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LaRoche Industries Inc.
 PROFILE
Depressed chlorine and fertilizer markets have been caustic for LaRoche Industries. The company continues to make chlor-alkali products (primarily chlorine and caustic soda) used in the manufacture of plastics and polyvinyl chloride and for water treatment, but LaRoche filed for bankruptcy protection in 2000 after it missed an interest payment on $175 million in outstanding debt. Facing high natural gas prices and saddled with debt, the company has been selling off its US manufacturing operations, but is keeping its two European plants. William LaRoche founded the company (formerly part of U.S. Steel) in 1986.

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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: February
2000 Sales (mil.): 204.50
1-Yr. Sales Growth: (47.5)%
Employees: 700
Revenue per employee: $292,142.86

 KEY PEOPLE
• Harold W. Ingalls
    CEO
• Gerald B. Curran
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
1100 Johnson Ferry Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30342
US
Phone: 404-851-0300
Fax: 404-851-0448
Online: Web Site

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