Prix Pope and Talbot Inc (PTBTQ)

Pope & Talbot, Inc. engages in the provision of logging activities. The company is headquartered in Portland, Oregon and currently employs 2,373 full-time employees. The company manufactures two primary products: pulp and lumber, including specialty products that have a variety of market applications. The company markets to a diversified, geographically balanced customer base and conducts its business in two operating segments: Pulp and Wood Products. Pope & Talbot, Inc. is a producer of northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) chip and sawdust pulp. The pulp it manufactures and sells is used in a range of end products, including newsprint, tissue, high-grade coated and uncoated paper. In addition, it manufactures pulp for use in specialty products, such as fiber cement siding for residential applications and non-woven fabric for surgical gowns. Pope & Talbot, Inc. manufactures and sells specialty lumber for use in residential and light construction and in residential repair and remodeling. In November 2007, the Company filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.