Koppers Holdings Inc. (FRA:KO9)
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At close: Nov 28, 2025

Koppers Holdings Company Description

Koppers Holdings Inc. provides treated wood products, wood preservation chemicals, and carbon compounds in the United States, Australasia, Europe, and internationally.

It operates through three segments: Railroad and Utility Products and Services; Performance Chemicals; and Carbon Materials and Chemicals.

The company procures and treats crossties, switch ties, and various types of lumber used for railroad bridges and crossings; offers utility products, including pressure treatment of transmission and distribution poles for electric and telephone utilities; untreated wood products and rail joint bars; and provides railroad services, such as engineering, design, repair, and inspection services for railroad bridges.

It also provides copper-based wood preservatives comprising micronized copper azole, micronized pigments, alkaline copper quaternary, amine copper azole, dichloro-octyl-isothiazolinone, chromated copper arsenate under the MicroPro and MicroShades brands for decking, fencing, utility poles, construction lumber and timbers, and various agricultural applications; and supplies fire-retardant chemicals under the FlamePro brand for pressure treatment of wood applications.

In addition, the company offers creosote for the treatment of wood or as a feedstock in the production of carbon black; carbon pitch, a raw material used in the production of aluminum and steel; naphthalene for use as a feedstock in the production of phthalic anhydride and as a surfactant in the production of concrete; phthalic anhydride for the production of plasticizers, polyester resins, and alkyd paints; and carbon black feedstock.

It serves the railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber, and construction sectors.

Koppers Holdings Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Koppers Holdings Inc.
CountryUnited States
Founded1988
IndustryIndustrial Organic Chemicals
Employees2,082
CEOLeroy Ball

Contact Details

Address:
436 Seventh Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219-1800
United States
Phone412 227 2025
Websitekoppers.com

Stock Details

Ticker SymbolKO9
ExchangeFrankfurt Stock Exchange
Stock TypeCommon Stock
Fiscal YearJanuary - December
Reporting CurrencyUSD
SIC Code2860

Key Executives

NamePosition
Leroy BallChief Executive Officer
Jimmi SmithChief Financial Officer
Quynh McGuireHead of Investor Relations