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Foreword A company turning 190 is no small matter,
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articularly in an age of uncertainty and change. It’s only possible with a clear vision, entrepreneurial prudence and skilled and committed employees. The fact that the Donau Chemie Group is a family company makes this considerably easier: the clear ownership structures enable long-term business thinking with simultaneous flexibility and short decision-making pathways. Our value system cannot suddenly be changed by a distance company headquarters.
important factor in times of change. Even if the markets and environment change quickly, we can meet the new challenges with innovation while sticking to our course, because our values endure.
We have a good partnership with our customers, partners and employees. We are able to count on excellent quality and the highest level of safety and have an absolutely solid financial structure. All of this makes us reliable – an
Welcome to the world of the Donau Chemie Group. It’s a world in which chemistry is used to ensure the success of our customers and partners and to protect people and the environment.
Dipl.-Ing. James Schober Chair of the Board
The focus of these values is responsibility for people and the environment, so we continually invest in research and development to optimise our products and processes and make them more environmentally friendly.
Bogdan Banaszczyk MBA MIM Board Member
MMag. Richard Fruhwürth Board Member
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Our focus is not on short-term gains, it’s on long-term resilience. This guiding principle has always applied at the Donau Chemie Group and shapes our work.
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his can be seen in out long-standing relationships with our customers and partners and our investments, which often only pay off after many years, but this makes them all the more sustainable. At the same time, the Donau Chemie Group is still shaped by innovation thanks to committed and skilled employees who are constantly looking for new solutions and striving for improvements. In the past, our product and service portfolio has constantly grown, and I remain convinced that diversification will bring stability to our company in the future too, particularly in times of economic fluctuation.
As a person and as an entrepreneur, I want to formulate a thought that is particularly important to me: life is a spiral with uniform coils – learning, recognising, understanding and implementing. We follow this cycle in the Donau Chemie Group too. Although it never changes, our company is constantly developing. Durability and advancement are not mutually exclusive – quite the contrary.
Dipl.-Ing. Alain F. de Krassny Chair of the Supervisory Board
» If you want to make your dreams a reality, you have to be brave enough to make the change. «
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Donau Chemie – the Group. Business Units: The four areas of competence of Donau Chemie.
Business Unit DONAU CHEMIE » Production of inorganic chemicals (sulphuric acid, electrolysis products, calcium carbide)
WATER TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
» Production of precipitating agents and flocculating agents » Water and wastewater treatment » Special solutions for the paper industry
Business Unit DONAU CARBON » Production of activated carbons » Service and filter rental » Reactivation and disposal
Business Unit DONAUCHEM » Distribution of chemicals » Mixing and blending » Packaging » Services
Business Unit DONAU KANOL » Consumer goods (cosmetics, medical devices, cleaners, animal and garden) » Development and contract manufacturing
» Inspiration meets innovation. « Continuous learning, recognising, understanding and implementing to the benefit of our customers and the corporate group.
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We’re near to you. Donau Chemie AG – headquarters Donau Chemie Donauchem Donau Kanol Donau Carbon
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Donau Chemie presents itself. Shaping our future together. Our mission: We work for people and the environment Donau Chemie develops and produces innovative products made from chemical raw materials and services, which benefit business partners, employees and the environment. Our company: A family company rich in tradition
materials, thereby enabling us to create ever better, more environmentally friendly products. Donau Chemie goods are absolutely pure and are always produced in the desired quality. The safety precautions are exemplary across Europe. Since Donau Chemie is both a producer and a distributor, it is able to deliver even when others are facing shortages. Our code of conduct: We act based on our values » We live quality.
We strive for sustainable economic success. This way of thinking can be seen in the design of our products and our pricing, in our solid financial situation and the long-standing relationships we have with our customers and partners. Our promise: quality, safety, reliability High levels of investment in research and development and in the modernisation of our facilities have positive effects: they ensure competitiveness and resource-friendly use of raw
» W e respect people and the environment and take responsibility for our actions. » W e develop innovative solutions and implement them with passion. » W e are always improving our processes and are continuously developing. » W e seek proximity with our customers and work in partnership with them.
Enthusiasm Donau Chemie
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DC= E+Q*T R+P Passion Trust and responsibility
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If rivers stay clean and dry regions receive drinking water, chemistry is being used sensibly. Donau Chemie’s products and services should be beneficial to the environment, conserve our earth’s resources and simultaneously help our customers to achieve economic success. The purpose of our business means we bear a particularly high level of environmental responsibility. We ensure environmental protection along the entire value creation chain.
Sustainable production in Pischelsdor f: The thermal energy generated by the manufacture of sulphuric acid is conver ted to electricity and hot water.
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The Brückl plant operates a hydroelectric power station and innovative systems for the thermal recover y of waste gases, which reduce the CO2 ou tpu t by 8,000 tonnes a year. This is around 18 times as much as the 20,000 trees in Central Park in New York remove from the air.
In Landeck, a whole 80,000 tonnes of CO2 per year are saved: the in-house hydroelectric power station provides the energy needed for the production of calcium carbide in the plant, which consumes a par ticularly high amount of electricity. You could use the saving to drive a car around the equator 16,449 times.
Environmental responsibility. For a clean environment. Environmentally friendly products
Professional disposal
This works, as many examples show: inorganic chemicals such as iron and aluminium salt solutions are used to prepare wastewater and drinking water. When producing activated carbons, Donau Chemie uses renewable raw materials such as coconut shells. The experts at Donau Kanol have also developed the extremely high performance, environmentally friendly household cleaner “Eco Forte” – the first in Austria to receive the Austrian ECO label and the EU Ecolabel. Existing products are also continuously being optimised to further increase their environmental compatibility.
Donau Chemie also offers recycling and used chemical disposal programmes. It supports its customers with the preparation of wastewater, exhaust air and waste with environmentally friendly products and expertise.
Sustainable production In all three Donau Chemie production facilities, we ensure that as few resources as possible are wasted. The thermal energy generated during production at the Pischelsdorf plant is converted to electricity and hot water. The Brückl plant operates a hydroelectric power station and innovative systems for the thermal recovery of waste gases, which reduce the CO2 output by 8,000 tonnes a year. In Landeck, a whole 80,000 tonnes of CO2 per year are saved: the in-house hydroelectric power station provides the energy needed for the production of calcium carbide in the plant, which consumes a particularly high amount of electricity.
Certifications Donau Chemie has a whole range of certifications attesting to its sustainable commitment in all business units. With Responsible Care, the Group is involved in a global initiative in the chemical industry that sets out binding requirements for the manufacture, transport and use of chemical products and safety at work. ISO 9001 is a globally recognised standard of effective quality management within companies. Further certifications the Donau Chemie Group holds: ISO 14001, ISO 13485, ISO 22000, IFS-HPC and the Ecolabel and the Austrian ECO label.
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Social responsibility. Focus on people.
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rotection of people is the key premise of Donau Chemie and surpasses the striving for commercial gain. This applies to our own employees as well as to customers, partners and neighbours. Prudent employer The basis of corporate success is qualified, satisfied and responsible employees who are passionate about their work. Donau Chemie promotes a corporate structure shaped by trust, reliability, transparency and fairness. This includes fair salary schemes, a good climate of discussions and human diversity. Social and societal responsibility is not just actively lives but also specifically prescribed: the code of conduct is binding for all employees. It includes the ethical and legal guidelines on which Donau Chemie bases its actions. Our employees Collective success is important to all of us. Qualified, motivated and agile networkers are the key to this. We help you to apply the generally applicable principles of effectiveness in practice and help you to achieve both your own objectives and the company’s objectives in the long term. In addition to personal development and flexible working hours, we also offer the most varied of social benefits such as health management and an in-house pension plan.
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Safety is everything Particular caution is needed when handling chemicals. This is why Donau Chemie has equipped all of its production facilities with highly modern safety systems, the standards of which are continuously being optimised and go well beyond the legal provisions. This puts the company among leaders in Europe, and minimises industry-specific potential risks and possible causes of accidents. It’s worth it: the accident statistics at Donau Chemie are almost zero. The company fire services in the various locations and the regular employee training sessions contribute to this. Donau Chemie makes its safety expertise available across Austria too: the headquarters of the Transport-Unfall-Informations- und Hilfeleistungs-System (TUIS, Transport Accident Information and Support System) is in Pischelsdorf. If a chemistry accident occurs in the country, the Donau Chemie specialists are called out. The experts also provide ongoing training to public safety organisations such as the police and the fire service on how to prevent accidents and handle any consequences.
HER E T O STAY You can see that we’ve got the corporate cul ture righ t at Donau Chemie from the fact that employees often stay with the company for decades. Employee structure in the Group: 534 in Austria 539 abroad 1,073 total
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Identifying new opportunities for profitable growth and implementing these for the Donau Chemie Group is the job of our development team. Global trends and constantly changing industry requirements provide opportunities for new products and markets. It’s not just individual researchers, but also a team that is well versed in both practice and theory who ensure the identification and the implementation of these opportunities.
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Research and development: the chemistry of the future The R&D development is the centre of expertise within the Donau Chemie Group. It develops new, tailored solutions and is available to customers as a point of contact if they have any technical questions.
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or some applications, a proven, cost-effective, off the shelf product is the best option. If the customer needs to solve a really specific problem, then the Research and Development (R&D) Department within the Donau Chemie Group comes into play. This results in better processes and better applications – higher quality, safer, more efficient and more environmentally friendly. Employees in the R&D Department support the Business Units’ sales teams at customer meetings and provide on-site advice so tailored products can then be developed. Successful examples range from special activated carbons to prepare drinking water or purify air through to mould separating agents for pressure die-casting in the aluminium industry and on to innovations in paper manufacturing. The fixing agent for starch and glue, Donau PAC papyro nil, has also become particularly important in the industry.
The R&D Department is able to push forward a wide range of analysis techniques. Methods such as ICP, HPLC, GC-MS, RFA, TGA and others are used to identify and quantify various substances. In our own three metre long test rotating kiln, we are able to reproduce the processes involved in activated carbon production on a small scale. Collaboration with universities ensures proximity to applied fundamental research. The patent situation is also taken into account in every development process: the R&D Department ensures that issues of intellectual property don’t get in the way of a successful product.
Tailored products in the following fields and more: » A ctivated carbons » Mixed chemical products (commercial and industrial) » Consumer products » Water technology and paper technology
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Business Units: The four areas of competence of Donau Chemie. Over time, the Donau Chemie Group has changed thanks to numerous innovations, and constantly develops new business areas. This resulted in four self-contained areas of confidence, albeit there are lively debates between them and they collaborated closely with one another: the Business Units Donau Chemie (inorganic chemicals and the water technology division, Donauchem (distribution of chemical raw materials and products, Donau Carbon (production and sale of activated carbons and the reactivation of these) and Donau Kanol (contract manufacturing and production of consumer goods).
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Responsibility in actions and the highest levels of quality are the main objectives for all four units.
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We use energy, salt and sulphur to produce the highest quality chemicals, and have done for more than 190 years. Cleanliness, speed, safety: that’s what the products and services at Donau Chemie stand for.
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Donau Chemie: a durable partner with a spirit of innovation Inorganic chemicals are prepared for the most varied of areas of application in three Austrian plants with the latest systems.
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ulphuric acid, chlorine, caustic soda, calcium carbide: Donau Chemie produces these chemicals and others in Pischelsdorf, Brückl and Landeck. The motto in all three plants is: "we only produce particularly pure goods!” This is made possible by the latest systems which ensure a consistently high quality and even enable improvements to be made. But even the best products are useless if they don’t get to the customer (on time). Industry in particular needs to be able to rely on the timely delivery of process chemicals, otherwise the entire operation comes to a standstill. The customer service team at Donau Chemie guarantees supply reliability: queries are answered and processed quickly, even very specific ones. If necessary we can even deliver at the weekend. This service and the partnership-based collaboration that has often been in place for decades is highly valued by Donau Chemie’s customers. Donau Chemie is extremely meticulous when it comes to the safe handling of chemicals and is constantly investing in relevant measures: all three production facilities have their own in-house fire service that is available round the clock with the staff working shifts and can react quickly and proficiently in the event of any accidents. In the industrial estate in
Pischelsdorf, the team is made up of around 90 firefighters. The teams train for emergencies during regular risk exercises. The safety experts at Donau Chemie also share their knowledge with their customers, for example at free safety training sessions. These can be held at the customer’s facility as desired, where individual issues will be addressed in detail.
Products:
» Sulphuric acid » Chlorine, hydrochloric acid, caustic soda, sodium hypochlorite, caustic soda flakes » Calcium carbide
Your Donau Chemie bonus: » Highest product quality » Quick processing of and response to inquiries » Reliable and flexible deliveries even on Saturdays » Highest safety standards when handling chemicals » Free safety training sessions for customers
HOW MUCH DONAU CHEMIE P R ODUCES A total of 130,000 tonnes of sal t are processed In Brückl each year. Ever y single person in Austria could fill their own sal t shaker ever y day with that amount. In addition to this, 240,000 tonnes of sulphuric acid are produced in Pischelsdor f each year. That’s enough for 30 million car batteries. The 38,000 tonnes of carbide produced in Landeck each year would fill 570 railway carriages.
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We ensure that people can use the raw material water in an optimal manner while protecting nature. High quality and supply reliability are a given for us. We also advise our customers and support them using application technology with modern analysis.
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Water technology: clean water and chemistry go hand in hand The Water Technology Division develops, produces and sells chemical solutions for clean water.
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egardless of whether we’re talking about drinking water preparation, wastewater treatment or chemicals for swimming pools, clean water is hugely important in all of these areas. The Water Technology Division at Donau Chemie ensures that people can use live-giving water as well as possible – in a clean and environmentally friendly way. Donau Chemie’s expertise in this field is based on its own production, on many years of research and development work and on an intensive interaction between internal experts, the sales team and the customer. Water plays a particularly important role in paper and pulp production. The Water Technology Division of Donau Chemie develops tailored solutions in close collaboration with the Research and Development Department. The requirements placed on the quality and environmental compatibility of paper products are constantly on the increase, so the challenges for the chemistry used increase too. Donau Chemie is the only company in Austria that manufactures iron salts and PAC. The company likes to offer its customers a look behind the scenes: many of them have seen how various water treatment products are created at the Brückl plant. Customers are also able to take part in specialist conferences. This means they can share in Donau Chemie’s knowledge and they receive current information from the world of water technology and on subjects such as safety, chemical law and fire protection and prevention.
Products:
» Wastewater treatment » Drinking water preparation » Chemicals for swimming pools » Treatment of sewer smell and corrosion problems » Process optimisation at biogas facilities » Process water treatment » Special solutions for the paper industry » Polymer applications for drainage
Your water technology bonus:
» Highest quality of advice » Highest supply reliability thanks to our in-house production at two locations in Austria and Hungary » Laboratory analyses » Safety and application technology training sessions » Quick availability of application engineers
The Water Technology Division supplies 220,000 tonnes of iron and polyaluminium chloride per year. This could be used to clean the wastewater of 28 million inhabitants. This is more than the second largest city in the world, Delhi (in India).
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You can rely on us! We guarantee that to our customers when we supply chemical raw materials and mixtures. Industry, retail and municipalities benefit from Donauchem’s solid position as a reliable distributor on the market and from an extensive range of products.
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Donauchem: your reliable partner Donauchem can count on permanent supply reliability, unrestricted customer service and its own Research and Development Department.
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onauchem customers can rely on the fact that they will always be supplied with business-critical chemical products of a suitable quality. This is not only true in Austria. Italy, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania: Donauchem has massively expanded its network of branches in Central and Eastern Europe in the past two decades, making it one of the largest chemical distributors in the region. Various branches of industry benefit from comprehensive and reliable care, from the food and pharmaceutical industry through to agriculture, wholesale and mining and on to the cosmetic, paper, textile and chemical industry. In addition to chemical raw materials (commodities, solvents, specialist products), we also sell solutions and mixtures that are developed together with or for our customers. Special, highly modern terminals in the locations guarantee the highest standards in the storage and packaging of products that are of the usual quality and environmentally friendly. This means something unusual happens: Donauchem is embedded in the production operations at Donau Chemie as a distributor. This means customers and partners are not only supplied, they also benefit from the extensive expertise, high safety standards and technological skill of the entire group. As well as a broad standard portfolio, this means we are also able to offer tailored products for special applications. Donauchem brings its own Research and Development Department with many years of experience to the table on this.
Services:
» Commodities: distribution of Donau Chemie products » Mixing and blending tailored mixtures and solutions for individual applications » Specialist products: sale of products by well known international producers » Food & Pharma: extensive range of raw materials for use in the food and pharmaceutical industry » Packaging » Services
Your Donauchem bonus: » Quality assurance in storage, packaging and delivery » Highly modern terminals using the latest technology at the locations » In-house research and development department » Supply reliability achieved by an extensive distribution network in Central and Eastern Europe
HOW MUCH DONAUCHEM DE LIVERS Donauchem produces and sells 50,000 tonnes of acids, alkalis, solvents and mixed products each year. This would fill 750 railway carriages. The train would be around 12 kilometres long.
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Our versatile activated carbons purify gas and water, thereby actively contributing to a clean environment. We help our customers to achieve economic advantages and a better environmental performance with tailored solutions.
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Donau Carbon: more environmental protection with activated carbon Donau Carbon develops, produces and supplies high quality, tailored activated carbon products and also offers suitable service concepts.
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he activated carbon products by Donau Carbon can be used in numerous areas A wide variety of different activated carbons are available to purify water, gas and air. They are then reprocessed in our own reactivation systems so they can be used several times. This saves money and protects the environment. Activated carbons by Donau Carbon are also used in the industrial manufacture of foods, pharmaceuticals and filters. At their request, customers around the world can receive tailored solutions made from various raw materials – from wood and lignite to coconut shells and olive pits. Special activated carbons impregnated with adsorption agents are also available. Our own laboratories ensure a high quality according to ISO 9001 for all products and develop new, economically beneficial solutions for customers. Donau Carbon has more than 100 years of experience in the field of activated carbons. From its location in Frankfurt am Main, the company offers complete solutions for water, air and gas treatment in mobile and stationary filter systems in addition to the sale and reactivation of activated carbons. Since 2011, our ISO 9001 and ISO 14001-certified plant in the Philippines has also been producing activated carbons based on coconut shells for the most varied of areas of application. Activated carbon products for the North American market are manufactured at the production site in Florida (USA).
Products:
» Sale, production and impregnation of activated carbons » Sale and rental of activated carbon filters » Reactivation of used activated carbons » Services related to activated carbons
Your Donau Carbon bonus:
» Integrated delivery and service programme » Innovative, tailored products » In-house, optimally equipped laboratories » Application technology consultation » Development skills thanks to more than 100 years of experience
SMALL A MOUNT OF CARBON, SIGNIF ICA NT EFFE CT The internal sur face of 4 grams of activated carbon is as large as a football field. Donau Carbon supplies over 100 different kinds of activated carbon around the world. Nineteen scientists and exper ts work on tailored activated carbons and application solu tions in three laboratories. Donau Carbon uses the most varied of sustainable raw materials to produce its high quality activated carbons: >> Coconu t shells >> Renewable species of wood >> Fruit and other organic raw materials and coal, lignite and peat.
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We can support our customers from the idea to the ready-for-use product or for just part of the journey – whatever they need. Innovative product design, uncompromising quality and product safety, expensive product range thanks to decades of development experience and intensive personal support. This is the secret of Donau Kanol.
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Donau Kanol: development and filling of innovative consumer goods Whether it’s active cosmetics, special shower foam or environmentally friendly household cleaners, wherever Donau Kanol is involved there are many years of expertise.
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s Austria’s largest development and contract manufacturing company, Donau Kanol designs and manufactures liquid and paste-like consumer goods in the fields of cosmetics, medical devices, household & technology and animal & garden. Products are developed entirely according to the customers’ wishes in close collaboration with the experts from marketing and research and development. Donau Kanol specialises in creating custom product portfolios based on the market requirements. It offers a wide range of services such as the development of high quality recipes, individual packaging solutions and the graphic design of products. Professional quality assurance with an in-house microbiology laboratory and modern production ensure precise processes and marketable products that comply with EU law. Notable international brand manufacturers and trade partners have been trusting in Donau Kanol’s “Made in Austria” quality, product safety, transparency, flexibility and reliability for more than 85 years. This makes Donau Kanol the ideal full-service partner for medium-sized and large series.
Products:
» Cleaning and care cosmetics: liquid shower gels and bath essences, active cosmetics, natural cosmetics, sensitive cosmetics » Medical devices: liquid and in paste form » Household & technology: household cleaners, special cleaners, environmentally friendly cleaners, technical care products » Animal & garden: animal cosmetics, plant care and protection
Your Donau Kanol bonus:
» Tailored products (brands or private label) with optimal time to market implementation » Regular product innovations with clear added value for customers and end consumers » Full-service partner at the product level » Documentation and performance tests
Donau Kanol Academy:
Training sessions for employees and customers on desired focal points from all product segments in law, theory and practice.
Donau Kanol certifications:
IFS-HPC, ISO 9001 quality management system, ISO 13485 medical devices, ISO 14001 environmental management, DAAB, AHA! seal, Natrue, BDIH, Ecocert, EU Ecolabel and Austrian Ecolabel, AISE, RSPO
DONAU KANOL INSIDE Donau Kanol could supply all Viennese residents from infants to pensioners with enough personal hygiene products from their heads to their feet and household cleaners for a heal thy life each year.
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Ideal location, plenty of services and synergies Our partner companies in the Pischelsdorf industrial estate get all-round support. Donau Chemie has been producing goods in the location for more than 100 years. The industrial estate is now experiencing a golden age.
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Pischelsdorf industrial estate: where partners get all-round support The location is closely linked to the history of Donau Chemie and has become a hugely productive industrial estate. There is still enough space for new partners.
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f you ask people in the Pischelsdorf industrial estate what’s so special about the location, most of Donau Chemie’s partner companies mention the location first: the 60-hectare site is just 50 kilometres from Vienna and has excellent transport connections by ship, road and rail. It is also in an area with a lot of development potential, so many internationally successful companies have already set themselves up here. But there are many other arguments in favour of Pischelsdorf too. Donau Chemie provides comprehensive services to its partners in the industrial estate: A technical office offers planning and construction services for engineering and technology. In the workshops, experts work on electrical and mechanical requirements (control technology, automation, drive technology construction management, machine maintenance etc.). The material store has 5,000 different items in stock and its own logistics department and ensures that goods and information can flow smoothly. Safety is also very important in Pischelsdorf: The company fire service is specialised in chemical issues
and works around the clock. The thermal energy that is generated in the plant is converted into electricity and hot water, which in turn are used for production. Many of the partner companies on the site are closely linked to Donau Chemie and work with one another. But there’s still enough space for new tenants: Around the unloading area on the Danube there are generous expansion and free warehouse areas.
Your Pischelsdorf bonus: » R oad, rail and shipping connection » Technology (planning office, workshops, material management) » Logistics (procurement, distribution, transport and storage logistics) » Free areas for other companies to join us » Highest level of safety achieved by our own fire service
Our partners:
T HE LOCAT ION 600,000 m2 plant space 15 km rail network 3 locomotives 1,200,000 tonnes of transpor t volume each year 600 m quay wall on the Danube 3 unloading facilities 500,000 tonnes of transshipment each year
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1828 Founding of the predecessor company of Donau Chemie, “Braun und Wagenmann”, in Liesing. It produced chemicals from 1938.
1895 Founding of the Société Chimique des Usines du Rhône, which became the Rhône-Poulenc company in 1928.
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Start of carbide production in Landeck by the Continentale Gesellschaft für angewandte Elektrizität, the second predecessor to Donau Chemie.
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Founding Donauchem Slovakia
A modern sulphuric acid and superphosphate plant owned by Skoda-Wetzler AG is built Re-privatisation of Donau on the premises of a former Chemie. The shareholders are powder factory in Moosbithe Nobugil Group, Montana erbaum/Pischelsdorf. and the credit institution. The third predecessor company, Elektrobosna, builds an electrolysis plant in Brückl and The majority of the starts producing chlorine and Pischelsdorf plant is caustic soda. destroyed. Donau Chemie is
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1938 The three predecessor companies (Continentale Gesellschaft für angewandte Elektrizität, Elektrobosna, Skoda-Wetzler AG,) are merged to form Donau Chemie and integrated into IG Farben.
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1972 Birth of Donauchem: takeover of Chemo Droga.
1960 Reconstruction in Pischelsdorf: establishment of a sulphuric acid plant
Founding Donauchem Poland
Alain F. de Krassny takes over Donau Chemie from Rhône-Poulenc and the credit institution through a management buyout.
Founding Donauchem Hungary
2000 Birth of Donau Carbon: acquisition of Lurgi Aktivkohle GmbH in Germany and founding of the Donau Carbon Corp., USA
1998
Kano
Founding Donauchem Italy
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Birth of Donauchem Czech Republic through the takeove Urseta Slovakia
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A company with history From its origins as a small company in Liesing, Donau Chemie has become a global group. Here is an overview of the most important historical milestones.
2007 Birth of Donauchem Romania through the acquisition of a majority stake in S.C.-ValueChem Romania Srl
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Birth of Donau Kanol: takeover of ol GesmbH & Co KG.
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Donau Carbon opens a production plant for activated carbons in the Philippines.
2009 Alain F. de Krassny withdraws from the operative business and passes the management role on to Franz Geiger.
2015 Founding Donauchem Serbia
Donau Carbon takes over 70% of an activated carbon production facility in Florida (USA). This results in the new company Donau Carbon US LLC, which produces products for the American Change of management: market. James Schober replaces
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Franz Geiger as Chair of the Board at Donau Chemie.
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DONAU CHEMIE Aktiengesellschaft HEADQUARTERS
DONAU CHEMIE AG Am Heumarkt 10 A-1030 Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43 1 71147-0 Fax: +43 1 71147-1500 Email: office@donau-chemie.com www.donau-chemie-group.com
PLANTS/LOCATIONS PISCHELSDORF
DONAU CHEMIE AG Pischelsdorf industrial estate A-3435 Zwentendorf an der Donau, Austria Tel.: +43 2277 90500-0 Fax: +43 2277 90500-4284 Email: pischelsdorf@donau-chemie.com
BRÜCKL
DONAU CHEMIE AG Klagenfurter Straße 17 A-9371 Brückl, Austria Tel.: +43 4214 2326-0 Fax: +43 4214 2326-2010 Email: brueckl@donau-chemie.com
LANDECK, AUSTRIA
DONAU CHEMIE AG Jubiläumstraße 3 A-6500 Landeck, Austria Tel.: +43 5442 64211-0 Fax: +43 5442 64211-3018 Email: landeck@donau-chemie.com
ITALY
DONAUCHEM ITALIA S.R.L. Via Madonna 17 I-22070 Guanzate (CO) Tel.: +39 031 35 29 225/227 Fax: +39 031 89 93 66 Email: donau@donauchem.it
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DONAU KANOL GMBH & Co. KG MANAGEMENT/PRODUCTION
DONAU KANOL GMBH & CO. KG Großendorf 65 A-4551 Ried im Traunkreis Tel.: +43 7588 7282-0 Fax: +43 7588 7282-5617 Email: office@donau-kanol.com www.donau-kanol.com
DONAU CARBON GMBH MANAGEMENT/PRODUCTION
DONAU CARBON GMBH Gwinnerstraße 27–33 D-60388 Frankfurt, Germany Tel.: +49 69 40 11-650 Fax: +49 69 40 11-659 Email: office@donau-carbon.com www.donau-carbon.com
PLANTS/LOCATIONS AUSTRIA
DONAU CHEMIE AG Pischelsdorf reactivation and production plants A-3435 Zwentendorf, Austria Tel.: +43 2277 90500-0 Fax: 43 2277 90500-4303 Email: donaucarbon@donau-chemie.com
USA
DONAU CARBON US LCC 551 N. US Highway 41 Dunnellon, FL 34432 Tel.: +1-352-465-5959 Fax: +1-352-465-0679 Email: admin.us@donau-carbon.com
PHILIPPINES
DONAU CARBON PHILIPPINES CORP. PHIL-Zone 1, Sitio Tagbak Bo. Cogon, El Salvador City Misamis Oriental, Mindanao, Philippines Email: officephilippines@donau-carbon.com
DONAUCHEM GmbH MANAGEMENT
DONAUCHEM GMBH Lisztstraße 4 A-1030 Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43 1 71148-0 Fax: +43 1 71148-1500 Email: office@donauchem.com www.donauchem.com
PLANTS/LOCATIONS AUSTRIA
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