Manz AG
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | DE000A0JQ5U3 |
| founding | 1987 |
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Reutlingen , Germany
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| Number of employees | 1,523 |
| sales | 264 million euros (2019) |
| Branch | Special mechanical engineering |
| Website | manz.com |
| As of December 31, 2019 | |
The Manz AG (until 2010 Manz Automation AG ), based in Baden-Württemberg Reutlingen is an international manufacturer of integrated production solutions for the production of thin-film solar modules , displays ( LCD , LED , OLED , touch screen ), printed circuit boards , lithium-ion Batteries and capacitors as well as automotive and industrial electronics as well as components for smartphones , wearables , notebooks and tablet computers . Manz's core competencies lie in the areas of automation , laser processes , vacuum coating, measurement technology , roll-to-roll processes and wet chemistry and are used in three strategic business areas “Solar”, “Electronics” and “Energy Storage”.
In addition to the German locations in Reutlingen and Tübingen , Manz has additional branches in the USA , Taiwan , China , India , Slovakia , Hungary and Italy .
history
Manz AG was founded in 1987 by Dieter Manz under the name Manz Automatisierungstechnik GmbH.
After going public in the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2006, Manz shares were admitted to the regulated market (Prime Standard) in 2008. Since Manz had developed over the years from an automation specialist to a provider of integrated production lines, the name was changed from Manz Automation AG to Manz AG with effect from July 14, 2011. Manz AG produces a. a. for Apple .
Milestones
In 1990 the first automation system for processing crystalline solar cells was developed in pilot production. Four years later, the company delivered the first automation solution for the display industry to Asia. The first delivery of an automation system for fully automated production lines for crystalline solar cells took place in 2000. In 2005 the company entered the thin-film market with a system for the mechanical structuring of solar modules. In September 2012, Manz presented a CIGS solar module that was manufactured on a mass production system and, with 14.6 percent efficiency on the total module area and 15.9 percent on the aperture area, had an efficiency that was previously unattainable in the industry.
In April 2015, Manz increased this value again and achieved another world record in the field of CIGS thin-film solar technology with 16 percent efficiency on module format.
Acquisitions and location expansions
On January 1, 2008, the basis for entering the lithium-ion battery market was created with the acquisition of Christian Majer in Tübingen GmbH & Co. KG (systems for packaging and film processing). Manz Slovakia was also founded in 2008 and Intech Machines (Taiwanese market leader for wet chemical processes in display production) was taken over.
Manz Coating GmbH in Karlstein, a development center for vacuum coating technology, was founded in 2010.
Manz AG and Würth Solar GmbH & Co. KG signed a know-how licensing and cooperation agreement on July 16, 2010, which regulated the exclusive licensing of the production technology for CIGS photovoltaic modules from Würth Solar to Manz. In addition, Manz secured support from Würth Solar in the planning, implementation and commissioning of the production systems for CIGS modules in the cooperation agreement. With the takeover of the CIGS innovation line from Würth Solar on January 1, 2012, the licenses and know-how from Würth Solar - also from the research cooperation with the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg ( ZSW ) - went unreservedly to Manz AG over.
In 2012, Manz CIGS Technology GmbH was founded in Schwäbisch Hall and a new plant was opened in Suzhou (China).
In 2014 Manz took over the mechanical engineering division of KEMET Electronics Italy (formerly Arcotronics) to expand skills in the field of battery production.
With the acquisition of KLEO, a Carl Zeiss AG company , Manz was able to further expand its know-how in the field of direct laser exposure in 2015.
In January 2017, a research joint venture and a so-called equipment joint venture for sales and maintenance of CIGS thin-film solar modules are founded with China Shenhua Energy and Shanghai Electric . A production line for solar modules with a capacity of 306 megawatts per year and a research line with a capacity of 44 megawatts per year are to be built in China .
Shareholder structure
In May 2016, the Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Electric acquired a 19.67% stake in Manz AG.
- 45.78%, free float
- 28.09%, family Manz / Dieter Manz
- 19.67%, Shanghai Electric
- 6.46%, Invesco Advisers, Inc.
As of March 31, 2020
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2019. Manz AG, accessed on July 10, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Change of Name: Manz Automation AG is now Manz AG. Manz AG, June 29, 2011, accessed on August 18, 2011 .
- ↑ Manz AG: Markets | Manz AG. Retrieved October 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Manz AG: Company - Profile | Manz AG. Retrieved April 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Manz AG: Contact worldwide - production sites worldwide | Manz AG. Retrieved October 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Dyrk Scherff: The German Apple Profiteurs. In: faz.net. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 14, 2015, accessed on September 18, 2015 .
- ↑ Photovoltaic production technology: CIGS achieves the efficiency of multicrystalline modules for the first time; Mechanical engineering company Manz has announced solar power production costs of between four and eight euro cents. Solarserver.de, September 7, 2012, archived from the original on October 24, 2012 ; Retrieved October 30, 2012 .
- ↑ Electronic Minds GmbH: Media & PR - PR News - 16 percent: Manz achieves a new world record for the efficiency of CIGS thin-film solar modules | Manz AG. Retrieved March 22, 2017 .
- ↑ DGAP-Adhoc: Manz Automation exclusively acquires the rights of use to the CIGS production technology from Würth Solar as part of a know-how licensing and cooperation agreement . In: FinanzNachrichten.de . ( finanznachrichten.de [accessed on March 22, 2017]).
- ^ EQS Group AG, Munich, Germany: Manz AG: Takeover contract for CIGS innovation line signed with Würth Solar - dgap.de. Retrieved March 22, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Electronic Minds GmbH: Company - History | Manz AG. Retrieved March 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Imelda Flaig: Manz gets a record order in the solar industry. Stuttgarter Zeitung, January 24, 2017, accessed on January 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Manz AG successfully completes capital increase , dgap.de, May 20, 2016
- ↑ Manz AG: Investor Relations - Share - Shareholder Structure | Manz AG. Retrieved July 10, 2020 .