Friedman Industries, Incorporated

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PROFILE Friedman Industries rolls on with a heart of steel. The company buys hot-rolled steel coils, which it processes into sheets and plates for sale to steel distributors and to fabricators of products such as construction and transportation equipment, conveyors, farm machinery, and storage tanks. Friedman also buys, processes, makes, and markets tubular (pipe) products, and it processes selected third-party coils and tubulars. Coil processing accounts for 65% of sales, tubular operations for 35%. Friedman's top suppliers include Lone Star Steel and Nucor. The company has plants in Arkansas and Texas. It markets primarily to steel and pipe distributors and piling contractors in the US Midwest, Southeast, and Southwest.  COMPETITION Bethlehem Steel Corporation (BS) The LTV Corporation (LTVCQ) USX-U.S. Steel Group (X)		STOCK ANALYSIS  View by:  Day   Day   Month   Month   Year   Year  FURTHER ANALYSIS • Advanced Charting • Deals  FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Fiscal Year-End: March 2001 Sales (mil.): 120.40 1-Yr. Sales Growth: 0.1% Employees: 155 Revenue per employee: $776,774.19  KEY PEOPLE • Jack Friedman     CEO • Benny B. Harper     CFO  CONTACT INFO 4001 Homestead Rd. Houston, TX 77028 US Phone: 713-672-9433 Fax: 713-672-7043 Online: Web Site

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