SGL carbon

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SGL Carbon SE

logo
legal form Societas Europaea
ISIN DE0007235301
founding 1992
Seat Wiesbaden , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management
  • Torsten Derr (CEO)
Number of employees 5,127
sales 1.087 billion euros (2019)
Branch Specialty chemistry
Website www.sglcarbon.com
As of December 31, 2019

The headquarters of SGL Carbon in Wiesbaden-Schierstein
SGL Carbon headquarters in Wiesbaden-Schierstein

The SGL Carbon SE , headquartered in Wiesbaden, is an international manufacturer of products made of carbon . The products include carbon and graphite products as well as glass and carbon fiber reinforced plastics .

SGL Carbon has 29 production sites in Europe , North America and Asia as well as branches in over 100 countries. In Germany, the company - in addition to the head office in Wiesbaden - is represented by a total of five production plants, which are located in Meitingen in the Augsburg district , in Bonn , in Wackersdorf , in Limburg and in Willich .

The company's share had been listed in the MDAX of the German stock exchange since 1995 . For a short time between September 23 and November 27, 2013 and since September 22, 2014, SGL Carbon shares were part of the SDAX . On March 5, 2020, Deutsche Börse announced that SGL Carbon would leave the SDAX on March 23, 2020.

history

The original SGL Carbon AG was created in 1992 from a merger between "SIGRI GmbH" (formerly "Siemens Elektrographit") and "Great Lakes Carbon" (USA) to form a stock corporation . In 1993, the French "Graphite Pechiney " followed.

"SIGRI" goes back to the "Gebr. Br." Founded in Berlin in 1878 as a subsidiary of Siemens & Halske AG . Siemens & Co "(Gesco). Initially, the company produced carbon pencils . In 1920 the company set up a branch in Meitingen and in 1928 merged with “Planiawerke AG for coal factories” based in Ratibor in Upper Silesia to form the new “Siemens Planiawerke AG for coal factories”.

During the Second World War, Siemens Planiawerke manufactured, among other things, the graphite thrusters for the V2 rocket .

After the Second World War, the Meitinger plant of "Siemens Planiawerke AG für Kohlenfabrikate" merged with the chemical factory Griesheim to form "Siemens Plania Chemisches Werk Griesheim", which in 1953 was majority taken over by Hoechst AG . In 1967 “Siemens Planiawerke AG für Kohlenfabrikate” also came under the majority of the chemical company through a merger with the electrode production of Hoechst AG. There it was merged with the “Siemens Plania Chemisches Werk Griesheim” and other companies of Hoechst AG, renamed “SIGRI GmbH” in 1985, and finally in 1989 completely taken over by Hoechst AG and managed as a separate division (“GB O”).

After the merger with “Great Lakes Carbon”, Hoechst AG retained 50% of the shares in the new company. The remaining stake was sold in 1996 as a result of the restructuring of the Hoechst Group, since then SGL Carbon AG has been in free float.

As a result of the global economic crisis from 2007 onwards , SGL Carbon invested in other production sites and subsidiaries such as SGL Rotec GmbH & Co. KG. (Manufacture of e.g. rotor blades for wind turbines), SGL Kümpers GmbH & Co. KG, SGL epo GmbH, Benteler SGL GmbH & Co. KG., Dr. Schnabel GmbH, SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers GmbH & Co. KG and Brembo-SGL Carbon Ceramic Brakes (BSCCB).

On January 27, 2009, SGL Carbon changed its legal form from a stock corporation (AG) to a European company (SE).

In 2010 it became known that SGL was working with its shareholder BMW in “SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers” on the BMW i3 (Megacity Vehicle) project for the production of lighter passenger cars.

On August 16, 2011, a major fire broke out in a production building at the Meitingen site.

In 2014 the company sold the rotor blade manufacturer SGL Rotec, which belongs to the group. In 2015 the US subsidiary "Hitco" was sold at a loss.

As a result of the strategic realignment, SGL Carbon parted with its former core business with carbon electrodes and the area for carbon cathodes and furnace linings in 2017; at the beginning of 2018, the company's shares in the SGL-Kümpers joint venture were sold to the former joint venture partner Kümpers GmbH .

Also in 2018, SGL Carbon took over the shares in the Benteler-SGL joint venture from Benteler AG and announced that it would gradually take over the BMW Group's shares in the SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers (SGL ACF) joint venture.

Products

The “Graphite Materials & Systems” division produces graphite specialties. The main customers for the products and applications are apparatus engineering, the automotive and chemical industries, electronics, the energy industry, the battery industry, the semiconductor industry including LEDs, industrial furnace and mechanical engineering, medical technology and pharmaceuticals, as well as nuclear technology and environmental protection.

The area "Composites - Fibers & Materials" includes carbon fibers , brake and clutch linings as well as components made of composite materials for the aerospace industry, the automotive industry, mechanical and apparatus engineering, medical technology, energy technology ( wind turbines ) and the sports sector (e.g. Badminton rackets ).

Group structure

The operational business is divided into the two above-mentioned business areas Graphite Materials & Systems (GMS) and Composites - Fibers & Materials (CFM). Brembo SGL Carbon Ceramic Brakes (a joint venture with Brembo since June 2009 ) builds carbon ceramic brake discs for Porsche, Bugatti, Lamborghini, AMG and Audi, among others. SGL is also a member of Carbon Composites e. V., an association promoting the use of fiber composites.

Board

From its founding in 1992 until the end of 2013, Robert J. Koehler was CEO. Jürgen Köhler succeeded him as CEO in January 2014. After his resignation on August 31, 2019, Michael Majerus led the company as spokesman for the Executive Board until May 31, 2020. Torsten Derr has been CEO of SGL Carbon since June 1, 2020.

Production sites and group companies

Source:

Europe

Great Britain
Germany
  • Willich - SGL epo GmbH
  • Limburg an der Lahn - Dr. Schnabel GmbH
  • Wiesbaden - SGL Carbon SE (Headquarters)
  • Bonn - SGL Carbon GmbH
  • Meitingen - SGL Carbon GmbH, SGL TECHNOLOGIES GmbH, Brembo SGL Carbon Ceramic Brakes GmbH
  • Wackersdorf - SGL Composites GmbH
Austria
France
Poland
Italy
  • Stezzano - Brembo SGL Carbon Ceramic Brakes SpA
  • Verdello - SGL Graphite Verdello Srl
Portugal
Spain
  • Madrid - SGL Gelter SA

North America

United States

Asia

India
  • Pune - SGL Carbon India Pvt. Limited
China
  • Shanghai - SGL Carbon Far East Ltd., SGL Carbon Graphite Technic Co. Ltd.
  • Yangquan - SGL Quanhai Carbon (Shanxi) Co., Ltd. (80% capital share)
Japan
  • Ōtake - MRC SGL Precursor Co. Ltd. (Joint venture with Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd. [MRC])
  • Yamanashi - Graphite Chemical Engineering Co. Ltd.

Competitor

Ownership structure

proportion of Shareholders
approx. 46% Free float
27.46% SKion GmbH, Bad Homburg, controlled by Susanne Klatten
18.44% BMW AG , controlled by Quandt (family) , Susanne Klatten of which 9.99% shares are secured by financial instruments.
7.41% Volkswagen AG

Status: August 2018

Cartel for electrodes and penalties

Between 1992 and 1997 SGL Carbon operated a global cartel with seven other producers in the field of graphite electrodes for electric arc furnaces. As the cartel leader , SGL Carbon received the highest fines (EUR 80.2 million in Europe, USD 135 million in the USA).

Sponsorship

The SGL Arena

The football arena of FC Augsburg , which opened in Augsburg under the name impuls arena in 2009, was called SGL Arena in the Bundesliga seasons from 2011/12 to 2014/15 , as SGL Carbon acquired the naming rights after the club had been promoted to the first Bundesliga would have.

SGL Carbon was the main sponsor of the German cycling team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Annual Report 2019 , accessed on March 12, 2020 (English)
  2. ↑ SGL Carbon worldwide. SGL Carbon, accessed March 27, 2019 .
  3. ↑ boerse.ARD.de: MDax and SDax will be changed | Stock news. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .
  4. ↑ SGL Carbon Factory Tour “Production of Carbon Fibers” BMW i3.
  5. ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine: Meitingen: After a major fire: SGL Group expects local video TV production losses.
  6. ↑ Barbara Wenke: SGL Rotec goes to the Chinese . ( weser-kurier.de [accessed on August 15, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Hitco: SGL Carbon sells US subsidiary at a loss. In: Handelsblatt . Retrieved August 5, 2015 .
  8. ↑ SGL Carbon sells problem child to Japanese . ( finance-magazin.de [accessed on August 15, 2018]).
  9. ↑ SGL CARBON SE: SGL Group signs agreement to sell its cathodes, furnace linings and carbon electrodes (CFL / CE) business to Triton . In: wallstreet-online.de . August 8, 2017 ( wallstreet-online.de [accessed August 15, 2018]).
  10. ↑ SGL CARBON sells its stake in SGL Kümpers to the joint venture partner Kümpers . In: FinanzNachrichten.de . ( finanznachrichten.de [accessed on August 15, 2018]).
  11. ^ Vogel Communications Group GmbH & Co. KG: SGL Group becomes the sole owner of Benteler-SGL . ( vogel.de [accessed on August 15, 2018]).
  12. ↑ Wirtschaftswoche: Automotive Carbon Fibers: SGL takes over joint venture with BMW. Retrieved August 15, 2018 .
  13. ^ Members. In: carbon-composites.eu. Retrieved November 24, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Board of Directors is shrinking: Change of staff at carbon specialist SGL. Retrieved May 9, 2019 .
  15. ↑ press release. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
  16. ↑ press release. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
  17. ↑ The designated chairman of the board of SGL Carbon SE, Dr. Torsten Derr will take up his post on June 1, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
  18. ↑ The global SGL Carbon locations at a glance. Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Handelsblatt.com, accessed on November 18, 2011.
  20. ^ Rüdiger Jungbluth : Clash of the Clans - In: Die Zeit, No. 48, November 24, 2011.
  21. ↑ Shareholder structure | SGL CARBON. Retrieved August 15, 2018 .
  22. ↑ Commission fines eight companies for cartel in specialty graphite products December 17, 2002
  23. ↑ SGL Carbon Plea, filed with DOJ - English.
  24. ↑ EUROPA press release: Commission fines eight companies in graphite electrode cartel - English.
  25. ↑ Findlaw Case Reference - English.

Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′ 42.7 "  N , 8 ° 11 ′ 34.1"  E