Experts from Georgia-Pacific will present comprehensive insights into two key elements of the wood adhesives business at the quadrennial International Wood Adhesives conference sponsored by the Forest Products Society Sept. 28-30 in Lake Tahoe, Nev.

Ashlee Cribb, Georgia-Pacific market manager for wood adhesives, will address the developments in green building standards and market drivers in her talk, “Impact of Green Building on Wood Adhesives.” Requirements related to the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™, the Green Building Initiative Green Globes™ rating system and the National Association of Home Builders National Green Building Standard™ will be presented in the context of new and existing resin technologies.

Herb Kennedy, Georgia-Pacific regional sales manager for wood adhesives, will speak on the “State of the North American Wood Composites and Wood Adhesives Markets.” Georgia-Pacific has supplied the wood adhesives industry for more than 50 years and has a unique perspective on the fluctuations of market demand.

Georgia-Pacific will also unveil its new LEAF™ line of adhesives at the conference. These resins help manufacturers meet California Air Resource Board Phase 2 low-emission requirements. Compatible with existing manufacturing processes, LEAF™ products may also help builders earn LEED credits for their projects.

About Georgia-Pacific Chemicals

Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific LLC, is a global performance chemical manufacturer and marketer recognized as a leader in building products, paper, plant nutrition, mining, oilfield, specialty applications as well as a portfolio of pine chemical derivatives. It operates chemical facilities in the United States, Argentina, Brazil and Chile, with joint ventures in China, India and South Africa. For additional information, please visit the company’s Web site http://www.gp.com/chemical/or call l-866-4GP-CHEM (866-447-2436).

Headquartered at Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of building products, tissue, packaging, paper, cellulose and related chemicals. The company employs more than 45,000 people at approximately 300 locations in North America, South America and Europe.

The familiar consumer tissue brands of Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP include Quilted Northern^®, Angel Soft^®, Brawny^®, Sparkle^®, Soft 'n Gentle^®, Mardi Gras^®, So-Dri^® and Vanity Fair^®. Dixie Consumer Products LLC, a Georgia-Pacific company, manufactures the Dixie^® brand of tabletop products. Georgia-Pacific has long been among the nation’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers, with brands such as Plytanium^® plywood, DryPly^® water repellent plywood, Ply-Bead^® panels and Wood I Beam^™ joists offered by Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC and DensArmor Plus^® interior drywall, DensGlass^® Sheathing and ToughRock^® wallboard offered by Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC. For more information, visit www.gp.com.

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LEAF and the Georgia-Pacific logo are trademarks owned by or licensed to Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED, and Green Building Rating System are trademarks of the U.S. Green Building Council. GreenBuildingInitiative and Green Globes are trademarks of The Green Building Initiative. NationalGreen BuildingStandard is a trademark of the National Association of Home Builders.

Contact: Shelley Woods Whiting
Director of Commercial Development & Marketing
Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
Tel: 404-652-4248

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