Verbio
| VERBIO United BioEnergie AG
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | DE000A0JL9W6 |
| founding | 2006 |
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Zörbig , Germany
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| Number of employees | 660 (2018/19) |
| sales | 779.3 million euros (2018/19) |
| Branch | Bioenergy |
| Website | verbio.de |
| As of June 30, 2019 | |
The VERBIO Vereinigte Bioenergie AG , based in Zörbig (Sachsen-Anhalt) is a manufacturer and supplier of biofuels . The administration and management are located in Leipzig . Around 585 employees at three locations produce biodiesel , bioethanol and biogas on a large industrial scale . The company uses production processes it has developed in-house to manufacture its fuels. Verbio delivers its products directly to European oil companies, oil trading companies, independent petrol stations, freight forwarders, municipal utilities and vehicle fleets.
Board members
- Claus Sauter ( CEO / Chairman of the Board of Management; 2017 awarded by Obermatt as CEO of the year gold winner in the category investment performance in medium-sized companies)
- Oliver Lüdtke ( COO / Board Member Bioethanol, Biogas)
- Theodor Niesmann (COO / Board Member Biodiesel, Plant Construction, Personnel)
- Bernd Sauter (COO / Board Member Purchasing, Logistics)
Members of the supervisory board
- Alexander von Witzleben ( Chairman of the Supervisory Board )
- Ulrike Krämer (Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board)
- Georg Pollert (member of the supervisory board)
history
Claus Sauter founded an oil mill in 1995 , and in 2000 he and Georg Pollert built a plant for the production of biodiesel in Bitterfeld. In 2005, two bioethanol production plants, in Zörbig and Schwedt, and a second biodiesel plant in Schwedt went into operation. In May 2006, the previous individual companies were merged to form what is now “Verbio Vereinigte BioEnergie AG”. This acts as the parent company , the operational business lies with the subsidiaries. With effect from October 16, 2006, the company's shares were listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange . In 2009, the construction of biogas plants started in Zörbig and Schwedt, which were put into operation the following year. Verbio started the pilot project for straw processing for biogas production and international expansion into Eastern Europe back in 2011.
Subsidiaries
Verbio Vereinigte BioEnergie AG acts as a management holding company within the group. The subsidiaries conduct the operative business
- Verbio Diesel Bitterfeld GmbH & Co. KG, Greppin
- Verbio Diesel Schwedt GmbH & Co. KG, Schwedt
- Verbio Ethanol Schwedt GmbH & Co. KG, Schwedt
- Verbio Ethanol Zörbig GmbH & Co. KG, Zörbig
- Verbio Agrar GmbH, Zörbig
- Verbio Logistik GmbH, Schwedt
- VERBIO Polska Sp. Z oo Szczecin , Poland
Production capacities per year
- 600,000 tons of biodiesel
- 260,000 tons of bioethanol
- 600 gigawatt hours of biogas
Products
Verbiodiesel
Verbio produces biodiesel exclusively from renewable raw materials such as rapeseed. One liter of Verbiodiesel reduces the CO 2 emissions compared to fossil diesel by 1.7 kg per 100 kilometers driven. This corresponds to a CO 2 saving of 62%. In addition, there is practically no waste in biodiesel production, only high-quality by-products that are either fed back into the production process or refined into pharmaceutical glycerine . Verbio also extracts phytosterols from the vegetable oil used . These are used as cholesterol-lowering drugs in food or in the manufacture of hormone preparations.
Verbioethanol
The company mostly uses rye and triticale to produce bioethanol. Over 95% of the raw materials are obtained from regional partners in agriculture. Bioethanol is mainly used as an admixture to gasoline and contributes to considerable CO 2 savings in the fuel sector.
Verbiogas
The company uses residual materials such as B. straw or stillage to produce biogas from renewable energy sources. These sources do not compete with food. The biogas is technically upgraded to natural gas quality and fed into the existing natural gas network. One then speaks of biomethane. Verbio markets its biomethane from residues as biofuel for natural gas vehicles. The company is the largest biomethane supplier in Germany and so far the only one in the world that has technologically mastered the production of biomethane from straw on an industrial scale. Verbiogas achieves CO 2 savings of up to 90%. In addition, it avoids fine dust and nitrogen oxide pollution.
Biorefinery
The company's biorefinery is a system network consisting of bioethanol and biomethane systems. The stillage produced as waste in the production of ethanol is converted into biogas by fermentation and then brought to natural gas quality. The inorganic components are extracted and processed into a bio-liquid fertilizer. The fertilizer goes back to agriculture. In addition to the closed production cycle , the principle of sustainability is also pursued through the strategy of regional value creation: around 95% of the raw materials required for the production of bioethanol and biomethane are obtained from the immediate vicinity of the biofuel plants.
share
Verbio has been listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since October 2006 . The shareholder structure is made up as follows: 28.43% free float , 37.01% management board , 21.45% supervisory board and 13.11% shareholders with more than 5% of the share capital.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2018/19. (pdf) In: verbio.de. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Contact | VERBIO AG - Biofuel and Technology. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .
- ↑ CEO of the Year - Gold Winner: Germany, 2017. Accessed June 30, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).