LaRoche Industries Inc.
LaRoche Industries Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, GA, is a privately owned industrial ammonia distribution and chlor-alkali manufacturing chemicals company. Its operations include the largest U.S.-based industrial ammonia distribution network and a leading European electrochemical manufacturing companies.
More than 100 employees staff and operate LaRoche's U.S. network of 24 ammonia distribution, field service and office locations. The company is a primary supplier of ammonia to the fast-growing market segment of power plants, oil refineries and other manufacturing facilities nationwide who require ammonia for nitrogen oxide removal. LaRoche also serves the metal treating, heat treating, chemical processing and water treatment industries - as it has for over 100 years.
ChlorAlp SAS began as a 50/50 joint venture between LaRoche Industries and Rhodia Chimie of Paris, France in 1997. It became a wholly owned subsidiary in 1999 when LaRoche acquired the remaining 50 percent from Rhodia. This chlor-alkali manufacturing facility, located in Pont-de-Claix, France, employs 225 people and is a primary producer of chlorine and caustic soda in that region.