|
|
Article: Betz Laboratories, Inc.
- Article from:
- International Directory of Company Histories
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1988 Thomson Gale. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Betz Laboratories, Inc.
4636 Somerton Road
Trevose, Pennsylvania 19047
U.S.A.
(215) 355-3300
Public Company
Incorporated:
February 21, 1957
Employees:
2,540
Sales:
$344 million
Market Value:
$772 million
Stock Index:
NASDAQ
The inauspicious beginnings of a father and son partnership in 1925 gave little indication of Betz Laboratories
’
major participation in the future development of the water treatment industry. William H. Betz and L. Drew Betz founded their modest business in Philadelphia to produce a water purification compound. Fifty years later Betz Laboratories, its international sales alone exceeding $6 million, reaped the benefits of a growing movement in favor of pollution ...