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Porex Corporation
 NEWS FROM THE STANDARD
WebMD to Slice Off 1,100 Workers
Sep 28 2000 02:48 PM PDT

 PROFILE
Porex, a subsidiary of healthcare industry Web site WebMD, makes porous plastic products for health care, consumer, and industrial applications. Its health care products, accounting for more than half of sales, include pipette tips, blood serum filters, surgical implants, and plastic pharmaceutical vials. Its nonmedical plastic components include writing pen tips, automobile battery vents, wastewater treatment filters, and silencers that muffle compressed air noise. Porex sells its products through direct sales and independent distributors and agents, including Allegiance Healthcare and Fisher Scientific.

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: June
1997 Sales (mil.): 52.90
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 17.2%
Employees: 600
Revenue per employee: $88,166.67

 KEY PEOPLE
• Kim A. Davis
    CEO
• Donald K. Jackson
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
500 Bohannon Rd.
Fairburn, GA 30213
US
Phone: 770-964-1421
Fax: 770-964-9503
Online: Web Site

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