Veolia environmental service
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 2007 (merger of Veolia and SULO) |
| Seat | Hamburg , Germany |
| management | Matthias Harms , Chairman of the Management Board |
| Number of employees | more than 10,000 |
| Branch | Waste management |
| Website | Veolia Germany, Waste Management Division |
The Veolia Environmental Services GmbH , based in Hamburg leads the operational waste management business of European environmental service provider Veolia Environnement in Germany.
The company is a provider of services in the areas of waste disposal, industrial cleaning, pipe and sewer services, building and industrial services, as well as technical service. In 2006 the group achieved sales of 1.2 billion euros with more than 10,000 employees. The group operates nationwide and offers disposal services for commercial and industrial customers as well as in the municipal sector. It is also a contractual partner of the dual system in Germany . The group has more than 250 service and plant locations in Germany.
Creation of today's company
Veolia Environnement has been active in the German waste management market for several years. The company Veolia Umweltservice GmbH in its current form was created in summer 2007 through the takeover of SULO GmbH and the merger with Veolia Umweltservice GmbH.
Predecessor companies and acquisitions
SULO with subsidiaries
SULO GmbH was founded in 1892 as a manufacturer of steel items such as watering cans and tubs. SULO GmbH was able to provide its first disposal services in 1963 when it took over the disposal company Jakob Altvater.
In 1989 SULO expanded the business to Europe and Asia. In 1994 SULO founded subsidiaries in Poland, the Czech Republic and the Ukraine, and in 1998 it started business in Singapore.
In 2004 the financial investors Blackstone Group and Apax Partners acquired all shares in the SULO group of companies.
Until 2005, the disposal subsidiaries of SULO operated under the names Städtereinigung West, Peter Schad, AWA Abfallwirtschaft Altvater, NBS Nordbayerische Städtereinigung Altvater, RPS Rhein-Palzische Städtereinigung Altvater, Jakob Altvater Filderstadt , and ALCO Süd Altvater. Only then were the companies and vehicles gradually converted to the SULO brand.
On January 1, 2007, the SULO Group took over the Hamburg Henning Group through its subsidiary Nord-West GmbH. This company, which was founded in 1921 and was previously family-run, employed 150 people at seven locations. With an annual turnover of around 54 million euros, it was one of the leading waste paper and commercial waste disposal companies in northern Germany.
Similar to the practice in the city of Herford , SULO got involved in the disposal of the Thuringian city of Gera in 2007 .
On April 27, 2007 it was announced that the financial investors Blackstone and Apax are selling their stake in SULO for 1.45 billion euros to the French utility company Veolia Environnement . Blackstone and Apax paid 500 million euros to join SULO in 2004, while the Cleanaway acquisition cost 558 million euros.
In October 2007 Veolia Environnement sold the SULO-Umwelttechnik-Gruppe (especially garbage cans ) to the French group Plastic Omnium .
Cleanaway Germany
In 1938, Cleanaway's two predecessor companies were founded. The companies traded in recycling products and merged in 1978 to form Sanne, Kruse & Pape GmbH & Co. (SKP). In 1992 the holding company SKP Unternehmensverwaltung GmbH & Co. was founded. In 1998 this was converted into SKP Recycling AG & Co. and integrated into the Cleanaway Europe network. In 2002 the Cleanaway brand was introduced and the SKP Recycling AG & Co. holding company renamed Cleanway Deutschland AG & Co. KG.
On October 13, 2005, SULO took over Cleanaway Deutschland AG & Co. KG from the Australian service group Brambles . The purchase was initially subject to approval by the Federal Cartel Office and the responsible European cartel authority. On April 10, 2006, the takeover was approved by the Federal Cartel Office with certain conditions. SULO had to sell a number of assets in Rhineland-Palatinate , Hesse and Saxony .
After the merger, SULO was the second largest German and fifth largest European waste disposal company. The company achieved a turnover of around 1.2 billion euros and employed more than 8,000 people.