Half-year results: ALTANA bolsters business with acquisitions and innovation investments, sales below previous year’s level due to general economic conditions
• Sales decrease by 11 percent, amounting to 1,393 million euros
• Half-year EBITDA margin at 14 percent
• Research and development expenditure grows by 5 percent
• Continued expansion through agreed acquisitions
ALTANA AG acquires majority stake in Von Roll Holding AG from the von Finck family and announces public tender offer
• ALTANA has entered into agreements with the major shareholders and management of Von Roll Holding AG to acquire 84.3 percent of the outstanding shares at a price of 0.86 Swiss francs per share
• ALTANA has announced a public tender offer for all shares of Von Roll Holding at the same price
• Combined innovative strength for the expansion of electromobility and renewable energies
ALTANA AG acquires stake in technology startup SARALON GmbH
• ALTANA’s ELANTAS division and SARALON have entered into an innovation partnership in the growth market of printed electronics
• Products are already successfully in use
Half-year results: ALTANA again posts double-digit growth
• Sales 18 percent above previous year’s level
• EBITDA margin 17 percent in the first half year
• Further milestones achieved in innovation and climate protection
Leadership Change in ALTANA’s ELANTAS division
• At the end of the year, Dr. Guido Forstbach will hand over the worldwide leadership of the ELANTAS division to Ravindra Kumar
• Jan Behnke will become managing director of the U.S. company ELANTAS PDG
Half-year results: ALTANA posts double-digit growth
ALTANA achieved double-digit growth in the first half of 2021. In the first six months of the year, the specialty chemicals group’s sales rose by 24 percent to 1,334 million euros compared to the same period of the previous year (1,078 million euros), which was significantly influenced by the coronavirus pandemic.
2020 Results: ALTANA’s sales down only slightly, EBITDA exceeds previous year’s level
• Sales of 2,178 million euros, 3 percent below the previous year’s level
• ACTEGA division grows by 9 percent
• EBITDA increases by 2 percent to 426 million euros
• Research and development spending remains at a high level
• CO2 footprint reduced by 50 percent
• Forecast for 2021: growth in the course of economic recovery
ELANTAS has entered the sixth and final region of the electrical insulation world by establishing ELANTAS Malaysia. The company is located in Sha Alam, in the greater Kuala Lumpur area, on an automotive-based industrial estate which is also home to global and local automotive manufacturers such as BMW and Perodua.
Initially, ELANTAS Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. is to operate as a technical center of excellence for electrical insulation products serving South East Asia, East Asia and Australasia for wire enamels (for magnet wires), impregnating varnishes and resins, potting and casting compounds and solid insulation for all electrical insulation and electronic industries. It will also serve as a technical conduit for sister companies representing “region 5”, bringing us closer to the customer/market serving both existing and new customers.
The motivating factor for setting up this new facility was various strategic objectives:
- Explore the South East Asia (SEA) market with a small but efficient organization.
- Focus on growing markets/countries in order to increase ELANTAS market share by gaining new local customers.
- Use laboratory facilities to modify/create products for the SEA markets.
- Increase the speed for sending engineering samples into SEA (coupled with local technical support) and to have more direct communication with new and existing customers.
- Make use of technical and manufacturing synergies with all sister companies.
- Establish agent/distribution business in SEA to boost volumes.
- Prepare the ground for further business expansion in the future.
The start of the project proved to be somewhat challenging, as the laws governing chemical companies in Malaysia are constantly changing. But after lengthy discussions, permits were obtained for the site in January 2014, and renovation work started in February, taking an empty shell and transforming it into a fully equipped site with state-of-the-art technology.
Consultants and external agencies helped to obtain all the necessary business and manufacturing licenses to ensure that local legislation was strictly adhered to.
Two fully equipped laboratories are now ready, coupled with a small production facility capable of manufacturing 1,000 kilograms per day. This facilitates local customer development projects ranging from smaller ones in the laboratory right up to customer production trials.
Sampling and customer development has now started, thanks to support from sister companies supplying technology and production transfers and the recruiting of both technical and commercial staff internally. The goal is to accelerate growth for ELANTAS in South East Asia in all business lines (PI/SI/EEM and now SEI).
The latest addition to the equipment in Malaysia will be a 100 litre reactor capable of tailoring and developing resins locally for business lines PI and SI.
Further training of staff is essential for business growth, and extensive programs are being implemented until the end of 2014, both in Malaysia and with sister companies across the globe.
The first major ELANTAS Malaysia milestone was met when the first order for solid insulation was placed in September 2014. This will serve as our spring board for future success.
With these facilities ELANTAS Malaysia will live and work by the motto “think globally; act locally” with our diverse technology, processes and culture to make sure that ELANTAS are successful in this relatively unknown region. Thanks to the backing of external third party facilities, universities, sister companies and cross divisional synergies this success has been given the best possible chance.
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| Annual Audited Financial Results Year Ended 31.12.2016 |