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Polypore International Inc. (PPO)

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Polypore International Inc. 11430 North Community House Road Suite 350 Charlotte, NC 28277-1591 United States - Map Phone: 704-587-8409 Fax: 704-587-8796 Web Site: http://www.polypore.net DETAILS   Index Membership: N/A Sector: Basic Materials Industry: Specialty Chemicals Full Time Employees: 1,900 BUSINESS SUMMARY   Polypore International, Inc., a technology filtration company, develops, manufactures, and markets microporous membranes used in separation and filtration processes. The company operates through two segments, Energy Storage and Separations Media. The Energy Storage segment offers polypropylene and polyethylene monolayer and multilayer membrane separators for lithium batteries for the use in personal electronic devices, cordless power tools, and hybrid electric and other electric vehicles. This segment also provides polymer-based membrane separators for lead-acid batteries for the use in transportation and industrial applications comprising automobiles and other motor vehicles, forklifts, submarines, and uninterruptible power supply systems. The Separation Media segment offers healthcare application products, which include polyethersulfone membranes for hemodialysis; polypropylene and polymethylpentene membranes for blood oxygenation; and polypropylene and polyethersulfone membranes for plasmapheresis. This segment also produces membranes and membrane-based elements for micro-filtration and ultra-filtration and gasification/degasification of liquids for the filtration industry. Polypore International sells its products to manufacturers and converters in North America, South America, western Europe, and Asia. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Key Statistics COMPANY WEBSITES   Home Page Search Yahoo! for: More on Polypore International Inc.		CORPORATE GOVERNANCE   Polypore International Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Dec-09 is better than 50.9% of Russell 3000 companies and 49.5% of Capital Goods companies. Brought to you by Institutional Shareholder Services. View Financials KEY EXECUTIVES     Pay Exercised Mr. Robert B. Toth , 47 Chief Exec. Officer, Pres, Director and Member of Exec. Committee N/A N/A Mr. Lynn K. Amos , 43 Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Sec. and Treasurer N/A N/A Mr. Pierre Hauswald , 55 VP and Gen. Mang. of Energy Storage - Transportation & Industrial N/A N/A Mr. Mitchell J. Pulwer , 55 VP and Gen. Mang. of Energy Storage - Electronics $ 497.00K N/A Mr. Josef Sauer , 57 VP and Gen. Mang. of Separations Media $ 590.00K N/A Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-09 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. View Insiders
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