Dr. Torsten Derr to become new Chief Executive Officer of SGL Carbon SE

11-Feb-2020 - The Supervisory Board of SGL Carbon SE today appointed Dr. Torsten Derr as Chief Executive Officer of SGL Carbon SE for the duration of five years effective July 1, 2020. With this appointment, Dr. Derr is succeeding Dr. Jürgen Köhler, who resigned from his mandate as Chief Executive Officer of ...

SGL Group signed agreement to sell its graphite electrode business to Showa Denko

Enterprise value of 350 million euros agreed

21-Oct-2016 - SGL Carbon SE signed the sale and purchase agreement to sell its graphite electrode (GE) business to Showa Denko (Japan). The two parties have agreed on an enterprise value (cash and debt free) of 350 million euros, which, after deduction of standard debt-like items (mainly pension and ...

Changes in Board of Management of SGL Carbon SE

18-Nov-2013 - SGL Group – The Carbon Company – will implement a transition in the Group’s top management as of January 1, 2014. This was resolved at the meeting of the Supervisory Board. Effective this date, Robert Koehler, who will reach the age of 65 in January 2014, will leave the Company after handing over ...

SGL Group Expands in India

Opening of New Production Facility in Pune

09-Mar-2012 - SGL Group has further expanded its production in Pune, India, gaining a larger footprint in the Indian growth market. At the new production facility, the manufacture of graphite-based system components (heat exchangers and columns) for the chemical industry has been increased. The products made ...

SGL Group: Carbon Fiber Pilot Plant Inaugurated at Group’s Research Facility in Meitingen

01-Jun-2011 - SGL Group officially inaugurated a state-of-the-art carbon fiber pilot plant at the Group’s central research facility in Meitingen. The new plant forms the core of the “AirCarbon” project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), in which European industrial ...

AirProtekt removes NOx and HCN contaminants at Scottish carbon fibre plant

26-Aug-2008 - AirProtekt has installed and commissioned a combined Regenerative Thermal Oxidation (RTO) system and a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system to remove oxides of nitrogen and other gaseous contaminants, such as hydrogen cyanide (HCN), from SGL Carbon Fibers’ manufacturing facility in Muir of ...

SGL Group increases Graphite Electrode prices

02-Oct-2007 - SGL Group - The Carbon Company - announces today the following new prices for its Graphite Electrodes effective immediately for all new business: Europe: Regular-size Graphite Electrodes: 4650 EUR/MT Extra-size Graphite Electrodes: 4910 EUR/MT Americas, Asia (excluding China), Near Middle East ...

SGL Group acquires Dr. Schnabel GmbH & Co KG

Manufacturer of fluorine plastic apparatus for corrosion protection

06-Sep-2007 - The SGL Group acquired Dr. Schnabel GmbH & Co KG. This company is a manufacturer of fluorine plastic apparatus for corrosion protection. Both companies have agreed to treat the purchase price as confidential. The transaction is still subject to approval by the antitrust authorities. The ...

SGL Group sponsors professorship for TU Munich

"SGL Group Sponsored Chair for Carbon Composites" created

28-Aug-2007 - The SGL Group arranged with the Technical University of Munich to establish a chair for carbon fibers and carbon fiber composites. The Chair has initially been set up for eight years and will be funded by the SGL Group for a total of EUR4.8 million. Working in close cooperation with the faculty ...

European Court of Justice decided in Graphite Specialty case

No negative financial impact on SGL Group

14-May-2007 - The European Court of Justice (ECJ) announced its decision in the "Specialty Graphite" case, thereby confirming the judgment of the European Court of First Instance (CFI) from June 15, 2005. The CFI had reduced the EUR27.8 million fine for SGL Group originally imposed by the European Commission ...