Sale of G-P distribution sector is feasible.Sale of G-P G-P Gel'fand - Pinsker (channel code) distribution sector is feasible. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (G-P), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is exploring strategic alternatives for its building products distribution business including its possible sale. G-P's building products distribution business that is distinct from the company's building products manufacturing segment is the leading distributor of building products in the United States. The distribution division's 2002 net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight were US$ 3.77 billion. In other G-P news: The company has filed a patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver. lawsuit against BPB BPB Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn, Germany) BPB BIOS Parameter Block BPB British Plaster Board BPB Belt Positioning Booster (seat) America Inc. in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware, to enforce G-P's United States patent rights relating to its Dens[TM] family of interior and exterior gypsum gypsum (jĭp`səm), mineral composed of calcium sulfate (calcium, sulfur, and oxygen) with two molecules of water, CaSO4·2H2O. It is the most common sulfate mineral, occurring in many places in a variety of forms. panel products. The complaint filed September 25 alleges that BPB makes and sells a product in the United States that infringes a number of G-P patents. BPB's accused product is sold under the name Glasroo[TM]. G-P has asked the court to order BPB to stop its infringing activity and pay damages for past infringement. |
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