Rockwood Holdings Inc.
100 Overlook Center
Princeton,
NJ 08540
United States - Map
Phone: 609-514-0300
Web Site: http://www.rockwoodspecialties.com
| Rockwood Holdings, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of specialty chemicals and advanced materials for industrial and commercial purposes worldwide. The company operates through five segments: Specialty Chemicals, Performance Additives, Titanium Dioxide Pigments, Advanced Ceramics, and Specialty Compounds. The Specialty Chemicals segment offers lithium compounds and chemicals; metal surface treatment chemicals, including corrosion protection/prevention oils; synthetic metal sulfides; and maintenance chemicals. This segment serves automotive pre-coating metal treatment and car body pre-treatment, steel and metal working, life sciences, polymerization initiators for elastomers, steel and metal working, batteries, disc brakes, and aircraft industries. The Performance Additives segment provides iron oxide pigments, wood protection products, inorganic chemicals, synthetic and organic thickeners, and flocculants for residential and commercial construction, coatings and plastics, personal care, paper manufacturing, foundries, and water treatment. The Titanium Dioxide Pigments segment offers titanium dioxide pigments, barium compounds, and zinc compounds for synthetic fibers, plastics, paper, pharmaceutical contrast media, and paints and coatings markets. The Advanced Ceramics segment provides ceramic-on-ceramic ball head and liner components used in hip joint prostheses systems; ceramic tapes; cutting tools; wear and corrosion; and armor components. This segment serves medical, industrial, electronics, automotive, and defense markets. The Specialty Compounds segment offers specification compounds, such as polyvinyl chloride and thermoplastic elastomer for voice and data transmission cables, food and beverage, packaging, medical applications, footwear, and automotive markets. The company also provides wafer recycling and repair for semiconductors manufacturing. Rockwood Holdings was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey. |
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| | Pay | Exercised | Mr. Seifi Ghasemi , 64
Exec. Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer, Pres, Chairman of Rockwood Specialties Group and Chief Exec. Officer of Rockwood Specialties Group |
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2.66M |
$
395.00K | Mr. Robert J. Zatta , 59
Chief Financial Officer, Sr. VP, Chief Financial Officer of Rockwood Specialties Group and Sr. VP of Rockwood Specialties Group |
N/A
| N/A | Mr. Thomas J. Riordan , 59
Sr. VP of Law & Admin., Sec. and Sr. VP of Law & Admin. for Rockwood Specialties Group |
N/A
| N/A | Dr. Ulf-D. Zimmermann , 59
Pres of Advanced Ceramics |
N/A
| N/A | Mr. Vernon S. Sumner , 57
Pres of Clay-Based Additives |
N/A
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Dollar amounts are as of
31-Dec-08
and compensation values are for the last fiscal
year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of
options exercised during the fiscal year.
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