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| 2006 |
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Successful Capital Increase |
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Launch of Innovation Excellence |
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Expanded Graphite Joint Venture with Sinyuan |
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Process Technology Joint Venture with Tokai |
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Decision for an integrated carbon / graphite hub in Malaysia |
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| 2005 |
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Record Sales of
220,000 tons Graphite
Electrodes |
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Group EBIT of
€ 113 million with an
ROS of ~ 11% |
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Foundation of
Corporate Technology &
Innovation (T&I) |
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Cooperation
Agreement with AUDI for
Brake Discs-Development |
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| 2004 |
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Capital Increase and Long-term Refinancing |
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Launch of “SGL TEN” to Streamline Admin Processes |
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Divestiture of Surface Protection Business |
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New Supervisory Board Chairman |
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| 2003 |
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Full Globalization of CG-Organization |
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Record Sales in Graphite Electrodes |
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Sale of Electrical Contacts Business |
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Global Harmonization of Hard- and Software Landscape – SGL
ONE |
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Full Roll-out of SixSigma Organization with Savings of
19 Euro million |
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| 2002 |
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Introduction of SGL Excellence |
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Completion of Refinancing |
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Reorganization and Restructuring of SGL Carbon Group |
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Implementation of a new 5-Point-Program to improve profitability |
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Start-up of full scale production of brake discs |
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Introduction of Corporate Governance guidelines |
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| 2001 |
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Formation of new SGL Technologies Business Area |
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Joint venture in China with TOKAI |
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World-first introduction of 800 mm graphite electrode |
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| 2000 |
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Acquisition of ZEW, Poland |
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Corrosion Protection / Fibers & Composites Business Areas |
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Groundbreaking for carbon-ceramic brake disc investment |
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| 1999 |
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Recovery from Asian crisis |
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Acquisition Keramchemie |
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Antitrust issues in North America nearly resolved |
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| 1998 |
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Wiesbaden:
SGL Carbon AG becomes holding |
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Expansion in Technical Products Business Area |
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Antitrust investigation |
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| 1997 |
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Acquisitions TE:
RK Carbon, HITCO Technologies, P.G. Lawton |
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Acquisitions Graphite Specialties (GS):
M.G.P., EKL, David Hart |
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Joint venture Carbon and Graphite (CG):
Shanghai Carbon Works |
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| 1996 |
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Independence from Hoechst |
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Listing on the New York Stock Exchange |
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Acquisition of Vicarb, France |
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| 1995 |
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Initial Public Offering (IPO) |
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Acquisition of Polgraph, Poland |
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| 1994 |
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Acquisition of Specialty Graphite business of Carbide/Graphite,
USA |
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Restructuring of Technical Products Business Area |
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| 1993 |
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Takeover of Pechiney's graphite activities |
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| 1992 |
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Merger SIGRI/Great Lakes Carbon, USA |
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Reorganization into globally structured business units |
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| History |
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| 1992 |
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Merger of SIGRI with Great Lakes Carbon Corporation (GLC), a wholly
owned subsidiary of Horsehead Industries Inc., (USA). The Company is renamed Sigri
Great Lakes Carbon GmbH. |
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| 1985 |
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The Company is renamed SIGRI GmbH. |
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| 1967 |
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Merger of "Siemens Planiawerke AG für Kohlefabrikate"
with Hoechst
AG's electrode production facilities in Griesheim, Germany, to form "SIGRI
ELEKTROGRAPHIT GmbH". |
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| 1953 |
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Merger of "Siemens Plania Chemisches Werk Griesheim"
with Hoechst AG. |
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| 1949 |
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Merger of Chemische Fabrik Griesheim with Meitingen facility to
form "Siemens Plania Chemisches Werk Griesheim". |
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| 1928 |
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Merger of Planiawerke and Gesco to form "Siemens Planiawerke
AG für Kohlefabrikate". |
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| 1920 |
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Gesco builds a graphitizing plant in Meitingen, Germany. |
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| 1910 |
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Gesco establishes a plant for carbon electrodes in Berlin. |
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| 1896 |
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Foundation of "Planiawerke AG für Kohlefabrikation",
a factory producing carbon products, in Ratibor, Poland. |
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| 1892 |
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First production of anodes for chlor-alkali electrolysis at Chemische
Fabrik, Griesheim. |
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| 1878 |
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First production of charcoal rods in Berlin at "Gebr. Siemens & Co"
(Gesco). |
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