Atotech
| Atotech Germany GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1993 |
| Seat |
Berlin , Germany
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| management | Geoffrey Wild |
| Number of employees | 4,062 |
| sales | 1.1 billion euros |
| Branch | chemical industry |
| Website | www.atotech.com |
| Status: February 2017 | |
Atotech is an international specialty chemicals company, a subsidiary of Atotech BV with headquarters in Berlin , Germany.
Atotech is one of the world's leading providers of specialty chemical processes and systems for the printed circuit board , chip carrier and semiconductor industries (electronics) as well as decorative and functional surface finishing (general metal finishing).
Atotech BV operates in more than 40 countries and operates chemical and plant production facilities in Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Spain, China, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, India, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and the USA. The parent company employs 4,000 people.
The company was founded in 1993 when the Elf Atochem Group merged its M&T Harshaw division with the Schering electroplating division.
The biggest competitor is MacDermid Performance Solutions .
history
As part of the “Schering electroplating division”, Atotech's roots go back to 1895, when Schering patented a process for leaching gold and silver using potassium cyanide . In 1901 the electroplating division was established and produced salt mixtures for the storage of metals - brand name Trisalyt.
In 1936, the electroplating division developed the first "fast" electrolyte - "Copper Trisalyt Extra Rapid" - and the shiny zinc bath "Brillant". The success of these innovations led to the establishment of the first department for electroplating plant construction.
In 1951, Schering AG opened the electroplating division in Feucht , Germany, where Atotech has its main production facility for systems to this day. In 1989 the electroplating division moved into a new facility in Berlin, Germany.
In 1993 Schering AG sold its electroplating division to the French chemical company ELF Atochem. The ELF Atochem Group merged its M&T Harshaw subsidiary with the electroplating division of Schering AG and thus founded Atotech Deutschland GmbH.
After the creation of production facilities and service centers in Germany, further production and service networks followed in other European countries, in Asia and in North and South America.
Today Atotech's core business consists of decorative and functional surface finishing, printed circuit boards as well as the complementary areas of electronic materials, chip carrier and semiconductor technologies. The company provides custom manufacturing systems and local service to customers around the world.
At the end of 2016 Atotech was sold by Total to the Carlyle Group .
Products
Atotech offers specialty chemical processes and equipment for
- the circuit board industry ,
- the chip carrier industry,
- the semiconductor industry ,
- decorative and functional surface refinement (decorative coatings, corrosion protection layers , chemical nickel , hard chrome, functional coatings for the electronics industry ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Atotech solutions - image brochure. (PDF; 8.2 MB) Atotech Deutschland GmbH, February 2017, accessed on September 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Atotech at a Glance ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Schering-Elf: investment, -199302 acquisition of Schering Galvanotechnik division by Elf Atochem SA (LF). In: life-sciences-germany.com. Retrieved March 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Company history. In: atotech.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012 ; accessed on March 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Trisalyte Schering and its application in electroplating . Schering-Kahlbaum AG, Berlin 1935.
- ^ Regine Zott: The transformation of traditional trades into science-based branches of industry: the example of the chemical industry - the example of Schering , p. 90
- ^ Schering brochure “Milestones - Company History: Dates and Facts / Research, Development and Production” . Schering AG,.
- ↑ rbb Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg: Specialty chemicals company has its roots in Schering - financial investor buys Berlin Atotech for three billion euros | rbb Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 5, 2017
- ↑ a b kununu: Atotech Germany as an employer: salary, career, benefits | kununu , accessed March 5, 2017
- ^ Francois De Beaupuy: Total Sells Chemicals Unit to Carlyle Group for $ 3.2 Billion . In: Bloomberg.com . October 7, 2016 ( bloomberg.com ).
- ↑ Atotech Marks 25 Years of UNIPLATE, HORIZON ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , October 23, 2012
