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Overview

Koppers is a global company and a leading integrated producer of chemicals, carbon compounds, and treated wood products for the aluminum, steel, chemical, rubber, railroad and utility industries.

Koppers is a leading distiller of coal tar, a by-product of the transformation of coal into coke. Koppers distills coal tar to produce carbon pitch, refined tar, roofing pitch, creosote, carbon black feedstock and chemical oils. The chemical oils resulting from distillation are used to produce naphthalene and phthalic anhydride (PAA).

Koppers carbon materials and chemicals are essential to the production of aluminum, steel, plastics, resins, treated wood and rubber products. They also increase the durability of many products including railroad ties, utility and transmission poles and marine pilings.

Koppers is also a leading producer of treated wood products. Treated wood creates more durable structures that resist decay, increasing safety, reducing replacement costs and preserving valuable forests.

Koppers has been serving the railroad industry with treated wood railroad ties and railroad crossing panel products for over 18 years. In North America we are the largest provider of railroad crossties and are known for our pre-plated crossties. We are also a leading producer of wood poles for the electric and communications industries, along with treated wood for heavy-duty construction.

 

 
Current Sales
 

Sales for 2007 were $6.3 billion, compared to sales of $1.1 billion in 2006. View our Latest Financial Report.


Employees and Locations
 

• Approximately 2,000 employees at 27 operating locations
• 12 facilities in Carbon Materials and Chemicals
• 15 in Railroad and Utility Products


Established 1988
 

In December 1997, Saratoga Partners III, L.P., a private equity firm, purchased a majority ownership interest in Koppers through a new series of senior convertible preferred stock.
In November 2004, Koppers Holdings Inc. (formerly KI Holdings Inc.) was formed as a holding company for Koppers Inc. in a transaction in which all of the capital stock of Koppers Inc. was converted into shares of common stock of Koppers Holdings Inc. and Koppers Inc. became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Koppers Holdings.
In February 2006, Koppers Holdings Inc. issued and sold 8,700,000 shares of its common stock in an initial public offering; as part of the offering, Saratoga and its affiliates sold 1,300,000 of their common shares after converting all of their preferred shares into common shares.
As of March 31, 2008, Saratoga Partners II, L.P. has no direct ownership of common stock of Koppers Holdings Inc.

Koppers Inc.
Corporate Headquarters
436 Seventh Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1800
412-227-2001
www.koppers.com

 

 

 

 
 
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