Harsco Corporation
Encyclopedia
Harsco Corporation is a diversified, worldwide industrial company based in the United States
. Harsco operates in 54 countries and employs approximately 19,000 people worldwide. The company provides industrial services
and engineered products
that serve some of the world’s largest and most essential industries, including steel
, construction
, railways, and energy
. The 2010 revenues totaled $3 billion, nearly 60% of which were generated internationally. Harsco is headquartered in Wormleysburg, a suburb of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
.
was about $3.37 billion.
with ticker symbol
HSC.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Harsco operates in 54 countries and employs approximately 19,000 people worldwide. The company provides industrial services
Industry
Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...
and engineered products
Engineering
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that serve some of the world’s largest and most essential industries, including steel
Steel
Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
, construction
Construction
In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...
, railways, and energy
Energy
In physics, energy is an indirectly observed quantity. It is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems...
. The 2010 revenues totaled $3 billion, nearly 60% of which were generated internationally. Harsco is headquartered in Wormleysburg, a suburb of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 49,528, making it the ninth largest city in Pennsylvania...
.
Competitors
- ThyssenKrupp AG
- Philip Services Corporation
- Edward C. Levy Company.
- Tube City IMS
- Phoenix Mill Services
History
Harsco was founded in 1850 as The Harrisburg Car Manufacturing Company and changed its name to Harrisburg Steel Corporation in 1935. It then changed its name to Harsco Corporation in 1956. ,Financial information
Harsco reported total sales of USD $3.24 billion in fiscal . , its market capitalizationMarket capitalization
Market capitalization is a measurement of the value of the ownership interest that shareholders hold in a business enterprise. It is equal to the share price times the number of shares outstanding of a publicly traded company...
was about $3.37 billion.
Stock exchanges
Harsco is traded publicly on NYSENew York Stock Exchange
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with ticker symbol
Ticker symbol
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HSC.