Formica Corp.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,285 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $1,459 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 5,400
• Sub-industry: 30 Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: NJ Trenton
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Weil Gotshal
• Date of filing: March 5, 2002
• Judge at filing: Burton R. Lifland
• Court district of filing: NY SD
• Court city of filing: New York
• Case number: 02-10969
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


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


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: January 13, 2004
• Judge at disposition: Burton R. Lifland
• Days from filing to disposition: 679

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, did not refile