Compo Expert
| Compo Expert | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | Compo: 1956 Compo Expert: 2012 |
| Seat | Muenster |
| management | Thomas H. Ahrens (CEO) Jörg Krüger (COO) Ingo Müller (CMO) Hans-Christian Nehlsen (CFO) |
| Number of employees | ~ 700 (2018) |
| sales | ~ EUR 400 million (2018) |
| Branch | fertilizer |
| Website | www.compo-expert.com |
The Compo Expert GmbH (proper spelling: COMPO EXPERT), based in Münster is a producer of fertilizers .
Company profile
Compo Expert is an international company with 20 sales offices of its own in Europe, North and South America as well as Asia and South Africa. It generates around 50% of sales in Europe, 30% in America and 20% in Asia. America and Asia are the company's main growth markets.
In its two own fertilizer plants in Krefeld (Germany) and La Vall d'Uixó (Spain), the company produces special fertilizers and bio-stimulants for the areas of ornamental plant cultivation , tree nurseries , golf and sports fields, gardening and landscaping, public greenery, fruit growing and viticulture as well for agriculture and vegetable growing.
The product range includes slow release fertilizers, special mineral fertilizers, coated fertilizers, nutrient salts, liquid fertilizers, bio-stimulants, trace nutrients and soil improvers.
The company currently employs around 700 people worldwide (as of 2018).
Compo Expert is a subsidiary of Grupa Azoty SA , which with almost 15,000 employees and a turnover of over 2.3 billion euros (as of 2018) is the largest chemical company in Poland and the second largest manufacturer of nitrogen and complex fertilizers in the European Union .
history
The Compo company was founded in 1956 in Münster under the name Holländisch-Deutsche Düngemittel-Gesellschaft Todenhagen & Sprenger KG by EH Sprenger and was the first manufacturer to offer ready-made potting soil under the brand name Compo Sana.
In 1967 Salzdetfurth AG took over 50% of the company shares. In 1971, Wintershall acquired the 50 percent share of the company's founder, Sprenger, in "Salzdetfurth Compo-Werk GmbH & Co. KG". In the same year, Salzdetfurth concentrated its own specialty fertilizer division at Compo ; Among other things, this led to Compo also selling the special and liquid fertilizers from Chemische Fabrik Kalk in Cologne (CFK) from 1971 and thus entering the professional market (today Compo Expert). When Salzdetfurth was renamed in 1972, the 50 percent Salzdetfurth share in Compo went to Kali und Salz (K + S). Kali, Salz and Wintershall each held 50% of Compo. In 1976, Wintershall ceded its 50% Compo shares to its main shareholder BASF , which in 1986 took over Compo as part of its diversification strategy at the time.
In 1999, K + S acquired Compo back from BASF, which now concentrated on its core business in chemistry. K + S merged the business activities of its subsidiary Fertiva and parts of the Compo professional business (today Compo Expert) on July 1, 2009 in the company K + S Nitrogen.
In autumn 2011 Compo was sold to the private equity investor Triton . Triton subsequently separated the consumer business (today: Compo) from the business for professional users (today: Compo Expert). Compo Expert GmbH was founded on September 26, 2012 with the entry in the commercial register.
In May 2015 Compo Expert GmbH was taken over by the XIO Group , also a private equity investor. The XIO Group sold Compo Expert to Grupa Azoty on November 26, 2018 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ K + S sells Compo to the holding company Triton. K + S AG, press release - PresseBox , accessed on July 2, 2019
- ↑ Triton sells Expert business to XIO Group , accessed July 2, 2019
- ↑ XIO sells Compo Expert to Grupa Azoty , accessed on July 2, 2019