Earle M. Jorgensen Company

PROFILE Earle M. Jorgensen Co. (EMJ) is one of the US's largest independent steel distributors. The company sells tubing, pipes, and bar, as well as structural, plate, and sheet metal products. EMJ makes its products from carbon, alloy steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. It markets to the automotive, agriculture, chemical, medical, oil, defense, food, petrochemical, and machinery-manufacturing industries. The company operates more than 30 service centers, a cutting center, and a tube-honing facility. Employees own about 30% of EMJ; investment firm Kelso & Company owns most of the rest. The company's founder and namesake, a California industrialist and close associate of Ronald Reagan, died in 1999 at age 101.  COMPETITION The LTV Corporation (LTVCQ) Ryerson Tull, Inc. (RT) USX-U.S. Steel Group (X)		FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Fiscal Year-End: March 2000 Sales (mil.): 938.30 1-Yr. Sales Growth: 2.5% Employees: 1,920 Revenue per employee: $488,697.92  KEY PEOPLE • Maurice S. Nelson     CEO • William Johnson     CFO  CONTACT INFO 3050 E. Birch St. Brea, CA 92821 US Phone: 714-579-8823 Fax: 714-577-3784 Online: Web Site

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