Abieta chemistry
| Abieta Chemie GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1957 |
| resolution | 2009 |
| Reason for dissolution | Acquisition by Arizona Chemical |
| Seat |
Gersthofen , Germany
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| management | Thomas Fenner, Rüdiger Walz |
| Number of employees | 45 (2008) |
| sales | EUR 24 million (2006) |
| Branch | Chemical industry |
| Website | www.abieta.de |
The Abieta Chemie GmbH was a 1957 joint venture between Hoechst AG (formerly Meister Lucius & Bruening), Frankfurt, and Hercules Inc. , Wilmington / USA, founded chemical company. The shares in what was then Hoechst AG were transferred to Clariant Deutschland GmbH on July 1, 1997 . Both shareholders held 50 percent of the share capital. In 2008 Abieta Chemie GmbH was sold to the Munich-based private equity company Auctus. In mid-February 2009 ownership was transferred to the US company Arizona Chemical . On February 1, 2009, the acquisition of Abieta Chemie GmbH by Arizona Chemical GmbH was successfully completed. Gersthofen was chosen as the location for the production because the Terpenchemie was already located in the Hoechst AG plant there and there was the possibility of integration into the existing infrastructure. Production started in 1958.
The name Abieta refers to the raw material colophony (pine resin) processed by the company , the main component of which is a diterpene , abietic acid .
The Resin and dresinates the Abieta chemicals are used for the production of:
- Synthetic rubber (e.g. for car tires, molded rubber parts, adhesives )
- Plastic molded parts (for example for cars, kitchen appliances, telephone housings, Lego building blocks, Playmobil figures)
- Pigments for printing inks and lacquers
- Labeling adhesives for glass and PET bottles
- Metal working aids (for example drilling and cutting oils , corrosion inhibitors , adhesion promoters , friction reducers)
- Ship colors
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Bloomberg: Company Overview of Abieta Chemie GmbH
- ↑ Private Equity Yearbook 2007 . Joachim Majunke, ISBN 978-3-00-024756-9 , pp. 68 ( books.google.de ).
- ↑ moneyhouse: Abieta Chemie limited liability company
- ^ Who-to-whom: Arizona Chemical Chemical company from Gersthofen