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L. B. Foster Company
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 PROFILE
L. B. Foster can help keep you on track whether you're riding the rails or cruising the open road. The company manufactures rail and trackwork (over half of sales) for railroads and mass transit systems, and for industrial applications such as mining. It also sells and rents steel sheet piling and earth wall systems used in highway construction and repair, and H-bearing piling that supports bridges and high-rise buildings. L. B. Foster also supplies pipe coatings to the oil and natural gas industries and pipe products for industrial, municipal, and agricultural water wells. The company owns a 16% stake in the privately held Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad.

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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 264.60
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 9.4%
Employees: 743
Revenue per employee: $356,123.82

 KEY PEOPLE
• Lee B. Foster
    CEO
• Roger F. Nejes
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
415 Holiday Dr.
Pittsburgh, PA 15220
US
Phone: 412-928-3400
Fax: 412-928-7891
Online: Web Site

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