| | Business Summary | | The
Carbide/Graphite
Group,
Inc.
is
a
major
United
States
manufacturer
of
graphite
electrode
products
and
calcium
carbide
products.
Graphite
electrodes
are
used
as
consumable
conductors
of
electricity
in
the
electric
arc
furnace
steel-making
process
common
to
all
mini-mill
steel
producers.
Calcium
carbide
and
derivative
products,
primarily
acetylene,
are
used
in
the
manufacture
of
specialty
chemicals,
as
a
fuel
in
metal
cutting
and
welding
and
for
metallurgical
applications
such
as
iron
and
steel
desulfurization.
The
Company
is
the
only
manufacturer
of
graphite
electrodes
that
produces
its
own
requirements
of
needle
coke,
the
principal
raw
material
used
in
the
manufacture
of
graphite
electrodes.
The
Company
also
sells
needle
coke
to
its
competitors
in
the
graphite
electrode
business. | | More
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Business Description |
| | Financial Summary | | Carbide
Graphite
Group,
Inc.
is
a
U.S.
producer
of
graphite
electrode
which
are
used
as
conductors
of
electricity.
The
Company
also
produces
calcium
carbide
products
used
in
speciality
chemicals.
For
the
nine
months
ended
4/30/01,
net
sales
decreased
10%
to
$140.2
million.
Net
loss
rose
68%
to
$12.5
million.
Revenues
reflect
lower
shipments
and
lower
prices
for
graphite
electrodes.
Net
loss
reflects
higher
interest
expense
related
to
credit
facility. | | More
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Market Guide: Significant
Developments |
| | | | FY2000
Compensation | | Pay | Exer | |
| Walter Fowler, 46
Chairman,
Pres, CEO | $362K | -- | Stephen Weaver, 46
Sr.
VP and Gen. Mang.-Electrodes and Graphite Specialty Products | 216K | -- | Walter Damian, 60
VP
of HR | 168K | -- | Ararat Hacetoglu, 45
VP
and Gen. Mang. of Carbide Products | 174K | $49K | Jim Trigg, 51
VP
and Gen. Mang. of Seadrift Coke, L.P. | 177K | -- | | Dollar amounts are as of 31-July-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. |
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from
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List, Bios,
Compensation,
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