Albemarle was founded in 1887 as Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Company. The company’s first products were kraft paper and blotting paper.
In 1962 Albemarle bought the Ethyl Corporation, a company more than ten times it size, in a $200 million deal. Ethyl Corporation was a manufacturer of a gasoline additive, tetraethyllead.
Today Albemarle is a specialty chemicals producer which develops, produces, and markets specialty chemicals for the automotive, consumer electronics, food safety, pharmaceutical, refining, and plastics industries.
The company trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ALB, is a member of the S&P 500, is #804 in the Fortune 1000, has 3,625 employees, and had $2.45 billion in revenue in 2014.
AlbemarleAlbemarle was founded in 1887 as Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Company. The company’s first products were kraft paper and blotting paper.
In 1962 Albemarle bought the Ethyl Corporation, a company more than ten times it size, in a $200 million deal. Ethyl Corporation was a manufacturer of a gasoline additive, tetraethyllead.
Today Albemarle is a specialty chemicals producer which develops, produces, and markets specialty chemicals for the automotive, consumer electronics, food safety, pharmaceutical, refining, and plastics industries.
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The company trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ALB, is a member of the S&P 500, is #804 in the Fortune 1000, has 3,625 employees, and had $2.45 billion in revenue in 2014.