Central National-Gottesman Inc. (CNG) is one of the world's largest distributors of pulp, paper, packaging, nonwovens & fibers, tissue, metals and wood products.
The company employs over 4,000 staff in more than 150 locations in 48 cities across North America and in 29 countries around the world, including 43 warehouses and 46 retail stores.
Other areas of CNG continued to expand as well, including the 2013 acquisition of A.T. Clayton, a leading distributor of paper for the magazine, catalogue and direct mail segment.
After opening an office in Puerto Rico in 2017, CNG now distributes structural steel and semi-finished aluminum products.
His son James G. Wallach, who launched the company’s expansion into the North American paper distribution business, was CEO from 1979 until his death in 1998.
Some of Central National's top clients include Westrock, Domtar, International Paper, Walmart, and Amazon.
Lindenmeyr Munroe is focused on selling paper, packaging, wide format, and facility solutions across the United States.
Kelly Spicers is focused on selling paper, packaging, wide format, and facility solutions across the West Coast of the United States.
Kelly Spicers is based in Santa Fe Springs, CA and has 27 offices and warehouses across the Western United States.
Greenhaven is based in the same building as Central National-Gottesman and invests with a three- to four-year time horizon and is known to pay little attention to short-term or relative performance or to predict on the near-term direction of the stock market.
Shortly after announcing his book, Wachenheim was one of the featured speakers at the 2018 Delivering Alpha conference, and was interviewed by CNBC anchor Jim Cramer.