James River Corporation was an American pulp and paper company based in Richmond, Virginia,[1] once the largest paper manufacturer in the world.[1]
History
The company was founded in 1969 as the James River Paper Company by Brenton Halsey and Robert Williams, with the purchase of Ethyl Corporation's Specialty Papers Division.[1] Halsey and Williams were both former employees of Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Company; the city of Richmond lies along the James River.
The company changed its name to the James River Corporation in 1973,[1] and it acquired the Brown Company