Bernard Kasriel

Lafarge North America, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of construction materials. The firm's products include cement, ready-mixed concrete, gypsum wallboard, aggregates, asphalt, concrete pipes, and blocks. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

New NGC, Inc. manufactures building and construction products. It provides gold bond gypsum, proform finishing, permabase cement board, gold bond plaster systems and industrial products. The company was founded by Melvin H. Baker, Joseph F. Haggerty and Clarence E. Williams in 1925 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Lafarge SA engaged in the production and marketing of building materials. It produces and sells cement, aggregates and ready-mix concrete. The company's building products and solutions were used to construct and renovate homes, buildings and infrastructures. It provided its services under the brand name Lafarge. The company operated through the following divisions: Cement, and Aggregates and Concrete. The Cement division produced and sold a wide range of cement and hydraulic binders adapted to the needs of the construction industry. It also offered specialty cements suitable for use in a variety of environmental conditions and specific applications, natural lime hydraulic binders, masonry cements, and ground blast furnace slag. The Aggregates and Concrete division produced and sold aggregates, ready mix concrete, and products relating to paving activities. It also offered plaster based products which include plaster plate, plaster squares, coatings, metal framework and industrial plaster. Lafarge was founded by Joseph-Auguste Pavin de Lafarge in 1833 and was headquartered in Toulouse, France.

LBO France Gestion SAS (LBO France) is one of the oldest independent private equity firms in France. Established in 1985, the firm manages leveraged buyout transactions through their small-cap, mid-cap and real estate funds. Headquartered in Paris, LBO France primarily targets French firms or companies which are based or which transact most of their business in France.

Arkema, Inc. manufactures vinyl products. Its products include industrial chemicals and performance products such as acrylics, hydrogen peroxide, fluorochemicals, additives, agrochemicals, organic peroxides, and technical polymers. The company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.