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PROFILE |
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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.
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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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 |
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Kim A. Davis
CEO
Donald K. Jackson
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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500 Bohannon Rd.
Fairburn, GA 30213
US
Phone: 770-964-1421
Fax: 770-964-9503
Online: Web Site
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