Health

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)

Fiona McPhail — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:10:19 -0400

Company Snapshot:

The ABPI is the UK's largest pharmaceutical association. It has over 75 member companies who research, manufacture and supply more than 80% of the NHS's prescription medicine. It's membership is open to 'all other organisations with an interest in the pharmaceutical industry. A complete list of member companies and affiliates can be found on the ABPI's web site.

Sodexho Alliance

Bodhi Harnish — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:39:41 -0400

Company Snapshot:

'''Sodexo''' (Sodexho Alliance prior to 23 January 2008, Euronext: SW) is a French multinational corporation and one of the largest food services and facilities management companies in the world. It is present in 29,000 sites within eighty countries, earning revenue in 2007 of €13.385 million. Sodexo has two major lines of business: food and facility management services, and service vouchers and cards.

Barrick Gold

sakura — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:34:53 -0400

Company Snapshot:

Barrick Gold Corporation is the largest pure gold mining company in the world, with its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and four regional business units (RBU's) located in Australia, Africa, North America and South America. Barrick is currently undertaking mining and exploration projects in Papua New Guinea, the United States, Canada, Australia, Peru, Chile, Russia, South Africa, Argentina and Tanzania. On January 20, 2006, Barrick acquired a majority share of Placer Dome.

Braskem

Tonya Hennessey — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:41:40 -0500

Company Snapshot:

Braskem S.A. is the largest Brazilian petrochemical company with head office in São Paulo. The company was formed in 2002 as part of a major restructuring of the Brazilian petrochemical industry which saw Copene merge with petrochemical companies controlled by Odebrecht, a heavy engineering and construcution company owned by the Odebrecht family, and another family-owned conglomerate, the Mariani Group.

The Clorox Company

Anne Martin — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:47:11 -0500

Company Snapshot:

The Clorox Company headquarters are located in Oakland, California. Clorox manufactures bleach and other cleaning products, Glad-brand trash bags and other plastic products, cat litter, car polishes, Brita water-filtration systems, condiments, and charcoal barbecue briquettes. They also own Burt's Bees, a line of natural body care products.

Stericycle, Inc.

Anne Martin — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:01:39 -0500

Company Snapshot:

The Stericycle headquarters are located in Lake Forest, IL. Stericycle processes and disposes of medical waste.

Abbott Laboratories

Ian Elwood — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:41:04 -0500

Company Snapshot:

Abbott is a health care products manufacturer whose products extend from nutritional products and laboratory diagnostics to medical devices and pharmaceuticals. The company conducts business in at least 130 countries around the world.

HCA

Ian Elwood — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:00:40 -0500

Company Snapshot:

The Hospital Corporation of America (HCA, formerly Columbia/HCA) is the largest for-profit hospital chain in the United States, owning some 169 hospitals and 100 freestanding (ambulatory) surgery centers in 20 states and six hospitals in the UK. In 2006 a group of investors took the company private in a $30 billion leveraged buyout, at the time the largest in U.S. history.

Sappi Ltd.

Tonya Hennessey — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:55:09 -0500

Company Snapshot:

Sappi Ltd., a global player in the pulp and paper industry, is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. Sappi Ltd is comprised of two divisions: Sappi Fine Paper (domiciled in London), and Sappi Forest Products (domiciled in Johannesburg), and employs some 16,000 people in Southern Africa, North America, and Europe; it bills itself as "the world's leading producer of coated fine paper and chemical cellulose" on its corporate website.

Roche Group

Ian Elwood — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:18:27 -0500

Company Snapshot:

Roche is a healthcare company that does diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and research and development. It is arranged in two operative divisions; pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. The headquarters are in Basel and the company has many sites around the world - including: Nutley, Palo Alto, Pleasanton, Branchburg, Indianapolis, Florence in the US, Welwyn Garden City in the UK, Mannheim, Penzberg in Germany, and Shanghai in China.