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Albemarle Corp. (ALB)On Nov 9: 34.52   0.00 (0.00%)  
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Albemarle Corp.
Baton Rouge Tower
451 Florida Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
United States - Map
Phone: 225-388-8011
Fax: 225-388-7686
Web Site: http://www.albemarle.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 400 MidCap
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Basic Materials
Industry:Synthetics
Full Time Employees:4,130

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Albemarle Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of engineered specialty chemicals. It operates in three segments: Polymer Additives, Catalysts, and Fine Chemicals. The Polymer Additives segment offers brominated, mineral, and phosphorus flame retardants that are used in plastic enclosures for consumer electronics, printed circuit boards, wire and cable, electrical connectors, textiles, foam insulation, and foam seating in furniture and automobiles. This segment also produces plastic and other additives, such as curatives, antioxidants, and stabilizers. The Catalysts segment provides refinery catalysts, including hydroprocessing catalysts, fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts, and additives; and polyolefin catalysts comprising aluminum and magnesium-alkyls, which are used as co-catalysts, as well as metallocene/single-site catalysts that aid in the development and production of new polymers. The Fine Chemicals segment offers performance chemicals, including elemental bromine, alkyl bromides, inorganic bromides, and various bromine fine chemicals, which are used in various industrial applications; and tertiary amines for surfactants, biocides, disinfectants, and sanitizers; potassium and chlorine-based products that are used in industrial applications; alkenyl succinic anhydride for paper-sizing formulations; and aluminum oxides that are used in various refractory, ceramic, and polishing applications. This segment also engages in fine chemistry services business, which offers custom manufacturing, research, and chemical scale-up services for companies. The company provides its products and services to manufacturers of consumer electronics, building and construction materials, automotive parts, packaging, pharmaceuticals and agrichemicals, and petroleum refiners in the United States and internationally. Albemarle Corporation was founded in 1993 and is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Albemarle Corp.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 89.4% of S&P 400 companies and 95.3% of Materials companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Mark C. Rohr , 57
    Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Pres
    $ 1.62M $ 0
    Mr. Richard J. Diemer Jr., 50
    Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Sr. VP
    $ 625.00K $ 0
    Mr. John M. Steitz , 50
    Chief Operating Officer and Exec. VP
    $ 780.00K $ 0
    Mr. Luther C. Kissam IV, 44
    Exec. VP and Sec.
    $ 625.00K $ 0
    Mr. John J. Nicols , 44
    VP of Catalysts
    $ 505.00K $ 0
    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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