- Harsco Corporation
Infobox_Company
company_name = Harsco Corporation
company_
company_type = Public (nyse|HSC)
company_slogan =
foundation =1853 - Public, as Harsco Corporation (1956 )
location = flagicon|USACamp Hill, Pennsylvania
key_people =Sal Fazzolari , Chairman & CEO
num_employees = 21,000
products = Industrial Services and Engineered Products
industry =Steel andIron andenvironmentally-beneficial products
revenue = profit $2.8 billionUSD (2005)
homepage = [http://www.harsco.com/ www.harsco.com]Harsco Corporation (nyse|HSC) is a diversified, worldwide industrial company based in the
United States . Harsco operates in 45 countries and employs approximately 21,000 people worldwide. The company provides industrial services and engineered products that serve some of the world’s largest and most essential industries, includingsteel ,construction ,railways , andenergy . The 2005 revenues totaled $2.8 billion, nearly 60% of which were generated internationally. Harsco is headquartered in Camp Hill, a suburb ofHarrisburg, Pennsylvania .Competitors
*
ThyssenKrupp AG
* Philip Services Corporation
* Edward C. Levy Company.History
Harsco was founded in
1850 as The Harrisburg Car Manufacturing Company and changed its name to Harrisburg Steel Corporation in1935 . It then changed its name to Harsco Corporation in 1956.Financial information
Harsco reported total sales of
USD $3.24 billion in fiscal 2005.As of 2005 , itsmarket capitalization was about $3.37 billion.Stock exchanges
Harsco is traded publicly on NYSE with
ticker symbol HSC.External links
* [http://www.harsco.com/ Harsco Corporation]
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