Currenta

Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG
legal form	GmbH & Co. OHG
founding	2002
Seat	Leverkusen , Germany
management	Günter Hilken, Chairman of the Management Board; Pieter Wasmuth, CFO ;
Number of employees	around 3,200 (March 2019)
sales	1.4 billion euros (2018)
Branch	Industrial services
Website	www.currenta.de

The Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG (proper spelling CURRENTA, until 31 December 2007. Renamed Bayer Industry Services GmbH & Co. OHG - BIS) in Leverkusen is currently a joint venture of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets , 60% of the shares, and of Lanxess Deutschland GmbH, which has a 40% stake.

history

The company (BIS) was founded in 2002 as one of three service companies that were spun off from Bayer AG in the course of restructuring. When Lanxess was founded in 2005, it took over a 40% stake in what was then BIS. On August 6, 2019, Bayer and Lanxess announced that they would sell their shares in Macquarie . Currenta was valued at 3.5 billion euros in the transaction. On November 30, 2019, the former shareholder ( Bayer AG ) sold her 60% stake in Macquarie. Lanxess Deutschland GmbH will also sell its shares in the first half of 2020 (planned: end of April) , so that Currenta will then be wholly owned by Macquarie.

Business activity

Currenta operates the Chempark with its locations in Leverkusen, Krefeld - Uerdingen and Dormagen and offers infrastructure and services to customers located there. Currenta employs around 3,250 people. As a public railway infrastructure company , Currenta operates the railway line 9617 Cologne-Mülheim - Berliner Straße - Leverkusen Bayer and the Dormagen-CHEMPARK station. The Chempark's fire brigade at all three locations is also operated by Currenta, which is prescribed as a so-called incident facility for the operation of the Chempark.

Currenta trains young people for Bayer, Lanxess, Covestro and other partner companies. Currenta trains a total of around 800 apprentices in over 20 professions for partner companies and itself every year.

The former technical services business area with around 1,200 employees was spun off as an independent subsidiary Tectrion GmbH on April 1, 2008 . Another subsidiary is Chemion Logistik GmbH, founded in 2001 with around 1,000 employees. (As of April 2017)

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Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Facts and Figures. Currenta, accessed on January 11, 2020 .
↑ Andreas Born: Leverkusen: Bayer and LANXESS sell their Currenta shares to Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets. August 6, 2019, accessed August 6, 2019 .
↑ Bayer Annual Report 2017 Group Structure on page 52. (PDF) Bayer AG, accessed January 17, 2019 .
↑ Currenta sale: Bayer and Lanxess sell to Macquarie Infrastructure. In: www.chemietechnik.de. August 8, 2019, accessed January 11, 2020 .
^ Chemical industry: Bayer and Lanxess sell Currenta to Clifford client Macquarie. In: www.juve.de. August 7, 2019, accessed January 11, 2020 .

[Zahlen-1] Facts and Figures. Currenta, accessed on January 11, 2020 .

[2] Andreas Born: Leverkusen: Bayer and LANXESS sell their Currenta shares to Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets. August 6, 2019, accessed August 6, 2019 .

[BayerGB2017-3] Bayer Annual Report 2017 Group Structure on page 52. (PDF) Bayer AG, accessed January 17, 2019 .

[BayVerkaufanMIRA-4] Currenta sale: Bayer and Lanxess sell to Macquarie Infrastructure. In: www.chemietechnik.de. August 8, 2019, accessed January 11, 2020 .

[LXSVerkaufanMIRA-5] Chemical industry: Bayer and Lanxess sell Currenta to Clifford client Macquarie. In: www.juve.de. August 7, 2019, accessed January 11, 2020 .