Ems-Chemie
Chemicals | |
Founded | 1936 |
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Founder | Werner L. Oswald |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Magdalena Martullo-Blocher (CEO), Ulf Berg |
Products | High-performance plastics, Speciality chemicals |
Revenue | 2,146 million CHF (2017) |
Number of employees | 2,865 (2014) |
Website | ems-group |
Ems-Chemie is a Swiss corporate group based in Domat/Ems, in the canton of Graubünden, whose companies are grouped under "Ems-Chemie Holding". This is the only listed company belonging to the scope of consolidation and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. On 31 December 2013, the stock market capitalization reached CHF 7.4 billion. The main shareholders are "Emesta Holding AG" with 60.82% and Miriam Blocher with 8.89%.[1]
Organization
Ems-Chemie is represented in 22 countries and produces at 26 production sites in 16 countries, with the main location in Domat/Ems.[2] In 2013, the Group's production focus was in Europe (Switzerland 46.2%, Germany 12.2%), followed by the USA (9.2%) and Asia (China 7.3%, Japan 6.6%). The largest sales markets of the Group are Germany (21.9%), China (14.0%) and the USA (11.9%).[1]
The Ems Group is structured in branches for
History
The founding of Hovag
In 1936 Werner Oswald founded "Holzverzuckerungs AG" ("Hovag") based in
In 1947, "Inventa AG" was founded for research and patent utilization (later, process engineering and plant engineering were combined). In the mid-1950s "Inventa" built more than 300 plants (117 in China) for caprolactam, plastics and synthetic fibers.
Before its acquisition by Christoph Blocher, Ems-Chemie was developing a kind of napalm weapon in the 1950s that was used in Indonesia and Yemen.[9]
The years since 1960
In 1960, "Hovag" was renamed "Emser Werke AG". The founding in 1962 of Chemie Holding Ems AG[10] was listed for the first time on the Vorbörse Zurich on 17 December 1962. In the 1960s, "Emser Werke AG" expanded its product portfolio on an ongoing basis and established independent subsidiaries. In 1963, EMS Patvag was founded for ignition systems. In 1972, Christoph Blocher, who had entered the legal department as a student in 1969, was elected chairman of the board of directors and delegate of the board of directors. In 1978, the various Ems companies were merged under the umbrella of the Chemie Holding Ems AG. On 23 February 1979, the founder Werner Oswald died in the middle of a meeting. As Christoph Blocher continued to lead the company, he began to focus on engineering plastics and changed the name to "Ems Chemie Holding AG" and "Ems Chemie AG" in 1981.
In 1983, he was commissioned, by the founding Oswald family, to find a buyer for the shares of Ems Chemie Holding AG. Blocher decided to take over the Oswald family's share package himself and therefore had the majority voting power at the company. In the following years Ems expanded and took over several other companies. In 1988 Ems focused on the three business areas polymeric materials, fine chemicals (EMS Dottikon) and engineering.
Amongst the new products, which were developed continuously, was a highly rigid polyamide in 1991. A year later the «Ems» celebrated its 50th birthday of production. In 1997, the "Ems Togo" business unit entered into a joint venture with H.B. Fuller Automotive USA, which appeared under the name of "Eftec". Three years later there was a joint venture between «Eftec» and the Czech company D-Plast to open up the Central and Eastern European market.
In 2000, the group was made up of four main self-employed companies "Ems Grivory" (technical thermoplastics), "Ems Griltec" (technical fibers and adhesives), "Ems Primid" (thermosets), "Ems Services" (central services workshop Domat / Ems). The following year Blochers eldest daughter Magdalena Martullo joined the company. At the beginning of 2003, the Blocher family decided that the "Ems" should remain a publicly traded shares company and introduced the unit names shares.
On 10 December 2003, Christoph Blocher was elected to the Federal Council. Since a Federal Council member is not allowed to have any economic connections, he gave up all his positions at the "Ems" group and sold his majority stake in "Ems Chemie-Holding AG" to his four children on 30 December. On 1 January 2004, his daughter, Magdalena, took over the group management as vice-president and Delegate of the board of directors. In the same year "Ems Grivory" was divided into the independent areas "Ems GrivoryEuropa", "Ems Grivory America" and "Ems Grivory Asia".
In 2005, Blocher's son Markus's, «Ems Dottikon», was split up as an independent company. The three sisters surrendered their shares to their brother and in return received shares in "Emesta Holding AG". This meant that the three sisters held the majority of shares of Ems-Chemie Holding. In the following year, the "Tegra" biomass power plant (wood-chip power plant) was put into operation, reducing CO2 emissions at the Domat / Ems plant by 80%.
In 2007, Miriam Blocher reduced her stake in "Ems-Chemie Holding", the majority was now owned by Magdalena Martullo-Blocher and Rahel Blocher. "Ems Togo" took over all the joint venture shares of H.B. Fuller and changed the name to «Ems Eftec». In the same year, the special polymers of «Ems Grivory» received the drinking water permit, which allowed new applications in the sanitary sector to be realized. In the following years, "Ems" launched a series of new products and opened new production sites worldwide.
In 2010 "Ems Eftec" sold the Aftermarket segment and focused on direct delivery. In 2011, EMS celebrated its 75-year company anniversary; on this occasion Karl Lüönd's released his company biography "Success as an order. «Ems-Chemie»: The History of an Impossible Company". At Domat / EMS, the highest fully automated high-bay warehouse in Switzerland was put into operation and EMS is selected by General Motors and Bosch as supplier of the year. Foxconn described EMS as the strategic supplier of the year.
International
Ems Chemie lets their apprentices learn in branches abroad.[11] Ems Chemie has two factories in Russia that have 30 employees each.[12] Due to the Russo-Ukrainian war, the production in the factories was halted.[13]
Transport infrastructure
Between
Awards
- 2012 and 2013 Supplier of the Year Award from General Motors.[16]
- 2020 National Education Award of the Hans Huber Foundation and FH Switzerland Foundation.[11]
References
- ^ a b c "51. Geschäftsbericht 2013/2014" (PDF). Ems-Chemie Holding. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Standorte weltweit". EMS-Gruppe. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ISBN 978-3-13-199971-9.
- ISBN 978-3-7272-1311-3.
- ^ a b "Botschaft des Bundesrates an die Bundesversammlung über die Gewährung einer Hilfe an die Holzverzuckerungs-AG". Schweizer Bundesrat. 28 July 1955. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Axpo Hydro Surselva AG seit 50 Jahren im Kanton Graubünden" (PDF). Axpo Holding AG. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Bundesbeschluss über Massnahmen zur Stärkung der Wirtschaft des Kantons Graubünden durch Gewährung einer Hilfe an die Holzverzuckerungs-AG" (PDF). Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Volksabstimmung vom 13.05.1956". Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Le passé trouble d'Ems-Chemie – Avant de devenir l'empire Blocher, l'usine d'Ems inventait des armes".
- ISBN 978-3-11-094026-8.
- ^ a b "Ems-Chemie erhält Nationalen Bildungspreis". Greater Zurich Area (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-05.
- ^ Walthard, Peter. "Martullo-Blocher will Unterstützung für Ukraine-Flüchtlinge". St. Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-05.
- ^ "Ems-Chemie unterbricht Produktion an zwei Standorten in Russland". Finanz und Wirtschaft (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-05.
- ISBN 978-3-909111-74-9.
- ^ "MACU Modellvorhaben Agglomeration Chur und Umgebung" (PDF). Bundesamt für Raumentwicklung. August 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Führender Autohersteller der Welt, General Motors, zeichnet EMS erneut als "Lieferant des Jahres" aus". EMS-Gruppe. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2017.