Albemarle is a global speciality chemicals and chemical intermediates manufacturer with research facilities in the US and Belgium and manufacturing facilities predominantly in the US. Albemarle is structured into three operating segments – catalysts, polymer additives and fine chemicals.
Albemarle will continue to focus on its strategic efforts on growth businesses 
and emerging economies, while taking steps to build a sustainable business model for 2008 and beyond. It plans to increase its global sales by looking abroad for growth. By 2010, Albemarlet plans to derive more than 60% of its sales outside of the Americas.
Albemarle's other global plans include building plants in Brazil, the Middle East and China, moving into the Former Soviet Union countries and researching emerging economies.
Albemarle with headquarters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, had sales of around $2.5bn and approximately 3,700 employees in 2008.
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Key Personnel
Chairman, president and CEO: Mark Rohr
Executive VP and chief operating officer: John Steitz
Senior VP and chief financial officer: Richard Diemer
Vice president and chief sustainability officer: David Clary
Vice president (HR): Darian Rich
Executive VP: Luke Kissam
Division VP (HS&E): Niomi Krzystowczyk
Board member: Barry Perry (starts 01/01/2010)
(Updated October 2009)
Contacts
Albemarle
Baton Rouge Tower
451 Florida Street
Baton Rouge
Louisiana 70801
US
Tel: +1 800 535 3030
Tel: +1 225 388 7402
Fax: +1 225 388 7686
http://www.albemarle.com/
Albemarle
Company Structure
Albemarle is a global speciality chemicals and chemical intermediates manufacturer with research facilities in the US and Belgium and manufacturing facilities predominantly in the US, but also in France, Belgium and Japan. Albemarle was founded in 1887 as the Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Company and later developed as a chemicals manufacturer. In 1962 it acquired the Ethyl Corporation of Delaware, US in a reverse takeover to form the Ethyl Corporation (Virginia). In 1994 Ethyl divested its chemicals business as the Albemarle Corporation.
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Strategy & Financial Highlights
On the back of a “challenging economy” Albemarle continues to remain confident that its programmes to control cost, generate cash, drive new products, and operate more efficiently will enable it to weather the economic downturn. On this basis, it will continue to focus on its strategic efforts on growth businesses and emerging economies, while taking steps to build a sustainable business model for 2009 and beyond. ICIS also provides you with key financial data listed in table form.
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