maritime Plaza to downtown Spokane in 1997 29 30 31 from 1931 to 1965 the company was based in Idaho at Lewiston 32 33 In March 2002 Potlatch sold its Cloquet Minnesota pulp and printing papers facilities and associated assets to Sappi Limited for 480 million This sale marked its exit from the coated printing papers business Sappi closed the facilities and moved the production to its own plants in Maine at Skowhegan and Westbrook 34 In 2006 Potlatch restructured to form a real estate investment trust REIT In this restructuring all of the company s manufacturing operations are held by a wholly owned subsidiary allowing the company to refocus on managing their large land holdings in Oregon Idaho Minnesota and Arkansas In February 2018 Potlatch acquired Deltic Timber Corp a smaller Arkansas based timber company Following the merger the company was renamed PotlatchDeltic Corporation The merged companies owned 2 million acres of timber in total 3 4 Properties editThe company owns about 1 800 000 acres 2 800 sq mi 7 300 km2 of timberland in rural Minnesota Washington Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Idaho Wisconsin and Arkansas Its forest products are processed at seven company owned facilities 1 Spin off of Clearwater Paper editIn 2008 Clearwater Paper Corporation previously a subsidiary of Potlatch was created on December 9 via a spin off with headquarters in Spokane Gordon L Jones a vice president of Potlatch was the new company s president and CEO Shares of Clearwater Paper NYSE CLW stock were distributed to Potlatch shareholders at a ratio of 1 share of Clearwater stock for every 3 5 shares of Potlatch stock held with fractional shares paid in cash Clearwater stock began trading on December 16 2008 In August 2012 since Clearwater Paper s stock had failed to rise the company prepared to split in two and sell one or both businesses 35 See also editPotlatch IdahoReferences edit a b c Potlatch Corp 2021 Annual Report 10 K 2022 Potlatch and Deltic Timber Complete Merger February 20 2018 Retrieved May 14 2018 a b Potlatch nears all stock acquisition of Deltic Timber sources Reuters staff October 22 2017 Retrieved May 14 2018 a b Arkansas Democrat Gazette Staff February 21 2018 Arkansas based Deltic Timber completes merger with Potlatch Arkansas Democrat Gazette Retrieved May 14 2018 Lumbermen In Idaho Idaho State University Retrieved March 9 2023 Charles Augustus Weyerhaeuser Forest History Society Retrieved March 9 2023 Keith Petersen and Mary Reed November 2 1985 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Historic Resources of Potlatch MRA National Park Service Retrieved January 12 2017 Keith Petersen and Mary Reed November 2 1985 Idaho State Historical Society Inventory Sheet Commercial Historic District National Park Service Retrieved January 12 2017 with six photos from 1985 Lumbermen In Idaho Idaho State University Retrieved March 9 2023 John Philip J P Weyerhaeuser Jr PDF World Forestry Retrieved March 10 2023 Lumbermen In Idaho Idaho State University Retrieved March 9 2023 Johnson David August 13 1981 Hard times ahead Lewiston Morning Tribune p 1A Johnson David August 15 1981 The mill s last day Lewiston Morning Tribune p 1A Potlatch Lumber Mill and the Company Town Intermountain Histories Retrieved March 10 2023 LAWRENCE M FISHER November 13 1985 POTLATCH BUYS OUT BELZBERGS The New York Times Retrieved May 14 2018 Bond David September 17 1987 Sawmill cleanup studied Spokesman Review Spokane Washington p A6 Oliveria D F May 25 1988 Hagadone buying up more land on Lake Coeur d Alene Spokane Chronicle Washington p A3 Bond David January 21 1987 Potlatch will close Coeur d Alene mill Spokane Chronicle Washington p A3 Historic Rutledge Mill saws its final log Lewiston Sunday Tribune Idaho Associated Press November 1 1987 p 6B Bond David October 31 1987 Last log sawn at Rutlege mill in wee hours of morning Spokesman Review Spokane Washington p A6 Trevison Catherine December 16 1987 Rutledge auction wasn t run of the mill Spokesman Review Spokane Washington p B1 Rutledge mill site sold Potlatch official says Spokesman Review Spokane Washington March 3 1988 p B2 Jones Grayden April 12 1989 Hagadone swapped land for resort site Spokesman Review Spokane Washington p A6 April opening set for golf course Spokesman Review Spokane Washington staff and wire reports August 15 1990 p B2 Floating green confronts players on Idaho course Bend Bulletin Oregon Associated Press June 13 1991 p E 8 Tee off pier proposed for floating green Spokesman Review Spokane Washington September 20 1991 p B1 Bender David May 25 1988 Firefighters will get practice when mill is set ablaze in June Spokesman Review Spokane Washington p A9 Goffredo Theresa June 8 1988 Judge says its OK to burn buildings at Potlatch mill Spokesman Review Spokane Washington p A1 Jones Grayden May 20 1997 Potlatch picks Spokane for corporate HQ Spokesman Review Spokane Washington p A1 Nelson Lorraine May 20 1997 Potlatch to move its HQ to Spokane Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho p 1A Kouis Arthur M May 20 1997 Potlatch moving out of S F New headquarters will be in Spokane San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved September 4 2023 Read Paul December 4 1997 A look inside Potlatch Corp new arrival is Spokane s biggest company Spokane Journal of Business Washington Retrieved September 4 2023 Harrell Sylvia May 3 1971 If choosing again PFI would still move its offices from Lewiston Cancell Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho p 3 COMPANY NEWS SAPPI TO ACQUIRE POTLATCH FINE PAPER BUSINESS The New York Times Associated Press March 19 2002 Retrieved May 14 2018 SAC urges Clearwater Paper to ready itself for sale Reuters 21 August 2012External links editOfficial website University of Idaho Library Potlatch Lumber Company Photograph Collection Business data for PotlatchDeltic Corporation BloombergGoogleReutersSEC filingsYahoo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title PotlatchDeltic amp oldid 1212238472, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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