Evonik Industries
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- Klaus Engel, Chairman of the Board
- Werner Müller, Chairman of the Board
Evonik Industries AG [ evɔnɪk ], based in Essen is a publicly traded specialty chemicals companies. The company generates more than 80 percent of the chemical sales from leading market positions. Evonik busy end of 2012, approximately 33,000 employees and reported at a total revenue of 13.6 billion euros a net profit of 1.2 billion euros (previous year: 1.0 billion euros). The main shareholder is still the RAG Foundation.
- 4.1 Energy
- 4.2 properties
Background
Foundation
In September 2007 came with Evonik Industries, a new industrial group with business areas: Chemicals, Energy and Real Estate. The company emerged from the so-called " white area " of RAG Aktiengesellschaft, which was founded in 1969 as the Ruhr coal AG. In order to operate in international markets, the Supervisory Board of RAG AG agreed on 11 October 2006 for a change of form of RAG Beteiligungs -GmbH in the RAG Beteiligungs -AG, which included the corresponding region of RAG Aktiengesellschaft. In June 2007, the RAG Foundation was established. On 30 November 2007, the shareholders E.ON, RWE, ThyssenKrupp and ArcelorMittal transferred their shares directly or indirectly for one euro on the newly established RAG-Stiftung. In September 2007 the company was renamed AG as part of a major advertising campaign in Evonik Industries. The name Evonik was created by Manfred Gotta. With the derived from the Latin prefix " Evo " to connect the association "tribe" or "seed", the verb " evolvere " meant " evolve ". The new corporate color "Deep Purple", a dark mauve, should stand for the creativity of the new group and set itself apart from the otherwise dominant blues and reds of the companies in the DAX.
Shareholder
In June 2008, the British private equity firm CVC Capital Partners acquired for 2.4 billion euros a share of 25.01 percent at Evonik.
The shareholder structure of Evonik Industries AG is since 15 September 2008 is as follows:
- 74.99 %: RAG-Stiftung
- 25.01 %: CVC Capital Partners
On behalf of the RAG Foundation Evonik 2012 should go public because of the poor market conditions, the IPO was postponed.
Since 25 April 2013, the Evonikaktien are traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Advance the company had given institutional investors the opportunity to acquire approximately 14 % of the shares of EUR 2 billion. In total there will be 466 million shares to a ( notional ) price of 30 euros per share, although there are no official offer for subscription ( shöhe ).
Specialty chemicals
The specialty chemicals company Evonik Industries AG, based in Essen, is the fifth-largest German chemical company with sales of 13.3 billion euros in fiscal 2010 and 34 407 employees and is one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals. The group comprises six divisions:
- Industrial Chemicals
- Inorganic Materials
- Consumer Specialties
- Health & Nutrition
- Coatings & Additives
- Performance Polymers
Operations
Evonik in revenue in 2010 increased sales throughout the Chemicals Business Area, which is distributed among the various divisions as follows:
Revenues generated by the Industrial Chemicals in 2010 rose by 22 percent to € 2,460 million. This division includes products for further processing in end use applications in the plastics, chemical, agrochemical and paper industry.
In the area of Inorganic Materials (production of specialty chemicals ) sales climbed in 2010 by 33 percent to € 2,400 million. In Consumer Specialties, which supplies the consumer goods industry with raw materials, additives and active ingredients, grew by 25 percent to € 1,803 million.
More 1,967 million € turnover was generated by the Health & Nutrition Business. Thus, the turnover of the business area increased by 23 percent. Customers include the feed and pharmaceutical industry.
Revenues in the Coatings & Additives in 2010 rose by 28% and amounted to € 1,701 million. This division offers a wide product range for the paint, ink and coating and the adhesive and sealant industry.
The Performance Polymers Business Unit is responsible for the production of high performance materials and achieved 1,657 million € turnover. Revenues increased by 28% compared to last year.
Investments
Evonik has interests in the areas of energy and real estate. As part of the focus on the core business of specialty chemicals, the company to make the investments in the medium term plans.
Energy
STEAG GmbH (formerly: Evonik Steag GmbH) produced in North Rhine -Westphalia and Saarland in eight coal-fired power plants with approximately 8,000 megawatts of power eight percent of Germany's electricity, it is now the fifth largest German electricity generators. The end of 2010 a share of 51 % for € 649 million was sold to a consortium of municipal utilities from the Ruhr. The remaining 49 % will follow in the next five years.
Property
The real estate subsidiary Evonik Immobilien GmbH was renamed by resolution of the shareholders' meeting of 25 November 2011 in Vivawest GmbH. The entry in the commercial register is December 14, 2011.
Corporate Responsibility
2008 Evonik Industries developed its Corporate Responsibility ( CR) strategy as an integral part of corporate strategy and corporate culture. There are three sets of rules, the basic building blocks of the CR of the Group:
- The binding Group-wide Code of Conduct summarizes the key corporate principles and standards together.
- The Global Social Policy requires employees to adhere to core values based on international principles and standards.
- The ESHQ rules lay down the self-understanding of the Group 's corporate values of environment, safety, health and quality.
Evonik Industries is a member of the Global Compact of the United Nations and the global Responsible Care initiative for continuous improvement of the Group's health, safety, environmental and product stewardship is further required. The company is a signatory of the mission statement for responsible action in the economy. The annual CR report Evonik is based on the standards of the Global Reporting Initiative ( GRI).
Sponsoring
Since the season 2006/2007 Evonik is (initially RAG Aktiengesellschaft) main sponsor of the Bundesliga soccer team Borussia Dortmund ( BVB). This contract was renewed in February 2012. The sponsorship will now continue until 30 June 2016; the previous contract had a term until mid-2013.
On the chest of the BVB player was until the announcement of the new name Evonik in September 2007 on a transitional basis only an exclamation point by the artist Otmar Alt to see. Due to the renaming of decoupled division of RAG Aktiengesellschaft Evonik in the season 2007/2008 free jerseys ( home kit ) were distributed with the Evonik's new logo for the more than 50,000 season ticket holders.
Evonik supports the work of the Episcopal Adveniat action to improve the living conditions in Latin America.
On 17 May 2011 Evonik donated as part of a charity match between Borussia Dortmund and a Japanese national team one million euros in favor of a destroyed during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake children's home in the earthquake in Tohoku / Ichinosekishi.