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Darling International Inc.

(DAR) is in the Food Industry

Market Cap:$629.0M

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$645.3M

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Founded by the Swift meat packing interests and the Darling family in 1882, Darling International Inc. ("Darling") was incorporated in Delaware in 1962 under the name "Darling-Delaware Company, Inc." On December 28, 1993, Darling changed its name from "Darling-Delaware Company, Inc." to "Darling International Inc." The address of Darling's principal executive office is 251 O'Connor Ridge Boulevard, Suite 300, Irving, Texas, 75038, and its telephone number at this address is (972) 717-0300. Darling is a leading provider of rendering, recycling and recovery solutions to the nation's food industry. Darling collects and recycles animal by-products and used cooking oil from food service establishments and provides grease trap cleaning services to many of the same establishments. In fiscal 2006, Darling, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Darling National LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Darling National"), completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets (the "Transaction") of National By-Products, LLC, an Iowa limited liability company ("NBP"). Darling and its subsidiaries, including Darling National, are collectively referred to herein as the "Company". The Company processes raw materials at 43 facilities located throughout the United States into finished products such as protein (primarily meat and bone meal, "MBM"), tallow (primarily bleachable fancy tallow, "BFT"), yellow grease ("YG") and hides. ...

Chairman & CEO

Randall C. Stuewe

Number of Employees 1,870

Contact Information

251 O'Connor Rdg Blvd Ste 300

Irving, Texas 75038

1 253 572 3922

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing: 311613

Recent Events

US SMALL/MIDCAPS-Petsmart, Urban Outfitters lift stocks

11/13/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Investing in Darling International

9/23/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Darling's 2Q profit down more than half

8/13/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

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Recession MOOting Darling's Gains

Seeking Alpha - 2009-03-04

Hard Assets Investor submits: By Brad Zigler The recent rendering of the markets has got traders worried. But some investors (no, not short sellers) hope that rendering actually leads to profits. Darling International Inc. (NYSE: DAR), the largest publicly traded food by-products recycling company in the United States, releases...

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Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-24

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Darling International Inc Q4 2007 Earnings Call

Seeking Alpha - 2008-03-17

Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from Tyson Bauer from Wealth Monitors International. Please proceed with your question. Tyson Bauer - Wealth Monitors International Good morning gentlemen, another great quarter and a great year. Randy Stuewe Thanks, Tyson. Tyson Bauer - Wealth Monitors International A couple quick...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
Mark A Myers	Executive Vice President, Coo Midwest Region
Neil Katchen	Executive Vice President , Chief Operating Officer, Retail and Service
James Ransweiler	Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing
John F Sterling	Executive Vice President , General Counsel and Secretary
John O. Muse	Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration
Mitchell Kilanowski	Executive Vice President, Commodities
Robert H Seemann	Executive Vice President, Sales and Services
Gilbert L. Gutierrez	Senior Vice President, Business Development
Bill Borrelli	Vice President
Ernie Diliberto	Vice President, Marketing
John Bohannon	Vice President
Mitch Kilanowski	Vice President
Robert Hinerman	Vice President, Info Sys
Charles Macaluso	Lead Director
Mellisa Gaither	Director, Marketing Communs
Mike Campbell	Manager, HR
Ruth Jondle	National Service Center Manager
Andrew Kidd
Brad Phillips	Treasurer
Joseph R. Weaver	General Counsel & Secretary
Qiang Wen
Kevin S. Flannery	Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio)	Position
Randall C. Stuewe	Chairman & CEO
Michael Urbut	Chairman
C Dean Carlson	Board of Directors
John D March	Board of Directors
Kevin J. Klink	Board of Directors
Marlyn Jorgensen	Board of Directors
O. Thomas Albrecht	Board of Directors
Richard A. Peterson	Board of Directors

Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	Chairman & CEO	Current
ConAgra Foods, Inc.	Executive Vice President	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	Executive Vice President, Coo Midwest Region	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	Executive Vice President , Chief Operating Officer, Retail and Service	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	Executive Vice President , General Counsel and Secretary	Current
Pillowtex Corp		Former

Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration	Current

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Darling International, Inc.	Executive Vice President, Commodities	Current

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Darling International, Inc.	Executive Vice President, Sales and Services	Current

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Darling International, Inc.	Senior Vice President, Business Development	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	Vice President	Current

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Darling International, Inc.	Vice President, Marketing	Current

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Darling International, Inc.	Vice President	Current

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Darling International, Inc.	Vice President	Current

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Darling International, Inc.	Vice President, Info Sys	Current

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Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	Director, Marketing Communs	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	Manager, HR	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	National Service Center Manager	Current

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Darling International, Inc.		Current

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Darling International, Inc.	Treasurer	Current
Darling International, Inc.	Treasurer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	General Counsel & Secretary	Current

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Darling International, Inc.		Current

Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	Chairman	Current
Fresh Start Bakeries Inc.	Director	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
National By-Products LLC	Chairman	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

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Darling International, Inc.	Director	Current
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Dan River, Inc.	Director	Current
Gerdau Ameristeel Sand Springs	Director	Current
Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.	Director	Current
Rowecom Limited	Chief Executive Officer	Former
Sterns	Senior Managing Director	Former
Bear, Inc.	Senior Managing Director	Former
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Stearns Inc.	Head of Equity Markets	Former
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Norwood Promotional Products, Inc.	Director	Former
Columbia University	B.S. Degree In Economics	Former

Mr. Jorgensen served as a director of NBP from 1990 until May 2006. Since 1974, Mr. Jorgensen has been a member of the American Soybean Association and served as its president in 1990. He is also a member of the Iowa Farm Bureau and Iowa Producers Cooperative, in each of which he has held numerous positions. Mr. Jorgensen has served as a director of our company since May 2006.

Organization	Position	Status
American Soybean Association	Board of Directors	Current
Darling International, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
Iowa Farm Bureau	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current
McDonald's Corporation	Chief Purchasing Officer	Former
McDonald's Corporation	Senior Vice President	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Darling International, Inc.	Board of Directors	Current

Executive News

Darling's 2Q profit down more than half

CNBC - 8/13/09 - View Story
Darling International Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results

Stockwatch - 8/13/09 - View Story
Darling International Announces Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call and...

Reuters - 8/10/09 - View Story
Darling International Announces Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

PR Newswire - 8/10/09 - View Story

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DAR $7.59 -0.16 (-2.06% )

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Average Volume	604,083
Shares Outstanding	82.23M
Market Cap	624.1M
Year High	8.43
Year Low	2.82
Earnings Per Share	0.22
P/E Ratio	34.50
Dividend	N/A
Yield	N/A

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