W. R. Grace & Co.

Grace provides innovative products, technologies, and services that improve the products and processes of its customers. It strives to be a premier specialty chemical and materials company by providing innovative technologies and value-added products and services through its industry-leading business segments—Catalysts Technologies and Materials Technologies. It produces and sells chemicals and silica-based materials used in refining, pharma, chemical manufacturing, coating, and various chemical process applications. William Grace founded the Columbia, Maryland-located company in 1854.

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Shares of W.R. Grace & Co. GRA, +0.83% were indicated up a little over 1% in premarket trading Friday, after the specialty chemicals company said it expects first-quarter adjusted earnings per share to be at the high end of the guidance range of 65 cents to 72 cents provided in early February.

W.R. Grace sees Q1 profit at high end of guidance, including negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic

COLUMBIA, Md., April  03, 2020  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA) today provided an update regarding its preliminary 1Q20 financial results, response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and strong financial position.

Grace Provides COVID-19 Update; Highlights Strong Financial Position and Cash Flow

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COLUMBIA, Md., Feb.  28, 2020  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA) today announced that its Board of Directors increased its share repurchase authorization to $250 million, including approximately $83 million remaining under its previously-announced program. In the first quarter, Grace has repurchased more than $25 million of its common stock. Since February 2014, the company has repurchased approximately $1.2 billion of its common stock.

Grace Increases Share Repurchase Authorization to $250 Million

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Lower sales volumes and the global manufacturing weakness hurt W. R. Grace's (GRA) revenues in Q4.

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W. R. Grace & Co. (GRA) CEO Hudson La Force on Q4 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

W.R. Grace (GRA) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 3.15% and -0.73%, respectively, for the quarter ended December 2019. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

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COLUMBIA, Md., Nov.  07, 2019  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA) today announced that Fred Festa, non-executive Chairman of Grace’s Board of Directors, is retiring from the Board, consistent with its leadership transition plan. Christopher J. Steffen, formerly Lead Independent Director, has been elected to succeed Festa as non-executive Chairman. With Festa’s retirement, the Grace Board now has 10 directors.

Festa Retires from Grace Board of Directors; Steffen Elected Non-executive Chairman

W R Grace & Co (GRA) CEO Hudson La Force on Q3 2019 Results Earnings Call - Transcript

W.R. Grace (GRA) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 6.52% and -4.04%, respectively, for the quarter ended September 2019. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

W.R. Grace (GRA) Tops Q3 Earnings Estimates

Chemicals company W.R. Grace & Co. GRA, +0.11% trimmed its 2019 outlook as it reported third-quarter net income of $53.7 million.

W.R. Grace trims outlook as it tops earnings forecast, misses on sales

COLUMBIA, Md., Oct.  24, 2019  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA)  today announced that it has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.27 per common share. The dividend is payable December 5, 2019 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 14, 2019.

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Grace Reports Third Quarter 2019 Results

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COLUMBIA, Md., Sept.  25, 2019  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA), the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL® PP Process Technology to Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). 

Grace Licenses UNIPOL® PP Process Technology to Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

COLUMBIA, Md., Sept.  03, 2019  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA) today announced that Hudson La Force, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Credit Suisse 2019 Basic Materials Conference in New York on Tuesday, September 10, 2019.

Grace to Present at Credit Suisse 2019 Basic Materials Conference

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COLUMBIA, Md., Aug.  19, 2019  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA), the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL® PP Process Technology to PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical Company Limited. Located in Jieyang, Guangdong province, China, the new facility is slated to be completed in 2023 and will produce 500 KTA of polypropylene. This will be the largest single-line UNIPOL® PP unit in China and will produce homopolymer, random copolymer, and impact copolymer resins.

Grace Licenses UNIPOL® PP Process Technology  to PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical Company Limited

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