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• What kind of company is Boise?
• How is Boise organized? What products do you make and sell?
• What recycled or environmentally friendly products do you make?
•  In what countries does Boise operate?
• Where are Boise's facilities?
• How can I get a job with Boise?
• What does Boise do to ensure good environmental management?
• What is uncoated free sheet?
• Can I get a catalog of products?
• Who are Boise's competitors?
• Tell me about Boise's cottonwood fiber farming.
• Can I buy cottonwood seedlings from Boise?
• What are Boise's e-mail addresses?
• How much paper comes from a tree?
• How is paper made?

 

What kind of company is Boise?
Boise is a privately held United States company that manufactures paper and wood products and distributes building materials. We have more than 10,000 employees and operations in three countries.
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How is Boise organized? What products do you make and sell?
Boise comprises four businesses:

Boise Building Materials Distribution is one of the largest wholesale building materials distributors in the United States. Our 28 distribution facilities market a wide range of building products and services to retail lumber dealers, home improvement centers, and industrial accounts nationwide.

Boise Packaging and Newsprint is one of the largest manufacturers of corrugated packaging in the Pacific Northwest, with five corrugated plants. Containerboard is manufactured at our paper mills in Washington and Louisiana. Boise's newsprint is manufactured at our paper mill in Louisiana and is marketed by Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. of Canada.

Boise Paper manufactures and markets uncoated free sheet papers (office papers, printing grades, forms bond, envelope papers, and value-added papers) and market pulp. We have four pulp and paper mills, two converting facilities, and two paper distribution centers in the United States. Our paper products are sold to distributors and industrial customers by our own sales personnel.

Boise Wood Products manufactures plywood, lumber, particleboard, and engineered wood products (laminated veneer lumber, I-joists, and laminated beams) at 22 manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, and Brazil. Our wood products are used primarily in housing, industrial construction, and a variety of manufactured products. Our wood products are sold to retail lumber dealers, home centers specializing in the do-it-yourself market, and industrial customers.
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What recycled or environmentally-friendly products do you make?
Boise manufactures and sells both a 30% and a 100% postconsumer recycled fiber-content paper for everyday use in offices. ASPEN™30 and ASPEN™100 are the brand names. We also manufacture engineered wood products, which, according to the Temperate Forest Foundation, allow the better use of available forest resources. Boise produces laminated veneer lumber (LVL), I-joists, and laminated beams. Visit the Boise Engineered Wood Products home page to find out more about our engineered wood products.
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In what countries does Boise operate?
We operate a combination of distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, and sales offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Brazil.
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Where are Boise's facilities?
Please visit the Boise Locations page for a complete list.
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How can I get a job with Boise?
We accept resumes for open positions only. Jobs are listed on the Working at Boise section of this website. If you're interested in a job at one of Boise's manufacturing or distribution locations, job listings are also available on our website at this link.
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What does Boise do to ensure good environmental management?
Boise has a comprehensive environmental program. Read More
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What is uncoated free sheet?
"Free sheet" is a technical term in the paper industry that describes the type of pulp used in the sheet. This grade is produced from chemical grades of pulp and is "free of" the lignin, or brown glue, that holds the fibers together. The end result is a white, clean-looking pulp used to make this paper. "Uncoated" means that this paper is made without surface coatings.

The primary uncoated free sheet product that Boise makes is cut-size office papers used in printers and copiers. We also produce business forms, offset printing papers, envelope papers, and a variety of value-added grades.
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Can I get a catalog of products?
Boise doesn't have a catalog of products. We manufacture and sell paper and wood products in large quantities to companies that either convert them to end products or resell them.
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Who are Boise's competitors?
Boise's paper and wood products competitors include Abitibi-Consolidated, Bowater, BlueLinx, Domtar, Georgia-Pacific, International Paper, Louisiana-Pacific, MeadWestvaco, Packaging Corporation of America, P.H. Glatfelter, Potlatch, Sappi, Smurfit-Stone Container, Stora Enso, Temple-Inland, UPM Kymmene, Wausau, and Weyerhaeuser.
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Tell me about Boise's cottonwood fiber farming.
Boise has a fast-growing 9,800-acre cottonwood fiber farm near Wallula, Washington. These cottonwood trees, members of the poplar family, are on a six-year planting/harvesting rotation. We started planting them in 1991 and began harvesting them in 1997, when they were about 75 feet tall. The trees have a drip irrigation system, through which they receive water and fertilizer to ensure maximum growth rates. The wood fiber from these trees is being used to make paper at our nearby Wallula paper mill.

If you're interested in more information on tree farming, request brochure PNW-356 from the Washington State Extension Service.
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Can I buy cottonwood seedlings from Boise?
Boise doesn't sell cottonwood seedlings. You can buy them from Segal Hop Ranch in Grandview, Washington, 509-882-2415.
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What are Boise's e-mail addresses?
We don't have an online directory of company email addresses. You can email general inquiries to bcweb@bc.com. Check the Boise Paper, Boise Wood Products, Boise Building Materials Distribution, and Boise Packaging and Newsprint web pages for business- and product-specific email addresses.
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How much paper comes from a tree?
Since trees are different sizes, we can't tell you how much paper comes from a tree. We can tell you how much comes from a cord of wood, which is a pile of wood 4 feet x 4 feet x 8 feet, or 128 cubic feet of wood. One cord of wood makes 89,870 sheets of letterhead bond paper. One cord also makes 2,700 copies of a 35-page newspaper.
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How is paper made?
The American Museum of Paper and the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry's Paper University have interesting sites that cover the history of papermaking and more.
 
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