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                                                                 Exhibit 10.14

                                               Richard R. Russell
                                               President and
                                               Chief Executive Officer

[GenTek Logo]                                  GenTek Inc.
                                               Liberty Lane
                                               Hampton, NH 03842
                                               Tel 603 929 2253
                                               Fax 603 929 2404


                                 March 19, 2004


Mr. Richard R. Russell



Dear Rich,

    I am delighted to extend to you the following terms of employment for your
service as President and Chief Executive Officer of GenTek Inc. As the President
and Chief Executive Officer of the company, you agree to devote substantially
all of your time and efforts to the business and affairs of the Company.
Moreover, during the term of your employment or at any time after the
termination of your employment with the Company, you agree not to disparage the
Company, its directors, officers, agents or representatives.

    As of February 1, 2004, your annual base salary will be $521,000. In
addition you will be eligible to participate in the Company's short-term
incentive plan, which is based on the Company's performance each calendar year.
For the 2004 calendar year, your short-term incentive plan target will equal
125% of your annual base salary. All compensation paid to you under this
agreement will be subject to any applicable withholding or federal, state and
local income and employment taxes.

    During the term of your employment, you will be entitled to participate in
the employee benefit programs in effect which are applicable to our executives
and for which you satisfy the eligibility requirements. Specifically, you will
be eligible to participate in the Company's long-term incentive plan, LTIP.
Pursuant to the terms of the long-term incentive plan, you will receive an
annual award. For the 2004 calendar year, your target award under the long-term
incentive will equal 150% of your annual base salary and will include a grant of
40,000 shares of 'emergence' restricted stock.

    You will also be entitled to five weeks vacation. Up to one week of accrued
vacation not taken in any calendar year may be carried forward or used in a
subsequent year. Upon a termination of employment, you will be paid any accrued
but unused vacation for the year in which the termination occurs. Pursuant to
the terms of the Company's expense reimbursement program, you will be reimbursed
for any business expenses that you incur during the term of your employment.




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    With respect to your excess pension balance in the Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan (the 'SERP'), the Company agrees to restore this benefit in the
amount of $900,000, which will vest ratably over the next four years. At the
time you leave your employment for whatever reason you shall be entitled to and
be paid the amount which has vested up to the date of your departure. The terms
and conditions of the SERP as well as those outlined in the Plan of
Reorganization and Section 5.01 of the KERP Agreement, shall apply to any
benefits that you are entitled to receive under the SERP.

    You will also continue participation in the GenTek Inc. Key Employee
Retention Plan (the 'KERP') and nothing herein shall abridge or decrease any
rights that you may have under the KERP. The terms and conditions of the KERP,
and not of this agreement, shall apply to any benefits that you are entitled to
receive under the KERP. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you and the Company agree
that Section (iii) of the Good Reason definition on page 5 of your KERP
Agreement is hereby amended to (a) recognize that the change of the address in
the Company's 10K to reflect the prior relocation of the corporate headquarters
from Hampton, New Hampshire to Parsippany, New Jersey is not a change of your
principal place of employment and will not constitute 'Good Reason' under
Section (iii) and (b) to provide, however, that you will have 'Good Reason'
under Section (iii) to terminate your employment if the Company requires that
you relocate your personal residence to any location more than 50 miles from
Hampton Falls, New Hampshire and you have not consented to such relocation.

    You will physically move out of the Liberty Lane, Hampton office when the
Latona transition is completed, and you can open a GenTek New Hampshire office
that you can use for working in the same manner including your frequent travel
to Parsippany, New Jersey and other company locations, in the performance of
your duties as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company that you
have for the past 18 years running General Chemical, General Chemical Group,
Inc., and GenTek Inc.

    The term of this agreement will run through April 30, 2006 and your rights,
privileges and benefits in the event your employment ceases for whatever reason
prior thereto shall be governed in all respects by the applicable provisions of
the KERP Agreement. In the event that the Company decides not to renew this
Agreement, then you shall be treated as if you were terminated under Subsection
(ii) of Section 4.01 of the KERP Agreement and be entitled to the severance
amounts and benefits applicable in the event of a termination under such Section
4.01(ii).

    Except as required in the performance of your duties, you agree, in
perpetuity, to maintain in confidence and to not directly, indirectly or
otherwise, use, disseminate, disclose or publish, or use for your benefit or the
benefit of any person, firm, corporation or other entity any confidential or
proprietary information or trade secrets of or relating to GenTek Inc.,
including, without limitation, information with respect to the GenTek Inc.'s
operations, processes, inventions, business practices, finances, principals,
customers, potential customers, marketing methods, costs, prices, contractual
relationships, regulatory status, compensation paid to employees or other terms
of employment, or deliver to any person, firm, corporation or other entity any
document, record, notebook, computer program or similar repository of or
containing any such confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets.
We agree that the foregoing matters are important, material and confidential





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proprietary information and trade secrets and affect the successful conduct of
the businesses of GenTek Inc. (and any successor or assignee of GenTek Inc.).
However, you may respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or other legal process
provided that you give us the earliest possible notice thereof as much in
advance of the return date as possible, make available to us and to our counsel
the documents and other information sought and assist such counsel in
resisting or otherwise responding to such process.

    This agreement shall be governed, construed, interpreted and enforced in
accordance with the substantive laws of the Delaware, without reference to the
principles of conflicts of law of the Delaware or any other jurisdiction, and
where applicable, the laws of the United States. The invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision or provisions of this agreement shall not
affect the validity of enforceability of any other provision of this agreement,
which shall remain in full force and effect. The terms of this agreement and the
other agreements referred to herein including but not limited to the LTIP and
KERP ('these Agreements') are intended to be the final expression of our
agreement with respect to your employment and may not be contradicted by
evidence of any prior or contemporaneous agreement. We further intend that these
Agreements shall constitute the complete and exclusive statement of its terms
and that no extrinsic evidence whatsoever may be introduced in any judicial,
administrative, or other legal proceedings to vary the terms of this agreement.

    This agreement may not be modified, amended, or terminated except by an
instrument in writing, signed by you and William E. Redmond, Jr. By an
instrument in writing similarly executed, you or the company may waive
compliance by the other with any provision of this agreement that such other
party was or is obligated to comply with or perform, provided, however, that
such waiver shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any
other or subsequent failure. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising
any right, remedy, or power hereunder preclude any other or further exercise
of any other right, remedy, or power provided herein or by law or in equity.

    To accept this offer and the terms of this agreement, please sign and date
both of the enclosed letters and return one to me in the enclosed envelope.
Please contact me at 518-581-2323 if I can be of further assistance.


                                                    Cordially,

                                                    William E. Redmond, Jr.
                                                    Director, GenTek Inc.


I accept the above offer by GenTek Inc. and I understand and agree to the terms
set forth above.

Signed:

Dated:

SSN: