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Market Cap:$1.7B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$3.1B
- Public
- US
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W. R. Grace & Co. is engaged in specialty chemicals and specialty materials businesses on a global basis through its two operating segments, Grace Davison and Grace Construction Products. We entered the specialty chemicals industry in 1954, when we acquired both the Dewey and Almy Chemical Company and the Davison Chemical Company. During the 1980s and 1990s, we divested a substantial number of businesses that were not consistent with our business strategy. Grace is the successor to a company that originated in 1854 and originally became a public company in 1953.
Number of Employees 6,300
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Alumina Refining: 331311
Recent Events
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Upgrades & Downgrades: Going Palm's Up
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W.R. Grace earnings rise 57% in third quarter
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IBM to provide application management services to chemical company Grace
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Thursday Options Update: MOT, GRA, IP, IBB, CDE, EMC, HOLX
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- 2008-07-31
Rebecca Engmann Darst contributed to this report. Motorola MOT – News that number-three handset maker Motorola had managed to wring a small profit during the second fiscal quarter sent shares 12.6% higher to $8.66 – well within the 14% move that front-month options were pricing in yesterday. While Wednesday’s...
W.R. Grace & Co. says it is target of a federal probe
- 2004-10-30
BALTIMORE AP -- W.R. Grace & Co. and several of its senior- level employees are the targets of a federal grand jury investigation relating to possible violations of environmental laws in Montana, the company said Friday. The company also said it has been named as a target of...
CalPERS Settles Lawsuit With W.R. Grace & Co.; Pension Fund Recoups Nearly $4 Million in Losses
- 1999-10-13
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 13, 1999-- The California Public Employees' Retirement System CalPERS announced today that the New York Supreme Court has approved a settlement of a shareowner's lawsuit against the former officers and directors of W.R. Grace & Co. Grace. The settlement has recovered nearly $4 million of...
Q1 Earnings Up for Grace, Down for Hercules and Olin.(W.R. Grace & Co.; first quarter 1998)
- 1998-05-11
W.R. Grace & Co. posted 6 percent higher first quarter earnings of $11.8 million, excluding charges, on strong performances from Grace Davison and Grace Construction Products. The company's sales slipped 1 percent to $341 million. W.R. Grace & Co. posted 6 percent higher first...
CalPERS enters litigation against W.R. Grace & Co
- 1996-04-03
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 3, 1996--The California Public Employees' Retirement System CalPERS announced today that it has entered into a shareowners action lawsuit against W.R. Grace & Co.The lawsuit alleges that tens of millions of dollars of severance benefits were improperly paid to J.P. Bolduc, former CEO of W.R. Grace. ...
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