Barzel Industries Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,101 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $655 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 644
• Sub-industry: 33 Primary Metal Industries
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: MA Boston
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Cole Schotz
• Date of filing: September 15, 2009
• Judge at filing: Christopher S. Sontchi
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 09-13204
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: September 8, 2011
• Judge at disposition: Christopher S. Sontchi
• Days from filing to disposition: 723

After the case

• Did firm emerge? company did not emerge
• Did firm refile? not emerged 5 years