Polypore International

• Is 2013 the Year for Battery Stocks?

  By Phillip Woolgar - May 4, 2013 | Tickers: GE, JCI, PPO

  As technological advances drive society forward at a staggering pace, and as people add an assortment of gizmos and gadgets to their repertoires, there is one component that hasn't kept up. This is a necessary feature that has the Energizer Bunny frantically running scared.

  But it isn't as if small, yet highly powerful batteries aren't possible, it's just that other forms of technology have progressed at more »

• Longview Asset Management Likes These Stocks

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - September 25, 2012 | Tickers: GD, PETM, PPO, BA, THR

  Longview Asset Management, formerly known as Longview Management Group, is a Chicago-based investment fund managed by James Star that invests in publicly traded U.S. equities. The fund’s 13F filings showed only four positions, suggesting that the fund prefers to focus its attention on a small number of stocks. According to the 13F for the second quarter (research changes in Longview's portfolio over time), here are the fund more »

• Polypore's Future in Filters

  By j.a. graham - January 22, 2012 | Tickers: PPO

  Overview

   

  Polypore (NYSE: PPO) specializes in filtration. They make microporous membranes used in separation and filtration processes.

   The business divides its products into two business segments:

  Energy storage (ES)

  Separations media

  Energy storage includes applications for both lead and lithium ion batteries. In batteries, ions flow to create the charge and the membranes regulate that ion exchange. Health care membranes also filter molecules and ions and are used in hemodialysis more »