| | Business Summary | | Rohm
and
Haas
Company
conducts
business
in
four
segments:
Performance
Polymers,
Chemical
Specialties,
Electronic
Materials
and
Salt.
Performance
Polymers
includes
five
businesses:
Coatings,
Adhesives
and
Sealants,
Plastics
Additives,
Specialty
Polymers
and
Monomers.
These
businesses
make
products
based
primarily
on
acrylic,
vinyl
acetate,
and
other
emulsion
technologies.
Chemical
Specialties
is
home
to
a
number
of
specialty
businesses,
each
with
their
own
technologies,
customers
and
market
strategies.
Electronic
Materials
business
offers
fully
compatible,
leading-edge
chemistry
used
to
make
the
semiconductor
chips
and
printed
wiring
boards
found
in
today's
most
sophisticated
electronic
devices.
Salt
includes
the
leading
consumer
salt
brands
in
the
United
States,
Morton
Salt
and
the
little
Umbrella
Girl,
and
the
Windsor
salt
brand
in
Canada. | | More
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Business Description |
| | Financial Summary | | Rohm
and
Haas
is
a
manufacturer
of
specialty
chemicals,
plastic
additives,
coatings,
adhesives
and
sealants,
specialty
polymers
and
monomers,
products
for
electronic
materials,
and
salt.
For
the
six
months
ended
6/30/01,
net
sales
fell
8%
to
$2.98
billion.
Net
loss
from
continuing
operations
and
before
acct.
change
and
extraordinary
item
totaled
$160
million
vs.
an
income
of
$159
million.
Net
sales
reflect
lower
performance
polymer
sales.
Net
loss
reflects
$330
million
in
restructuring
and
asset
impairment
charges. | | More
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Market Guide: Significant
Developments |
| | | | FY2000
Compensation | | Pay | Exer | |
| Rajiv Gupta, 55
Chairman
and CEO | $1.5M | $103K | J. Michael Fitzpatrick, 54
Pres,
COO | 1.0M | 131K | Bradley Bell, 48
CFO,
Sr. VP | 690K | -- | Charles Tatum, 52
Sr.
VP and CTO | -- | -- | Nance Dicciani, 53
Sr.
VP, Director of Chemical Specialties Bus. Group of the European | 1.6M | 43K | | Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year. |
| More
from
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Expanded
List, Bios,
Compensation,
Options
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