HCS Group
| Holder man Carless | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1859 |
| Seat | Hamburg |
| management | Henrik Krüpper and Peter Stubbe, managing directors |
| Number of employees | 450 |
| sales | 600 million euros |
| Branch | chemistry |
| Website | www.hcs-group.com |
| Status: 2020 | |
The HCS Group GmbH , headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, is a leading international provider of solutions for high-quality hydrocarbon products. The company includes the brands Haltermann Carless, ETS Racing Fuels and EOS. The HCS Group employs around 450 people. The subsidiary Haltermann Carless is an important company for special chemicals and solvents based on hydrocarbons . In addition to Frankfurt, the company has other locations in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg and Speyer (D), Leatherhead , Harwich and Stanlow (UK), Bourgtheroulde (F), Troy MI (USA) and Yokohama (JP). The company belongs to the HCS Group GmbH. The HCS Group is part of the US private equity company HIG Capital.
Products
The Haltermann Carless product portfolio includes the areas of oil and gas, pentanes, special fuels, special solvents, aromatics, printing ink oils and base oils. Customers are companies in the automotive , pharmaceutical , agricultural, energy and cosmetics industries , the fine chemicals and laboratory chemicals industries , the printing and electronics industries and the plastics processing industry . With access to sustainable resources, the company also offers sustainable solutions such as bio-fuels.
history
The roots of the HCS Group and Haltermann Carless go back to two of the oldest chemical companies in the world and combine the work of two extraordinary individuals - Johann Haltermann and Eugene Carless:
- Eugene Carless founded Carless, Capel & Leonard in Great Britain in 1859 and developed a new substance which was marketed under the name "Petrol". This made it possible to take on a pioneering role in the then flourishing automotive industry in the UK. In 2000 the company was bought by Petrochem, whereupon it traded as Petrochem Carless.
- In the meantime, the company was founded in the Port of Hamburg in 1898 , which later became known as Johann Haltermann Mineralöl AG. The company began with a "tea brewery" and refined raw tar from the Hamburg gas works and eventually became a pioneer in the development of hydrocarbon specialties.
In 2001, Haltermann GmbH was taken over by Dow Chemical . In July 2011, Haltermann became an independent company again after it was sold by Dow Chemical to the private equity investor HIG Capital. From November 2011, Haltermann acted as Haltermann Holding GmbH. On April 15, 2013 the holding took over the shares of the British competitor Petrochem Carless Holding Limited (PCL). Since then, both companies have continued to operate under the umbrella of the HCS Group as an independent brand, Haltermann Carless.
In 2019, Haltermann Carless invested in a modern hydrogenation plant at the Speyer site. This makes it possible to produce a range of products that are particularly pure. In addition, new types of products and processes can be manufactured in an even more environmentally friendly way. Commissioning is planned for mid-2020. In 2019, Haltermann Carless celebrated its 160th company anniversary under the motto "A pioneer of high-value hydrocarbons".
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Haltermann Products: Dow Chemical sells Hamburg chemical company in: Handelsblatt from July 18, 2011.
- ^ HIG Europe Portfolio Company. Retrieved January 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Financial investor takes over the Hamburg company Haltermann: HIG Europe expands chemical manufacturer and creates jobs in: Hamburger Abendblatt from July 19, 2011.
- ^ Haltermann Carless erects a 34 m high column in Speyer. In: CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY. August 23, 2019, accessed on January 27, 2020 (German).