International Paper Company is a global paper and packaging company that is complemented by an extensive North American merchant distribution system, with primary markets and manufacturing operations in North America, Eur......International Paper Company is a global paper and packaging company that is complemented by an extensive North American merchant distribution system, with primary markets and manufacturing operations in North America, Europe, Latin America, Russia, Asia and North Africa. We are a New York corporation, incorporated in 1941 as the successor to the New York corporation of the same name organized in 1898. In the United States at December 31, 2008, including the Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling business (CBPR) acquired in August 2008 from Weyerhaeuser Company, the Company operated 23 pulp, paper and packaging mills, 157 converting and packaging plants, 19 recycling plants and three bag facilities. Production facilities at December 31, 2008 in Europe, Asia, Latin America and South America included eight pulp, paper and packaging mills, 53 converting and packaging plants, and two recycling plants. We distribute printing, packaging, graphic arts, maintenance and industrial products principally through over 237 distribution branches in the United States and 35 distribution branches located in Canada, Mexico and Asia. At December 31, 2008, we owned or managed approximately 200,000 acres of forestlands in the United States, approximately 250,000 acres in Brazil and had, through licenses and forest management agreements, harvesting rights on government-owned forestlands in Russia. For management and financial reporting purposes, our businesses are separated into six segments: Printing Papers Industrial Packaging Consumer Packaging Distribution Forest Products and Specialty Businesses and Other.