Sonae Arauco Germany
| Sonae Arauco Germany GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 2018 |
| Seat | Meppen , Germany |
| management | Rui Manuel Gonçalves Correia, Jan Bergmann, António Fernando Marques Dos Santos Gomes De Castro |
| Number of employees | approx. 1,450 |
| Branch | Wood-based materials |
| Website | https://www.sonaearauco.com |
| As of April 13, 2018 | |
The Sonae Arauco Germany GmbH , based in Meppen is a manufacturer of engineered wood products for the furniture - and building industry as well as the interior finishing , shop fitting and trade fair construction . The company, which previously operated under the name of Glunz AG , is a subsidiary of the Spanish Sonae Arauco SA. The Portuguese Sonae Industria Group and the Chilean Arauco Group have equal shares in this as part of a strategic partnership. The company operates six production and sales locations in Germany with 1450 employees.
Locations
The group of companies has locations in Meppen ( Lower Saxony ), Horn-Bad Meinberg ( North Rhine-Westphalia ), Nettgau ( Saxony-Anhalt ) and Beeskow ( Brandenburg ). It also includes the impregnation company ImPaper Europe GmbH in Kaisersesch ( Rhineland-Palatinate ) and a joint venture with Laminate Park GmbH & Co. KG in Heusweiler ( Saarland ).
Products
The company's portfolio includes the decorative and structural wood-based materials. These include a.
- Medium and high density fibreboard
- Oriented Strand Board (OSB)
- Countertops
- Acoustic elements
- Laminates
- Edge material
- Wood fiber insulation materials
- Chipboard
history
The Sonae Arauco Germany GmbH emerged from the former Glunz AG produced. This was founded in 1932 as a timber business in Hamm . In 1961 the company bought its first chipboard plant in Meppen. From 1967 to 1988 the company grew by buying up the companies Novopan , Agepan , Triangel , Kaisersesch and the British Caberboard Ltd.
In 1987 Glunz AG went public . In the same year, production of medium-density fibreboard (MDF) started. In 1989, a new company headquarters ("das Glunzdorf") was created in Hamm, which centralized sales. In 1990 the British company Aaronson Bros. plc. bought up. In 1991 the company acquired a stake in the French Isoroy SA. In 1995 a joint venture was concluded with Noranda Forst in Great Britain. The Kaisersesch site received DIN EN ISO 9001 certification .
Between 1996 and 1997 there was a group-wide restructuring and decentralization. The Papenburg plant was closed in 1997 due to relocation of production. In 1998 the Portuguese group Sonae Indústria bought 85% of Glunz AG shares through its holding company Tafisa and thus became the new owner. Wood-based material production and the construction of a new plant in Nettgau were planned by 2001.
In 2001 the Eiweiler location received the FSC certificate DIN EN ISO 14001 . The company headquarters were relocated from Hamm to Meppen and the plant in Triangel was shut down. The opening of the plant in Nettgau took place in 2002, the Göttingen location was given up. In 2005 the holding company acquired the remaining 15% and was more closely integrated into the Central Europe division of Sonae Indùstria . In 2006 the group took over the Hornitex activities with the plants in Beeskow , Duisburg and Horn-Bad Meinberg .
In 2007 a cooperation agreement was signed with the Interprint company. Also in 2007 the impregnation capacities at the Kaisersesch plant were increased and in 2008 they were outsourced to the newly founded ImPaper Europe GmbH. In 2009 and 2010 the company restructured its particleboard business in Germany and closed its locations in Kaisersesch and Duisburg. In 2011 the Innovus® Decorative Products brand was launched . In 2016, Sonae Indústria entered into a strategic partnership with the Chilean Arauco Group , both of which will henceforth hold equal shares in Sonae Arauco SA. In March 2017 the group of companies was reorganized and Glunz AG was renamed Sonae Arauco Deutschland AG and at the beginning of 2018 Sonae Arauco Deutschland GmbH .
Certifications
In 2003, Eichweil received the OHSAS (Occupational Health and Safety) and PEFC certifications for sustainable forest management.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Worldwide producer of wood-based panels | Sonae Arauco. Retrieved April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ EUWID wood and wood-based materials: Glunz was renamed Sonae Arauco Germany | EUWID wood and wood-based materials. Retrieved April 13, 2018 .