	claremont to boost champion products ch stake claremont group ltd a new york investment banking firm said it intends to boost its current pct stake in champion products inc to as much as pct of the total outstanding common stock claremont added that it asked champion to put two representatives on its nine member board of directors claremont previously disclosed in december that it had agreed to act in concert with walsh greenwood and co an affiliated investment firm to uire champion products claremont said it made net purchases of champion products shares between jan and march in a march letter to champion chairman john tanis claremont and walsh representatives stephen walsh and john cirigliano said they were pleased with the company s performance but wanted to take an active management role we believe that champion products has just begun to evolve into the market leader it will eventually become they said as significant shareholders with mutual interests with the company we would like to actively participate in this process claremont s intentions and the letter were made public in a filing with the federal securities and exchange commission reuter 
