CF Industries

Infobox Company
name = CF Industries

type = Public Nyse|CF
foundation = 1946
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location_city = Deerfield, Illinois
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area_served = North America
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industry = Fertilizer manufacturing and distribution
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Cite web|url=http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=cf|title=Data|publisher=NYSE|date=2008-09-12]
revenue = $2.7 billion (2007)Cite web
url=http://ir.cfindustries.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=190537&p=irol-homeProfile&t=&id=&
title=Corporate Profile – CF Industries' History
publisher=CF Industries
accessdate=2008-09-12]
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homepage = [http://www.cfindustries.com/ www.cfindustries.com]
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CF Industries (Nyse|CF) is a quoted North American manufacturer and distributor of agricultural fertilizers, based in Deerfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. It was founded in 1946, and for its first 56 years, it was a federation of regional agricultural supply cooperatives.CF then demutualized, and made an initial public offering of shares of equity stock in 2005.

The primary operating subsidiary is CF Industries, Inc. From August 2008, the shares of its parent, CF Industries Holdings, Inc., were included in the S&P 500 Index of large cap stock prices. [Cite news|url=http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/MOMENTUM/1843372/|title=CF Industries Climbs On Addition To S&P 500|publisher=RTTNews via TradingMarkets.com|date=2008-08-18|accessdate=2008-09-12]

References

External links

* [http://www.cfindustries.com/ Company website]
* [http://ir.cfindustries.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=190537&p=irol-homeProfile&t=&id=& Corporate profile] – CF Industries’ history
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*Cite news |url=http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/07/29/a-cash-flood-for-cf-industries.aspx|title=A Cash Flood for CF Industries|author=Toby Shute|date=July 29, 2008|work=Motley Fool