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ES3 FACILITY SELECTED BY GEORGIA-PACIFIC AS DISTRIBUTION CENTER FOR NORTHEAST
AND MID-ATLANTIC REGION
Keene,
NH; March 20, 2003 - ES3, LLC announced today that it has entered into a multi-year
agreement with Georgia-Pacific Corp. under which Georgia-Pacific will utilize
ES3's York, Pa., facility as a distribution center for Dixie products supplied
to customers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
"We
are pleased to partner with one of the largest paper goods manufacturers in the
country in an effort to improve and streamline its supply chain," said Geoff
Davis, Executive Vice President of ES3. "Georgia-Pacific's product offerings
coupled with ES3's ability to fill consolidated orders within 24 hours creates
a powerful, customer-focused relationship. This is another important step forward
in our pursuit to make the packaged goods supply chain more efficient."
"We
believe that this collaboration with ES3 will help Georgia-Pacific contain costs,
lower inventories and provide higher service levels benefiting our customers.
By outsourcing to ES3 these activities, Georgia-Pacific can also focus on its
core competencies and operate leaner and more effectively," said Paul Frederickson,
senior vice president - operations support for Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products.
ES3
has redesigned the consumer packaged goods supply chain by fundamentally changing
the way that products move from manufacturer to market. ES3 provides the industry
with the scale, technology and expertise necessary to realize savings from a collaborative,
just-in-time distribution solution. ES3's state-of-the-art automated facility
in York will deliver multi-manufacturer consolidated orders to customers throughout
the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions within 24 hours by utilizing electronic
information exchange (EDI, XML or direct machine-to-machine communications) and
automation. Manufacturers and their customers have real-time visibility to inventory
and are able to monitor shipments from end-to-end through ES3's web-based reporting
and proprietary supply chain systems. For more information on the company, visit
ES3's website at www.ES3.com.
Headquartered
at Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's leading manufacturers of tissue,
packaging, paper, building products, pulp and related chemicals. Its familiar
consumer tissue brands include Quilted Northern®, Angel Soft®, Brawny®,
Sparkle®, Soft 'n Gentle®, Mardi Gras®, So-Dri®, Green Forest®
and Vanity Fair®, as well as the Dixie® brand of disposable cups, plates
and cutlery. For more information, visit www.gp.com.
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