Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

Net sales, classified by the major geographic areas in which our customers are located and major products, were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2018		2017
Primary geographical markets:
United States	$	420,820	$	421,967
Other countries	16,132		15,558
Total net sales	$	436,952	$	437,525

Major products:
Retail tissue	$	220,885	$	218,137
Paperboard	198,110		195,102
Non-retail tissue	16,959		23,993
Other	998		293
Total net sales	$	436,952	$	437,525

Reportable Segments Information

Our reportable segments are described below.

Consumer Products

Our Consumer Products segment manufactures and sells a complete line of at-home tissue products, or retail products, and away-from-home tissue products, or non-retail products, and parent rolls. Retail products include bath, paper towels, facial and napkin product categories. Non-retail products include conventional one and two-ply bath tissue, two-ply paper towels, hard wound towels and dispenser napkins sold to customers with commercial and industrial tissue needs. Each category is further distinguished according to quality segments: ultra, premium, value and economy.

Pulp and Paperboard

Our Pulp and Paperboard segment manufactures and markets solid bleached sulfate paperboard for the high-end segment of the packaging industry as well as offers custom sheeting, slitting and cutting of paperboard. Our overall production consists primarily of folding carton, liquid packaging, cup and plate products and commercial printing grades. The majority of our Pulp and Paperboard customers are packaging converters, folding carton converters, merchants and commercial printers.

The table below presents information about our reportable segments:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2018			2017
Segment net sales:
Consumer Products	$	238,842		$	242,423
Pulp and Paperboard	198,110			195,102
Total segment net sales	$	436,952		$	437,525

Earnings (loss) before income taxes:
Consumer Products^1,2,3	$	1,629		$	6,204
Pulp and Paperboard^2,3	26,154			27,200
	27,783			33,404
Corporate^2,3	(16,244		)	(12,894		)
Income from operations	11,539			20,510
Interest expense, net	(8,020		)	(8,043		)
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit (costs) income²	(1,279		)	48
Earnings before income taxes	$	2,240		$	12,515

Depreciation and amortization:
Consumer Products¹	$	14,297		$	18,242
Pulp and Paperboard	9,429			8,105
Corporate	1,441			1,210
Total depreciation and amortization	$	25,167		$	27,557


¹	Operating income for the Consumer Products segment for the three months ended March 31, 2017 includes $5.7 million of costs associated with the closure of the Oklahoma City facility. These costs include $3.7 million of accelerated depreciation.


²	As a result of the adoption of ASU 2017-07, certain pension and OPEB (costs) income have been reclassified from operating to non-operating income. The service cost component of pension and OPEB costs remains within segment operating income. Refer to Note 2, "Recently Adopted and New Accounting Standards," and Note 10, "Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans," for additional detail.


³	Income (loss) from operations for the Consumer Products, Pulp and Paperboard and Corporate segments include $1.4 million, $0.3 million and $3.4 million, respectively, of expenses associated with our selling, general and administrative cost control measures.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, one customer, the Kroger Company, accounted for approximately 16.3% and 14.9%, respectively, of our total company net sales.

Net sales, classified by the major geographic areas in which our customers are located and major products, were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2018		2017
Primary geographical markets:
United States	$	420,820	$	421,967
Other countries	16,132		15,558
Total net sales	$	436,952	$	437,525

Major products:
Retail tissue	$	220,885	$	218,137
Paperboard	198,110		195,102
Non-retail tissue	16,959		23,993
Other	998		293
Total net sales	$	436,952	$	437,525

The table below presents information about our reportable segments:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2018			2017
Segment net sales:
Consumer Products	$	238,842		$	242,423
Pulp and Paperboard	198,110			195,102
Total segment net sales	$	436,952		$	437,525

Earnings (loss) before income taxes:
Consumer Products^1,2,3	$	1,629		$	6,204
Pulp and Paperboard^2,3	26,154			27,200
	27,783			33,404
Corporate^2,3	(16,244		)	(12,894		)
Income from operations	11,539			20,510
Interest expense, net	(8,020		)	(8,043		)
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit (costs) income²	(1,279		)	48
Earnings before income taxes	$	2,240		$	12,515

Depreciation and amortization:
Consumer Products¹	$	14,297		$	18,242
Pulp and Paperboard	9,429			8,105
Corporate	1,441			1,210
Total depreciation and amortization	$	25,167		$	27,557


¹	Operating income for the Consumer Products segment for the three months ended March 31, 2017 includes $5.7 million of costs associated with the closure of the Oklahoma City facility. These costs include $3.7 million of accelerated depreciation.


²	As a result of the adoption of ASU 2017-07, certain pension and OPEB (costs) income have been reclassified from operating to non-operating income. The service cost component of pension and OPEB costs remains within segment operating income. Refer to Note 2, "Recently Adopted and New Accounting Standards," and Note 10, "Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans," for additional detail.


³	Income (loss) from operations for the Consumer Products, Pulp and Paperboard and Corporate segments include $1.4 million, $0.3 million and $3.4 million, respectively, of expenses associated with our selling, general and administrative cost control measures.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, one customer, the Kroger Company, accounted for approximately 16.3% and 14.9%, respectively, of our total company net sales.