| Business Summary | | Rhodia
is
a
specialty
chemicals
company
with
market
positions
in
many
of
its
major
businesses,
particularly
in
products
such
as
food
phosphates,
vanillin,
guar
gum,
acetyl-salicylic
acid,
mild
surfactants
and
highly
dispersible
silica,
and
in
services
such
as
sulfuric
acid
regeneration.
Rhodia
is
also
a
producer
of
polyamide,
food
cultures,
xanthan
gum
and
paracetamol.
Rhodia
has
five
Business
Divisions:
the
Fine
Organics
Division;
the
Consumer
Specialties
Division;
the
Industrial
Specialties
Division;
the
Polyamide
Division,
and
the
Services
and
Specialties
Division. | More
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | Rhodia
is
a
specialty
chemical
company.
The
Company's
divisions
are
fine
organics,
consumer
specialties,
industrial
specialties,
polyamide,
services
and
specialties.
For
the
three
months
ended
3/31/01,
net
sales
increased
28%
to
EUR1.98
billion.
Net
income
decreased
50%
to
EUR26M.
Revenues
reflect
the
consolidation
of
Albright
and
Wilson.
Net
income
was
offset
by
higher
organic
raw
materials
prices
and
higher
interest
expenses. Recent Earnings Announcement For
the
3
months
ended
06/30/2001,
revenues
were
1,458;
after
tax
earnings
were
10. (Preliminary; reported in millions of Euro.) | More
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Developments |
| Officers | |
| Position | Jean-Pierre Tirouflet, 49 | Chairman
and CEO | Jean-Claude Bravard, 53 | Deputy
Pres and Pres, Fine Organics | Peirre Prot, 45 | VP,
CFO and Head of Legal Services | Jacques Becuwe, 53 | VP
and Pres of Industrial Specialties Division | Jean-Michel Delolme, 56 | VP,Technologies
and Industrial Functions |
| More
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List, Bios,
Compensation,
Options
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