The best way to understand Koch Industries, Inc. is to view it as a collection of capabilities continually searching for new ways to create value. Its predecessor firm began in Kansas in 1940, with roots in the refining industry. Today, the privately owned company is based in Wichita, Kan., and consists of companies in four business groupings: chemical process related; fibers and polymers; commodity and financial trading; and forest and consumer products. Koch companies have a presence in nearly 60 countries and employ about 80,000 people.

  • Koch’s continued financial strength is a result of its shareholders historically reinvesting as much as 90 percent of earnings back into the parent company.
  • Each Koch company strives to bring the power of the free-market inside its business to maximize productivity and adaptability. Koch companies concentrate on developing an ability to predict customer needs and to mobilize their employees’ knowledge and talents to meet them. This business philosophy, called Market Based Management®, has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal and Forbes magazine, among others.
  • In addition to growing in its core industries, Koch has expanded its vision to include equity investments in other areas. Koch not only invests capital, but also entrepreneurial talents and business acumen, in firms from technology-oriented start-ups to established companies for which Koch’s capabilities can create value.
  • Koch companies are long-time traders of a wide range of commodities. They apply a disciplined, strategic trading approach, which helps them anticipate market developments in many industries. This approach has led to growth in their trading and risk management businesses and expansion into other areas.
  • Koch companies strive to be world-class, cost-efficient operators of their many facilities. They have earned recognition for superior performance in environmental protection, health and safety. They are humble enough to recognize shortcomings and bold enough to learn from them to achieve superior performance.

Koch Industries’ companies are involved in these industry areas:

Petroleum and Chemicals: Subsidiaries are involved in crude oil supply and refining, chemical production, exploration and production, and wholesale marketing of fuel oil, base oils, chemical intermediates, petrochemicals, gasoline, asphalt and other petroleum products.

  • Refining and chemicals: Flint Hills Resources is a leading producer of fuels, base oils, and other petrochemical commodity products. It operates refining complexes in Alaska (North Pole), Minnesota (Pine Bend) and Texas (Corpus Christi) with a combined crude oil processing capacity of about 800,000 barrels per day. The primary chemical production facility located within the Texas complex produces and markets feedstocks for the petrochemical industry. A facility near Joliet, Ill., produces chemical intermediates, which have end uses in polyester fibers, agricultural chemicals, packaging, automobile and appliance parts. Flint Hills Resources also has an interest in a base oil facility near Lake Charles, La.
  • Other Koch subsidiaries own a refinery in The Netherlands and a domestic crude oil terminal.
  • Asphalt: Flint Hills Resources produces asphalt at refineries in Alaska and Minnesota. The company also operates various asphalt terminals in the Midwest that receive product directly from the Minnesota refinery.

Pipelines: Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. owns or operates about 4,000 miles of pipelines that transport crude oil, refined petroleum products and natural gas liquids. A KPL subsidiary, Koch Alaska Pipeline Company, owns a 3 percent interest in the Trans Alaska Pipeline System. Koch Capital Investments Company is an investor in Colonial Pipeline Company, owner and operator of the world’s largest-volume refined products pipeline.
Ranching: Matador Cattle Company operates three ranches: Beaverhead in Montana, Spring Creek in Kansas, and Matador in Texas. The ranches total about 445,000 acres and have about 15,000 head of cattle. Matador Cattle Company has one of the nation’s 10 largest cow/calf operations and markets about 5 million pounds of beef each year
Chemical Technology: Subsidiaries of Koch Chemical Technology Group LLC design, manufacture, sell, install and service process and pollution-control equipment for industries and municipalities worldwide. Products and services include: mass transfer and separations technology; acid-proof construction; combustion and environmental equipment; diagnostic and specialty plant services; heat transfer equipment; modular mass transfer system design and build; and filtration products.

Commodity Trading: Koch Supply & Trading, LLC, through its subsidiaries, offers global trading and risk management activities in crude oil, natural gas and gas liquids, steel, refined petroleum products, industrial metals, chemicals and other commodities, with offices located in Houston, Wichita, New York, London, Rotterdam (The Netherlands), Singapore, Mumbai and Moscow. Other Koch-related companies have trading capabilities in their industry areas including minerals, fertilizer and other commodities, financial derivatives, municipal bonds, and providing risk management and related services to customers around the globe.

Minerals: Koch Mineral Services, LLC subsidiaries are involved in a variety of marketing, trading, and exploration and production capabilities.

  • Koch Exploration Company, LLC and its subsidiaries acquire, develop and trade heavy crude oil, conventional oil, unconventional gas and conventional natural gas in the United States, Canada and Brazil.
  • Koch Nitrogen Company and its affiliates own and invest in nitrogen fertilizer production and storage capacity in North America, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. The company's fertilizer interests manufacture, market and distribute more than 6 million metric tons of nitrogen products annually.
  • Koch Carbon, LLC is a world leader in the trading, marketing and terminalling of petroleum coke, coal, salt, slag, cement, clinker, ocean freight, and other related commodities. As part of this trading business, these companies employ a network of large bulk terminals in the United States - the Great Lakes, California and Texas - as well as in Venezuela.
  • Koch Pulp & Paper Trading, LLC, based in Houston, trades pulp and paper financial derivatives.
  • The C. Reiss Coal Company and its subsidiary, Reiss Viking, are leading suppliers of high-quality magnetite, typically used to generate electricity for homes and businesses.

Fibers and Polymers: INVISTA B.V., through its subsidiaries, produces and markets fibers, intermediates polymers and resins worldwide. Comprised of five businesses – apparel, performance fibers, interiors, intermediates, and polymer and resins – the company has a presence in every major market and garment region in the world. INVISTA is committed to its customers’ growth through market insights and technology innovations. It is recognized across the globe through its well-known brands and trademarks in the industry including: LYCRA®, STAINMASTER®, ANTRON® and COOLMAX®.
Financial Services: Koch Financial Corporation provides custom financial services to states, counties, municipalities, school districts and other government entities to purchase assets such as telecommunication and energy management systems, emergency vehicles and other equipment. In addition to providing direct tax-exempt lease financing, Koch Financial Corporation and its affiliates actively manage a multibillion dollar portfolio of municipal securities, including high-grade municipal bonds, tax-exempt notes, structured tax-exempt securities and fixed income derivatives.

Forest and Consumer Products: Georgia-Pacific Corp., based in Atlanta, is a world leader in the manufacture and marketing of tissue, packaging, paper, building products, related chemicals, and fluff, filter and market pulp. The company has more than 300 locations in North America and Europe. Its familiar consumer tissue brands include Quilted Northern®, Angel Soft®, Brawny®, Sparkle®, Soft 'n Gentle®, Mardi Gras®, So-Dri® and Vanity Fair®, as well as the Dixie® brand of disposable cups, plates and cutlery. Georgia-Pacific’s building products manufacturing business has long been among the nation’s leading suppliers of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers.

Business Development: Koch Genesis Company, LLC, through its subsidiaries, helps power growth for businesses by looking for early-stage investments and sponsoring entrepreneurs with vision, integrity, humility and passion. The company focuses its investment activity across a broad spectrum of business areas which Koch companies have existing capabilities such as energy, petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and specialty materials.

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