SGL Carbon

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• Susanne Klatten, Chairman

SGL Carbon SE, headquartered in Wiesbaden, is an international manufacturer of carbon products. Its products include carbon and graphite products and carbon fiber reinforced plastics.

SGL Carbon has 40 production sites in Europe, North America and Asia and branches in over 100 countries. In Germany, the company - with a total of three production plants located in Meitingen, in Bonn, as well as in Frankfurt's Griesheim - in addition to the head office in Wiesbaden.

The company's stock is listed on the MDAX of the German Stock Exchange since 1995. In the short term were between 23 September and 27 November 2013, the SGL Carbon shares at SDAX.

History

The original SGL Carbon AG was founded in 1992 from a merger between the " SIGRI GmbH" (formerly "Siemens electric graphite ") and " Great Lakes Carbon " (USA) to a corporation.

The " SIGRI GmbH" went back to 1878 in Berlin, founded as a subsidiary of Siemens AG " Gebr Siemens & Co " ( Gesco ). Initially the company produced charcoal pencils. In 1920 the company built a branch factory in Meitingen and merged in 1928 with the counterparties located in the Upper Silesian Ratibor " Planiawerke AG Coal production " to the new "Siemens AG Planiawerke Coal brands ".

During the Second World War, Siemens presented Planiawerke among others the graphite rudder for the V2 rocket forth.

After the Second World War came the merger of Meitinger plant the "Siemens AG Planiawerke Coal Makes " with the Chemische Fabrik Griesheim to "Siemens Plania Chemical Factory Griesheim ", which was acquired a majority share of Hoechst AG in 1953. In 1967, the "Siemens AG Planiawerke Coal brands " by fusion with the electrode fabrication of Hoechst AG majority under the umbrella of the chemical group. There they merged and other companies Hoechst AG together with the "Siemens Plania Chemical Factory Griesheim ", 1985 renamed " SIGRI GmbH" and finally completely taken over by Hoechst AG in 1989.

After the merger with the " Great Lakes Carbon " Hoechst AG was involved in the new company, with fifty percent of the shares. The remaining interest was sold in 1996 following the restructuring of the Hoechst Group, since then the SGL Carbon AG is in free float.

As a result of the economic crisis 2007/2008 invested SGL Carbon in further production locations and subsidiaries as SGL Rotec GmbH & Co. KG. ( Eg production of 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.

On 27 January 2009, SGL Carbon changed the legal form of a stock corporation (AG) into a European Company (SE).

In 2010 it was announced that the company cooperates with the car manufacturer BMW in the project BMW i3 ( Megacity Vehicle) to produce lighter cars.

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

Group structure

The operating business is divided into two segments: " Advanced Materials" and " Performance Products "; it is of three global business units operated: Graphite Materials & Systems (GMS ), Carbon Fibers & Composites (CFC) and Performance Products ( PP). Brembo SGL Carbon Ceramic Brakes (since June 2009, a joint venture with Brembo ) builds carbon-ceramic brake discs for Porsche, Bugatti, Lamborghini, AMG and Audi. SGL is also a member of Carbon Composites eV, an association promoting the application of fiber composites.

Production sites and Group companies

Europe

Great Britain

• Muir of Ord, Scotland - SGL Carbon Fibers Lt.
• Halifax, England - P.G. Lawton ( Industrial Services ) Ltd.

Germany

• Lathen - SGL Kümpers GmbH & Co. KG
• Rheine - SGL Kümpers GmbH & Co. KG
• Paderborn - Benteler SGL GmbH & Co. KG
• Willich - SGL epo GmbH
• Bonn - SGL Carbon GmbH
• Limburg - Dr. Schnabel GmbH
• Griesheim - SGL Carbon GmbH
• Wiesbaden - SGL Carbon SE (head office )
• Wacker village - SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers GmbH & Co. KG
• Kelheim - European Precursor GmbH (44 % interest)
• Meitingen - SGL Carbon GmbH, SGL Carbon SE, SGL Technologies GmbH, Brembo SGL Carbon Ceramic Brakes GmbH, Benteler SGL GmbH & Co. KG

Austria

• Ried, Austria - Benteler SGL Composite Technology GmbH
• Steeg, Austria - SGL Carbon GmbH & Co. KG

France

• Chedde - SGL Carbon SAS

Poland

• Racibórz, Poland - SGL Carbon Polska S. A.
• Nowy Sacz, Poland - SGL Carbon Polska S. A.

Italy

• Stezzano, Italy - Brembo SGL Carbon Ceramic Brakes SpA
• Verdello, Italy - SGL Carbon S.p.A.
• Narni, Italy - SGL Carbon S.p.A.

Russia

• Schachty, Russia - SGL Process Technology, OOO

Spain

• La Coruna, Spain - SGL Carbon S. A.
• Madrid, Spain - SGL Gelter S. A.

North America

USA

• Moses Lake ( Washington) - SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers LLC
• Evanston (Wyoming) - SGL Carbon Fibers LLC
• St. Marys ( Pennsylvania) - SGL Carbon LLC
• Strongsville (Ohio ) - SGL Carbon Technic LLC
• Sinking Spring (Pennsylvania) - SGL Carbon LLC
• Hickman (Kentucky) - SGL Carbon LLC
• Ozark (Arkansas ) - SGL Carbon LLC
• Morganton (North Carolina) - SGL Carbon LLC
• Charlotte ( North Carolina) - SGL Carbon LLC ( Head Office North America)
• Arkadelphia (Arkansas ) - HITCO Carbon Composites Inc.
• Valencia ( California) - SGL Technic Inc.
• Gardena ( California) - HITCO Carbon Composites Inc.

Canada

• Lachute ( Quebec) - SGL Canada Inc.

Asia

India

• Pune - SGL Carbon India PVT. Limited

Malaysia

• Banting - SGL Carbon SDN BHD

China

• Ningbo - Ningbo SSG Co. Ltd.. (60 % interest)
• Shanghai - SGL Carbon Far East Ltd., SGL Tokai Carbon Ltd., SGL Carbon Graphite Technic Ltd. ..
• Yangquan - SGL Carbon Quanhai ( Shanxi ) Co., Ltd.. (80 % interest)

Korea

• Kyung Ki-Do - SGL Carbon Ltd Karahm. ( 50.9 % interest)

Japan

• Otake - MRC SGL Precursor Co. Ltd.. (Joint venture. Using Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd. [ MRC ] )
• Yamanashi - Graphite Chemical Engineering Co. Ltd..
• Narita - SGL Carbon Japan Co., Ltd..

Products

The business unit " Graphite Materials & Systems " manufactures graphite. Main buyers of products and applications of apparatus construction, automotive and chemical industry, electronics, energy industry, the semiconductor industry, industrial furnace and mechanical engineering, medical technology and pharmaceuticals, as well as nuclear technology and environmental protection.

The " Carbon Fibers & Composites " comprises carbon fibers, brake and clutch linings, and composite materials for the aerospace, automotive, machine and apparatus engineering, medical technology, energy technology (wind turbines ) and the field of sports ( badminton racket).

In the " Performance Products " graphite electrodes are produced, which are used in the production of steel in electric arc furnaces and the production of aluminum by the Hall - Heroult process. In addition, carbon electrodes are manufactured, which are at different melt flow electrolysis (such as phosphorus or silicon metal) needed.

Competitor

• Morgan Crucible, United Kingdom
• Mersen, France
• Celanese, USA
• Evonik Degussa, Germany
• Graftech, USA
• Johnson Matthey, UK
• Schunk Group, Germany
• Toyo Tanso, Japan
• Graphite India, India
• Graphite Expert, Kazakhstan
• Toray Industries INC. , Japan

Ownership structure

Status: November 2011

SGL arena

The Augsburg opened under the name Impuls Arena 2009 Arena Football FC Augsburg bears from the 2011/12 season the name SGL Arena, since SGL Carbon has acquired the naming rights after the rise of the club in the Bundesliga.