Laroche Industries Inc. - X.LII- Profile

Laroche Industries Inc. The principal activity of the Company is producer and distributor of inorganic and organic chemicals and operates six production facilities, 22 customer distribution centers and three warehouse through United States and in Western Europe. The products of the company is divided into three segments there are: nitrogen products: The company produces and distributes various nitrogen products including nitrogen-based fertilizers essential for growth of crop and nitrogen-based blasting agents for industrial explosives. Electrochemical products-North America segment, the company is a merchant producer and marketer of chlor-alkali chemicals including chlorine and causting soda, which are fundamental building blocks for products used in construction, pulp and paper, water treatment, detergent, pesticide and pharmaceutical industries. Nitrogen products accounted for 26% of fis 2000 revenues & electrochemical, 74%.