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and

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. The Contran Corporation owned 93% of Valhi's common stock as of December 2014. The chairman of the company was

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until his death in 2013. As of 2014 it was a Fortune 1000 company.

Subsidiaries

Wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries include 80% of Kronos Worldwide, 86% of CompX International Inc., 83% of NL Industries, Basic Management, Inc. and The LandWell Company. Former subsidiaries include

, oilfield services firm Baroid, forest products firm Medford, and

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franchise Sybra.

References

{{Authority control Companies based in Dallas Holding companies of the United States Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange