Harsco Corp

Company Description

Harsco Corporation was incorporated in 1956. It is a multinational provider of industrial services and engineered products serving global industries that are fundamental to worldwide economic growth. The Company’s operations fall into three reportable segments: Harsco Infrastructure, Harsco Metals a...

Harsco Corporation was incorporated in 1956. It is a multinational provider of industrial services and engineered products serving global industries that are fundamental to worldwide economic growth. The Company’s operations fall into three reportable segments: Harsco Infrastructure, Harsco Metals and Harsco Rail plus an 'All Other' category labeled Harsco Minerals & Harsco Industrial. The Company has locations in 51 countries, including the United States. The Harsco Infrastructure Segment is a complete global organization for engineered rental scaffolding, shoring, concrete forming and other access-related solutions. The Segment operates from a network of branches throughout the world, including North America, Europe, the Gulf Region of the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. The Company’s infrastructure services are provided through branch locations in approximately 40 countries plus export sales worldwide. The Harsco Metals Segment is a provider of on-site, outsourced services to the global metals industries. Harsco Metals provides its services and solutions on a long-term contract basis, supporting each stage of the metal-making process from initial raw material handling to post-production by-product processing and on-site recycling, including providing environmental services for the processing of residual by-products. Harsco Metals operates in over 30 countries. The Harsco Rail Segment is a global provider of equipment and services to maintain, repair and construct railway track. The Company’s railway track maintenance services, solutions and specialized track maintenance equipment support private and government-owned railroads and urban transit system worldwide. The Company’s rail products are produced in three countries and products and services are provided worldwide. The All Other Category includes the Harsco Minerals, Harsco Industrial IKG, Harsco Industrial Air-X-Changers and Harsco Industrial Patterson-Kelley business units. Harsco Minerals is a multinational company that extracts high-value metallic content for production re-use on behalf of leading steelmakers and also specializes in the development of minerals technologies for commercial applications, including agriculture fertilizers. Harsco Industrial IKG manufactures a varied line of industrial grating products at several plants in North America. These products include a full range of bar grating configurations, which are used mainly in industrial flooring, as well as safety and security applications in the power, paper, chemical, refining and processing industries. Harsco Industrial Air-X-Changers is a supplier of custom-designed and manufactured air-cooled heat exchangers for the natural gas industry. Harsco Industrial Patterson-Kelley is a manufacturer of heat transfer products such as boilers and water heaters for commercial and institutional applications. The Company encounters active competition in all of its activities from both larger and smaller companies that produce the same or similar products or services, or that produce different products appropriate for the same uses. The Company's operations are subject to various federal, state, local and international laws, regulations and ordinances relating to the protection of health, safety and the environment, including those governing discharges to air and water, handling and disposal practices for solid and hazardous wastes, the remediation of contaminated sites and the maintenance of a safe work place.