KRAHN Chemie
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| Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Chemical distribution, trade/sales |
| Founded 📆 | 1972 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | , |
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| Revenue🤑 | 225 Million Euro (2019)[1] |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 190[2] |
| 🌐 Website | http://www.krahn.eu |
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KRAHN Chemie GmbH is the holding company of the KRAHN Chemie Group, which includes internationally active distribution companies for specialty chemicals and heat transfer fluids. The company headquarters are in Hamburg, Germany. The holding company and the associated companies are part of the family-owned Otto Krahn Group.[3]
Company[edit]
The KRAHN Chemie Group distributes specialty chemicals and Heat-transfer fluids from production partners internationally and offers application advice as well as in-house laboratory support. KRAHN supplies products to the following processing industries: coatings, construction, adhesives and sealants, plastics, rubber, technical ceramics, lubricants and all sectors of industry that use heating and cooling circuits. The KRAHN Chemie Group is represented by subsidiaries or local sales teams in Benelux, France, Italy, Poland, Greece, Romania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Spain and China. The distribution and processing of ceramic and metal powders was moved to the subsidiary KRAHN Ceramics GmbH in 2020.
Company Structure[edit]
The KRAHN Chemie Group includes the following companies (holding company, subsidiaries & participations):
- KRAHN Chemie GmbH (holding of the KRAHN Chemie Group, Hamburg)
- KRAHN Chemie Deutschland GmbH (Hamburg and Bottrop)
- KRAHN Ceramics GmbH (Hamburg and Dinslaken)
- KRAHN Chemie Benelux BV (Zaandam, Netherlands)
- KRAHN Chemie Polska Sp. z o.o. (Poznan, Poland)
- KRAHN Italia S.p.A. (Milan, Italy)
- KRAHN France SAS (Avon, France)
- InterActive S.A. (Athens, Greece)
In addition to these, there are joint sales teams in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Spain and China together with the sister company Albis Distribution.
History[edit]
Otto Krahn started KRAHN Chemie Group in 1909 when he established a trading company of the same name for raw rubber, rubber goods, heavy fabrics and related products in Hamburg. KRAHN Chemie GmbH was spun off from the company in 1972 as part of a restructuring and from then on took over the trading business with chemical raw materials. From 1989, KRAHN Chemie expanded its business scope to include technical ceramics by initially qualifying zirconium oxide as a raw material for use in the dental sector. In 1997, the division added raw materials for the lubricant industry. Starting in 2009, KRAHN Chemie acquired various companies and thus expanded its presence in Europe:
- KRAHN Chemie Polska Sp. z o.o., with headquarters in Poznan (Poland) was established in 2009.[4]
- In 2013, KRAHN Chemie acquired ICH Benelux BV (now KRAHN Chemie Benelux BV), based in Amsterdam (Netherlands), including its subsidiaries Technoplan Farbechnik GmbH & Co. KG, based in Bottrop (Germany) and ICH POLAND SP. z.o.o., based in Poznan (Poland).[5]
- In 2014 KRAHN Chemie acquired the majority stake in Pietro Carini S.p.A, Italy (today KRAHN Italia S.p.A) based in Milan.[6]
- In 2018, the sales business of French Memolex SAS was acquired and incorporated into the newly founded KRAHN France SAS.[7]
- In 2019, eMBe Products & Service GmbH (now KRAHN Ceramics GmbH), an additive manufacturer for the ceramics and powder metal industry, was acquired.[8]
- At the beginning of 2020, KRAHN Chemie GmbH acquired the majority of InterActive S.A., based in Athens (Greece).[9]
- In 2020, eMBe Products & Service GmbH was renamed KRAHN Ceramics GmbH and bundled the activities relating to technical ceramics. The company headquarters were relocated from Thierhaupten to Hamburg and the company machines and equipment were integrated into the new technology center in Dinslaken.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ Companyprofile. from www.wer-zu-wem.de (german). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ↑ Companyprofile. from www.krahn.eu (english). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ↑ Otto Krahn Group: Organisational transformation completed Article from www.gupta-verlag.de (english). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ↑ Krahn Chemie baut Marktpräsenz in Polen aus. Article from plastverarbeiter.de (german). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ↑ Krahn Chemie kauft ICH Benelux Article from chemanager-online.com (german). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ↑ Krahn Chemie: Name der italienischen Tochter vereinheitlicht Article from kunststoffweb.de (german). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ↑ Krahn Chemie übernimmt Vertriebsgeschäft der Memolex SAS Article from farbeundlack.de (german). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ↑ Krahn Chemie erwirbt eMBe Products & Service Article from chemie.de (german). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ↑ Krahn Chemie erwirbt griechischen Distributor Article from chemie.de (german). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ↑ PIM binder specialist eMBe rebranded Krahn Ceramics, targets filament-based AM Article from metal-am.com (english). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
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