PCC SE

Chemicals group PCC SE celebrates anniversary: 25 years of value-driven growth - Seite 3

PCC SE had already previously floated minority interests in two other Group entities: The chemicals company PCC Exol SA has been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since 2012. The company is Poland's only producer of surfactants, the basic ingredients used in particular for the formulation of cleaning, washing and personal care products. The container logistics company PCC Intermodal S.A. had already gone public in 2009. One of the leading providers of combined transport services in Poland, the PCC Intermodal has five modern container transshipment terminals in Poland and Germany.

The biggest investment sell-off to date

In the same year, 2009, PCC SE also succeeded in closing an exceptional investment sell-off: Deutsche Bahn AG took over PCC's Polish railway activities subgroup, which at the time was the largest business unit of the Logistics division alongside PCC Intermodal S.A. "With this sale," says Preussner, "we recorded the greatest success of our active investment portfolio management strategy to date."

In 2013, the Group adopted a diversified structure comprising eight segments. The Chemicals division is made up of the segments Polyols, Surfactants, Chlorine, Specialty Chemicals and Consumer Products. The Logistics division is dominated by PCC Intermodal S.A. And within the Energy segment, there are modern power generating facilities that serve to supply PCC's chemical plants in Poland, while in Southeast Europe, PCC operates a number of small environmentally compatible power plants.

Current and future projects of PCC SE

The Holding/Projects segment manages investment projects in the development and construction phases, including a multi-year project located in Iceland: In 2018, 25 years after the PCC was founded, the company was able to complete the construction - and commence the commissioning - of an advanced silicon metal production plant in the north of the Island. With an investment volume of around Euro 265 million, this has been the largest single project in the history of the Group to date. In addition, PCC SE is expanding in Russia through a joint venture to establish the production of high-purity aerosol-grade dimethyl ether (DME). And PCC Rokita SA has, in recent years, acquired shares in a Thai manufacturer of polyols and polyurethanes. The aim is to develop the markets of Southeast Asia, China and India and thus to further expand the PCC Chemicals division internationally.