Paul Hälg

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Paul Johann Hälg (born September 30, 1954 ; von Niederhelfenschwil ) is a Swiss chemist and manager.

Life

Paul Hälg grew up in St. Gallen . He attended the canton school at Burggraben in St. Gallen. This was followed by a degree in chemistry at the ETH Zurich , which he completed with a doctorate (Dr. sc. Techn.).

From 1981 to 1986 Hälg was employed by Schweizerische Aluminum AG in Zurich as a project manager. From 1986 to 2001 he held various management positions at Gurit Essex AG , most recently as managing director ( CEO ). Hälg then became head of the adhesives division and a member of the Forbo Holding Group management .

In 2004 he became Managing Director of the Datwyler Group . In this management position he was responsible for a comprehensive repositioning of the group of companies. The precision tubing business was sold in 2007, the traditional cable sector was privatized in 2012 and the Maagtechnic specialist retail division was sold in 2014. Instead, trading activities with electronic components were expanded through several acquisitions. In 2017, Hälg gave up his position as CEO and was elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors (VRP) of Dätwyler Holding Inc. At the end of 2019, it was announced that the Datwyler Group intends to part with trading in electronic components.

From 2009 Hälg was a member of the Sika AG Board of Directors . In 2012 he took over the presidency of the Sika Board of Directors. Hälg became known to the wider public through his struggle for the independence of the Sika company after the founding families, organized in Schenker-Winkler Holding AG (SWH), wanted to sell their shares and thus the controlling majority to the French Compagnie de Saint-Gobain . Due to the opting-out clause in Sika's articles of association, Saint-Gobain did not have to make the minority shareholders a purchase offer on the same terms as the main shareholders of the founding families. The board of directors, led by Hälg, received support from well-known minority shareholders such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the fight for the independent continued existence of the Sika company . The composition of the board of directors led to legal disputes. It was one of the longest takeover battles in Europe. This argument lasted three and a half years. A compromise was contractually agreed in May 2018. The regulation led to a minority stake of 10 percent by Saint-Gobain, which cannot have a board of directors and is not allowed to increase its stake significantly over the years. Sika remains an independent Swiss company.

further activities

Private

Hälg is married and has two children.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Paul Hälg: Asymmetric hydroformylations with [PtC1 (SnC1-3) (DIOP). Dissertation, ETH Zurich 1982, accessed on February 2, 2020
  2. ↑ a b Organization of the SIKA Group. sika.com, accessed on February 2, 2020
  3. ↑ Mélanie Rietmann: Paul Johann Hälg: He can refuel in the desert. Handelszeitung, May 11, 2005, accessed on February 2, 2020
  4. ↑ a b Datwyler Board of Directors. datwyler.com, accessed February 2, 2020
  5. ↑ Datwyler company history. datwyler.com, accessed February 7, 2020
  6. ^ Karl Lüönd: 100 Years of Datwyler. NZZ Libro 2015, ISBN 978-3-03810-031-7
  7. ↑ Datwyler focuses on high-growth, high-margin sealing business. Press release datwyler.com, December 23, 2019, accessed February 7, 2020
  8. ↑ Today another verdict will be passed in the Sika takeover dispute. Sika press release, October 28, 2016, accessed on February 2, 2020
  9. ↑ In these three ways the war for Sika could end. Handelszeitung, April 10, 2017, accessed on February 2, 2020
  10. ↑ Sika VR continues to work without wages. Handelszeitung, April 18, 2018, accessed on February 2, 2020
  11. ↑ Niklaus Vontobel: Sika President Paul Hälg after agreement: "Relationship to the family will remain aloof." Switzerland on the weekend, May 12, 2018, accessed on February 2, 2020
  12. ↑ Ernst Meier: I am proud that we withstood the pressure. Tagesanzeiger, May 12, 2018, accessed February 2, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Hälg, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hälg, Paul Johann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss chemist and manager
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1954