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    PCC SE  393  0 Kommentare Chemicals group PCC SE celebrates anniversary: 25 years of value-driven growth

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    Duisburg (pta010/19.10.2018/10:15) - International chemicals group PCC SE celebrates 25th anniversary tomorrow. On October 20, 1993, Waldemar Preussner, Chairman of the Administrative Board and sole shareholder of PCC SE, founded the core of today's group of companies: Petro Carbo Chem commodity trading company (PCC) in Duisburg-Homberg. "We wanted to seize the new opportunities offered by market liberalization in Eastern Europe at the beginning of the 1990s," says Preussner (59) in recalling the company's early days. Born in Upper Silesia as the son of parents of German descent, the economics graduate was an experienced commodity trading manager and knew the region well by the time he ventured into self-employment. And it was a venture that paid off: PCC commenced business operations on January 1, 1994 and in its first year generated sales equating to Euro 59.4 million. Of the two current managing directors of PCC SE, Ulrike Warnecke was part of the original team, while Dr. Alfred Pelzer joined the company in 1995.

    The PCC Group has since continued to enjoy strong growth through the acquisition of companies and participating interests coupled with substantial investments in the modernization and expansion of the associated production capacities. Today, it represents a broadly diversified, value-driven organization with more than 3,400 employees in 18 countries. Group sales in 2017 amounted to Euro 683.2 million, a good 20 percent more than in the previous year, with further growth in the pipeline: In all, PCC SE's total investment spend over the last five years has been in the region of Euro 577 million.

    Corporate DNA: a healthy mix of experience and courage

    The PCC Group is thus continuing to pursue the same original growth strategy: "From the very beginning, we have looked for investment opportunities in lucrative and less competitive submarkets where we really know our way around," says Preussner, "and once found, we go all out to make them work. You could say that it is this combination of experience and courage that makes up our DNA. We are resolute in our desire to continuously optimize our investment portfolio and create new value."

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    PCC SE Chemicals group PCC SE celebrates anniversary: 25 years of value-driven growth International chemicals group PCC SE celebrates 25th anniversary tomorrow. On October 20, 1993, Waldemar Preussner, Chairman of the Administrative Board and sole shareholder of PCC SE, founded the core of today's group of companies: Petro Carbo Chem …