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Operating Segments and Geographic Area Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Operating Segments and Geographic Area Information | Operating Segments and Geographic Area Information: Effective January 1, 2014, the Company’s assets and businesses were realigned under two operating segments to better align the Company’s resources to support its ongoing business strategy. The Performance Chemicals segment includes the Fire Safety Solutions, Specialty Chemicals and Fine Chemistry Services product categories, consolidating our bromine, mineral and custom manufacturing assets under one business unit. The Catalyst Solutions segment includes the Refinery Catalyst Solutions and Performance Catalyst Solutions product categories. Each segment has a dedicated team of sales, research and development, process engineering, manufacturing and sourcing, and business strategy personnel and has full accountability for improving execution through greater asset and market focus, agility and responsiveness. The new structure also facilitates the continued standardization of business processes across the organization, is consistent with the manner in which information is presently used internally by the Company’s chief operating decision maker to evaluate performance and make resource allocation decisions, and each segment president is responsible for execution of the segment’s business strategy. Segment income represents segment operating profit and equity in net income of unconsolidated investments and is reduced by net income attributable to noncontrolling interests. Segment data includes intersegment transfers of raw materials at cost and allocations for certain corporate costs. Summarized financial information concerning our reportable segments is shown in the following tables. Results for all periods presented reflect the change in operating segments noted above, and segment results for all periods presented exclude discontinued operations as further described in Notes 1 and 2. Corporate & other includes corporate-related items not allocated to the reportable segments. Pension and OPEB service cost (which represents the benefits earned by active employees during the period) and amortization of prior service cost or benefit are allocated to each segment and Corporate & other, whereas the remaining components of pension and OPEB benefits cost or credit are included in Corporate & other.
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  |  | (In thousands) |  |
Net sales: |  |  |  |  |
Performance Chemicals | $ | 1,351,596 |  |  | $ | 1,392,664 |  |  | $ | 1,451,247 |
Catalyst Solutions | 1,093,952 |  |  | 1,001,606 |  |  | 1,067,907 |
Total net sales | $ | 2,445,548 |  |  | $ | 2,394,270 |  |  | $ | 2,519,154 |
Segment operating profit: |  |  |  |  |
Performance Chemicals | $ | 306,616 |  |  | $ | 334,275 |  |  | $ | 410,359 |
Catalyst Solutions | 224,407 |  |  | 194,322 |  |  | 230,648 |
Total segment operating profit | 531,023 |  |  | 528,597 |  |  | 641,007 |
Equity in net income of unconsolidated investments: |  |  |  |  |
Performance Chemicals | 10,068 |  |  | 8,875 |  |  | 6,416 |
Catalyst Solutions | 25,674 |  |  | 22,854 |  |  | 31,651 |
Total equity in net income of unconsolidated investments | 35,742 |  |  | 31,729 |  |  | 38,067 |
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests: |  |  |  |  |
Performance Chemicals | (27,590 | ) |  | (26,663 | ) |  | (18,571 | )
Corporate & other | — |  |  | — |  |  | (20 | )
Total net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (27,590 | ) |  | (26,663 | ) |  | (18,591 | )
Segment income: |  |  |  |  |
Performance Chemicals | 289,094 |  |  | 316,487 |  |  | 398,204 |
Catalyst Solutions | 250,081 |  |  | 217,176 |  |  | 262,299 |
Total segment income | 539,175 |  |  | 533,663 |  |  | 660,503 |
Corporate & other(a) | (203,620 | ) |  | 81,439 |  |  | (129,559 | )
Restructuring and other charges, net(b) | (25,947 | ) |  | (33,361 | ) |  | (111,685 | )
Acquisition and integration related costs(c) | (30,158 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Interest and financing expenses | (41,358 | ) |  | (31,559 | ) |  | (32,800 | )
Other (expenses) income, net | (16,761 | ) |  | (6,674 | ) |  | 1,229 |
Income tax expense | (18,484 | ) |  | (134,445 | ) |  | (80,433 | )
(Loss) income from discontinued operations (net of tax) | (69,531 | ) |  | 4,108 |  |  | 4,281 |
Net income attributable to Albemarle Corporation | $ | 133,316 |  |  | $ | 413,171 |  |  | $ | 311,536 |
(a) | For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, Corporate & other includes $(127.2) million, $143.1 million and $(68.0) million, respectively, of pension and OPEB plan (costs) credits (including mark-to-market actuarial gains and losses).
(b) | See Note 20, “Restructuring and Other.”
(c) | See Note 23, “Acquisitions.”
| As of December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  |  | (In thousands) |  |
Identifiable assets: |  |  |  |  |
Performance Chemicals | $ | 1,042,177 |  |  | $ | 1,129,838 |  |  | $ | 1,110,006 |
Catalyst Solutions | 1,375,202 |  |  | 1,695,120 |  |  | 1,572,883 |
Corporate & other(a) | 2,805,724 |  |  | 759,839 |  |  | 754,402 |
Total identifiable assets | $ | 5,223,103 |  |  | $ | 3,584,797 |  |  | $ | 3,437,291 |
Goodwill: |  |  |  |  |
Performance Chemicals | $ | 42,282 |  |  | $ | 43,603 |  |  | $ | 43,519 |
Catalyst Solutions | 200,980 |  |  | 240,600 |  |  | 233,447 |
Total goodwill | $ | 243,262 |  |  | $ | 284,203 |  |  | $ | 276,966 |
(a) | As of December 31, 2014, Corporate & other included net proceeds received from the issuance of the 2014 Senior Notes, which, together with borrowings from our Commercial Paper Notes, Term Loan and Cash Bridge Facility, were used to finance the cash portion of the Merger Consideration, pay related fees and expenses and repay our senior notes which matured on February 1, 2015. See Note 13, “Long-Term Debt” and Note 23 “Acquisitions” for additional details about these transactions.
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  |  | (In thousands) |  |
Depreciation and amortization: |  |  |  |  |
Performance Chemicals | $ | 48,233 |  |  | $ | 43,472 |  |  | $ | 37,831 |
Catalyst Solutions | 49,622 |  |  | 49,656 |  |  | 47,155 |
Discontinued Operations | 3,165 |  |  | 12,054 |  |  | 12,120 |
Corporate & other | 2,552 |  |  | 2,188 |  |  | 1,914 |
Total depreciation and amortization | $ | 103,572 |  |  | $ | 107,370 |  |  | $ | 99,020 |
Capital expenditures: |  |  |  |  |
Performance Chemicals | $ | 48,831 |  |  | $ | 94,506 |  |  | $ | 156,648 |
Catalyst Solutions | 61,721 |  |  | 60,326 |  |  | 122,746 |
Corporate & other | 24 |  |  | 514 |  |  | 1,479 |
Total capital expenditures | $ | 110,576 |  |  | $ | 155,346 |  |  | $ | 280,873 |
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  |  | (In thousands) |  |
Net Sales: |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 884,373 |  |  | $ | 933,182 |  |  | $ | 959,571 |
Foreign(a) | 1,561,175 |  |  | 1,461,088 |  |  | 1,559,583 |
Total | $ | 2,445,548 |  |  | $ | 2,394,270 |  |  | $ | 2,519,154 |
(a) | No sales in a foreign country exceed 10% of total net sales. Also, net sales are attributed to countries based upon shipments to final destination.
| As of December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  |  | (In thousands) |  |
Long-Lived Assets: |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 698,863 |  |  | $ | 748,719 |  |  | $ | 735,269 |
Netherlands | 167,965 |  |  | 193,775 |  |  | 192,540 |
Jordan | 227,805 |  |  | 227,818 |  |  | 209,133 |
Brazil | 59,474 |  |  | 78,078 |  |  | 85,353 |
Germany | 75,813 |  |  | 86,175 |  |  | 72,797 |
China | 5,310 |  |  | 41,858 |  |  | 39,542 |
France | 37,347 |  |  | 34,523 |  |  | 32,305 |
Korea | 80,362 |  |  | 86,827 |  |  | 81,962 |
United Kingdom | 3,665 |  |  | 3,665 |  |  | — |
Other foreign countries | 48,819 |  |  | 47,139 |  |  | 33,598 |
Total | $ | 1,405,423 |  |  | $ | 1,548,577 |  |  | $ | 1,482,499 |
Net sales to external customers by product category in each of the segments consists of the following:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  |  | (In thousands) |  |
Performance Chemicals: |  |  |  |  |
Fire Safety Solutions | $ | 607,477 |  |  | $ | 620,972 |  |  | $ | 665,293 |
Specialty Chemicals | 520,297 |  |  | 520,998 |  |  | 519,606 |
Fine Chemistry Services | 223,822 |  |  | 250,694 |  |  | 266,348 |
Total Performance Chemicals | $ | 1,351,596 |  |  | $ | 1,392,664 |  |  | $ | 1,451,247 |
Catalyst Solutions: |  |  |  |  |
Refinery Catalyst Solutions | $ | 844,221 |  |  | $ | 768,837 |  |  | $ | 794,933 |
Performance Catalyst Solutions | 249,731 |  |  | 232,769 |  |  | 272,974 |
Total Catalyst Solutions | $ | 1,093,952 |  |  | $ | 1,001,606 |  |  | $ | 1,067,907 |

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