Marichal Ketin
| Marichal Ketin & Co SA | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Société Anonyme |
| founding | 1911 |
| Seat | Liege |
| management | Vincent Lecomte (until Nov. 2012) |
| Number of employees | 101-250 |
| sales | 30 million euros (2007) |
| Branch | Steelmaking |
| Website | http://www.mkb.be |
Marichal Ketin (officially: Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin & Cie. , MK for short) is a Belgian company based in Liège in the field of steel casting . It was founded by the engineer Jean Marichal-Ketin in 1911 and initially specialized in cylinder and rolled steel products. Even then, the workpieces with a weight of 4 t t processed to 40 wt. In 1951 the company was the first European manufacturer of rolling bearings in composite materials . In 1970 a hot strip mill was built for rolls that were individually manufactured according to customer requirementsSteel alloys are produced. 120 workers produce between 750 and 850 rollers a year.
The plant is located on the left bank of the Meuse in the Liège industrial suburb of Sclessin . Ships could moor there until the 1970s, when the quay was expanded to become the 617 national road, which has since separated the river from the factory premises. There is a siding to the Liège – Namur line.
In the 2012/2013 financial year, 64% of sales were achieved through exports to countries outside the European Union. The main shareholder of Marichal Ketin is the German Gontermann-Peipers group with 72% .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.kompass.com/de/BE0016422
- ↑ http://www.6com.be/es08/frontsite/entreprises.cfm?companyID=66 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Company history in key words ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2013 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. on the company's website
- ↑ Description of the production process at MK at www.umformtechnikmagazin.de, accessed on February 11, 2014
- ↑ Interview with the chairman of the works council on March 27, 2012, accessed on February 11, 2014
- ↑ Sales statistics for the financial years 2009/2010 to 2012/2013 ( memento of the original from February 20, 2005 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. on the company's website, accessed February 11, 2014
- ↑ Gontermann-Peipers-Gruppe ( Memento of the original of February 21, 2014 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. at www.gontermann-peipers.de, accessed on February 11, 2014.
