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Kali und Salz Beteiligungs AG
 PROFILE
Salt has preserved Kali und Salz Beteiligungs (K+S) for more than a century. Founded in 1889 to mine salt, K+S now gets about half of its sales from potash, which is used in fertilizers and is extracted from salt. The company also produces salt used for industrial purposes (such as making glass), as well as for deicing roads and cooking. K+S is Germany's top salt producer and supplies about 13% of the world's potash. In addition, the company runs facilities that store or recycle wastewater. Europe accounts for three-fourths of sales. K+S has acquired COMPO (sport lawn and special crop fertilizers) from BASF AG and is handling the marketing of BASF's nitrogen fertilizer (fertiva). BASF owns about 17% of K+S.

 COMPETITION
Cargill, Incorporated (dossier)
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (POT)
Rohm and Haas Company (ROH)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 2,087.90
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 74.0%
Employees: 9,402
Revenue per employee: $222,069.77

 KEY PEOPLE
• Ralf Bethke
    CEO

 CONTACT INFO
Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 160
D-34119 Kassel, Germany
Phone: 49-561-3010
Fax: 49-561-1753
Online: Web Site

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