Boise is a multinational contract and retail distributor of office supplies and
paper, technology products, and office furniture. Boise is also a major distributor
of building materials and an integrated manufacturer and distributor of paper,
packaging, and wood products. We are headquartered in Boise, Idaho, with domestic
and international operations. We own or control approximately 2.4'million acres
of timberland in the United States. We were incorporated under the laws of Delaware
in 1931 under the name Boise Payette Lumber Company of Delaware, as a successor
to an Idaho corporation formed in 1913. In 1957, our name was changed to Boise
Cascade Corporation.
Boise Office Solutions, Contract
Boise distributes a broad line of items for the office, including office supplies
and paper, technology products, and office furniture, through our Boise Office
Solutions, Contract, segment. This segment markets and sells through field salespeople,
catalogs, the Internet, and stores in Canada, Hawaii, Australia, and New Zealand.
It also includes sales generated by OfficeMaxs field salespeople, catalogs,
and E-commerce business after December'9, 2003. Substantially all products sold
by this segment are purchased from outside manufacturers or from industry wholesalers,
except office papers, which are sourced primarily from our paper operations.
Boise Office Solutions, Contract, sells these office products directly to large
corporate, government, and small and medium sized offices in the United States,
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico.
Boise Office Solutions, Retail
Boise Office Solutions, Retail, which operates under the trade name OfficeMax,
is a retail distributor of office supplies and paper, technology products, and
office furniture. Its superstores feature CopyMax' and FurnitureMax' in-store
modules devoted to print-for-pay services and office furniture.
Boise Building Solutions
Boise is a major producer of structural panels (plywood and oriented strand
board), lumber, and particleboard through our Boise Building Solutions segment.
We also manufacture engineered wood products, including laminated veneer lumber
(LVL), which is a high-strength engineered structural lumber product; wood I-joists;
and laminated beams. Most of our production is sold to independent wholesalers
and dealers and through our own wholesale building materials distribution outlets.
Our wood products are used primarily in housing, industrial construction, and
a variety of manufactured products.
Boise Paper Solutions
Boise manufactures and sells uncoated free sheet papers (office papers, printing
grades, forms bond, envelope papers, and value-added papers), containerboard,
corrugated containers, newsprint, and market pulp through our Boise Paper Solutions
segment.'This business segment is focused primarily on uncoated free sheet papers
and containerboard and corrugated containers.
Competition
The markets in each of our business segments are large, fragmented, and highly
competitive. Our products and services compete with similar products manufactured
and distributed by others. Many factors influence our competitive position in
each of our operating business segments. Those factors include price, service,
quality, product selection, and convenience of location.
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