Albemarle Corporation - ALB- Profile

Albemarle Corporation. The Group's principal activity is to produce specialty chemicals. The Group operates through three segments: Polymer Additives, Catalysts and Fine Chemicals. The Polymer additives segment includes flame retardants and stabilizers and additives products. The Catalysts segment includes refinery catalysts and polyolefin catalysts. The Fine Chemical segment consists of performance chemicals, pharmachemicals, agrichemicals and fine chemistry services and intermediates products. The products of the Group are sold directly to manufacturers of the aforesaid products and other markets such as chemical and polymer, pharmaceutical, agricultural, oilfield and refining, paper manufacturing, photographic and water treatment. Polymer Additives accounted for 38% of 2005 revenues; Catalysts, 35 % and Fine Chemicals, 27%