5N Plus
| 5N Plus Inc. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Incorporée |
| ISIN | CA33833X1015 |
| founding | June 1, 2000 |
| Seat |
Saint-Laurent , Québec ,
|
| management | Arjang Roshan (President and CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 700 |
| sales | $ 218 million |
| Branch | Commodity companies |
| Website | www.5nplus.com |
| As of December 31, 2018 | |
5N Plus Inc. is a publicly traded company in Québec . It produces high-purity bismuth , cadmium , gallium , germanium , indium , selenium and tellurium compounds . 5N Plus supplies cadmium telluride to First Solar , the largest manufacturer of CdTe thin-film solar cells .
In Germany there is one plant each in Eisenhüttenstadt and Lübeck .
history
5N Plus was founded on June 1, 2000 through a management buy-out by Jacques L'Écuyer and other former Noranda managers . The name of the company comes from the purity of the products, which is 99.999% (5 nines, 5N) or more.
In 2011 the Belgian bismuth manufacturer MCP was taken over.
In 2013, a gallium chemical plant was built in South Korea.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Management team
- ↑ 5N Plus: 2018 Annual Report , accessed June 17, 2019
- ↑ Bismuth as part of the 5N Plus product group
- ↑ 5N Plus will provide First Solar with CdTe through 2019 , May 29, 2014
- ↑ Oder-Neisse-Journal: Topping-out ceremony in the 5N PV production facility in Eisenhüttenstadt on November 29, 2007, accessed on August 18, 2012.
- ↑ Brochure 2015
- ↑ Jacques D. L'Écuyer. Po 83 génie métallurgique
- ^ 5N Plus Inc. Completes the Acquisition of MCP Group SA and a $ 125 Million Equity Financing
- ^ 5N Plus to build South Korean gallium chemicals plant , June 13, 2013