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Charter plc
 NEWS FROM THE WIRES
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Charter says not in talks with AT&T Broadband
Jul 30 2001 08:41 AM PDT

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 PROFILE
Charter's products join, cleave, and blow. The company makes heavy-duty welding equipment and supplies, cutting systems, and industrial fans for the transportation, shipbuilding, and power industries. Charter offers welding stations and electrodes, wire, and flux. Its laser and oxyfuel cutting machinery is used by the shipbuilding and steel industries. Its Howden subsidiary is a world leader in industrial fan production. Other products include engine-cooling systems and compressors. Europe accounts for more than 40% of sales. Efforts for arc-welding machine maker Lincoln Electric Holdings to acquire Charter failed.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 1,394.20
1-Yr. Sales Growth: (20.6)%
Employees: 10,805
Revenue per employee: $129,032.86

 KEY PEOPLE
• Nigel W. R. Smith
    CEO
• Nigel E. Robson
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
7 Hobart Place
London SW1W 0HH, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-20-7838-7000
Fax: 44-20-7259-5112
Online: Web Site

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