Georgia-Pacific and IBT

IBT has completed an agreement with Georgia-Pacific to distribute a large number of items directly into the industrial maintenance marketplace. Georgia-Pacific is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of paper and related products. The sales and marketing of Georgia-Pacific products will be managed by IBT Safety.

"Ever since we started IBT nearly 60 years ago, we have always built our business through affiliations with the highest quality vendors in our industries," IBT CEO Steve Cloud reports. "We have long represented companies such as SKF, Timken, Goodyear, Hytrol and other leaders. By adding this affiliation with Georgia-Pacific, we continue our long tradition of bringing our customers the best products, combined with the highest quality customer service."

For Georgia-Pacific, IBT will distribute paper products that will help improve the safety, operational efficiency, hygiene and environmental responsibility of its customers. Specific items include paper towels, industrial wipers and cleaning cloths, bathroom tissue, soaps and hand sanitizers, air fresheners and a whole range of related dispensers.

The Georgia-Pacific industrial products offered through IBT include special packages of familiar consumer product brands such as Quilted Northern®, Angel Soft® and Brawny®. The products will have broad application in IBT customers' production centers, in their maintenance and engineering functions, for their service vehicles and in all office and plant and warehouse washrooms.

"The Georgia-Pacific products have a combination of extreme quality and extreme value," IBT Vice President Trevor Finger observes. "We see the addition of these essential items as a way to further round out our comprehensive product offerings in safety equipment and supplies, general industrial supplies, bearings, electric motors, industrial rubber products, material handling and our other product categories. It helps make us a true one source supplier."

"Georgia-Pacific is very pleased with our new affiliation with IBT," National Distribution Manager Rob Stofko says. "Their long history, strong market position, innovative approaches and energetic pursuit of market opportunities make them a good fit for our organization. We look forward to a long and productive business relationship – one that is beneficial to IBT, to Georgia-Pacific, and especially to our customers."

IBT Group Marketing Manager for Safety, Gary Porter says "Georgia-Pacific is an important and welcome expansion of our product offerings in industrial paper wares. They are the best in terms of product variety, product quality, environmental consciousness and economic value. With a full line of paper products, as well as their soaps, hand sanitizers, air fresheners, food grade sanitizers, dispenser line, waste receptacles and related products, they will give our customers a wide choice of product solutions. Their brand roster and marketing energy also bring a great opportunity to us and to our customers. We can't wait to get started."

For more information about Georgia-Pacific products from IBT, contact your IBT Safety sales representative or ask your local IBT representative.